chick peas and lentils?

silvie25mar

DD is 6 months, and i'm looking for foods I can feed her that are rich with iron if I decide to not give her the rice cereal. I was reading chick peans and lentils are rich with iron...are they okay to give to her this early?

also.. when did you start to mix foods together?

diana.filipi

You will get a LOT of different opinions. 

There are two basic camps I think though.  There are those that follow a 3-4 day wait rule for a while and then there are those who follow no wait rule.

I follow no wait rule and do BLW so I think those foods are awesome.  I also give DS sauteed spinach which he LOVES and meat strips when ever I make steak or London broil because heme-iron )from blood) is the easiest for the body to take up and absorb.  Also, my kids go bonkers for steak and suck it 'till it's grey!

kaybe24

I gave my little one black beans yesterday from a can, just rinsed them off and he ate them up.

kerischrader

DS LOVES hummus, and he just had some lentils the other day and loved them.

patsad24

My DD sees a naturopathic pediatrician and she suggested 1/8tsp of blackstrap molasses mixed into whatever food you're giving as a great way to get iron.