melon and apple?

[TrinaJ]

My ds is 7 months, been weaned for a while. can i give him uncooked pureed apple?
Also can melon be given raw? does it freeze and puree ok? - never used melon before fancied trying something new!

You can't really puree apple raw, it goes all bitty, dry and brown.

Melon is fine raw, it goes quite sloppy when you puree it though. It will freeze.

Is that why pear goes brown too - 'cos it's not cooked? Sorry not very good at cooking .
will melon mash instead, if it goes sloppy when pureed?

Yes, you need to cook pear before you puree it as well.

You can mash the melon, if it does too sloppy when you puree it try mixing it with a bit of baby rice to thicken it.

Melon, particularly watermelon, is a good finger food, too. My DS2 has loved it since before he was 8 months, and gets very excited when we get one out and start chopping. (He's 9 months now.)

Isn't it slimy and difficult to hold?

Yeah, a little. It works better with a tray. I also leave the rind on, which maybe helps? We cut it into spears, like very big chips.

My DS2 hates spoon food, but loves finger food, so we find lots of things are good finger foods. Watermelon is pretty porous, though, which makes it less likely to cause choking, I think.

trinaj
melon is a hard food to digest, even for adults, esp if eaten alongside other things, same goes for apple puree, its one of the items on the BART list for constipation in babies
bananas apple sauce rice and something with T cant remember but if u do a search it ll come up.

why not give peaches, mangos, nectarines etc instead,

Hmm, I thought the BART diet was for messed up stomachs - easy things to digest, not hard. Bananas, rice, apples, toast, is what it is, by the way. (I've done a bit of a websearch, but not found much. Some people say it's a diet for after throwing up, which is what I use it for.)

Apples do fight constipation, but bananas don't (in my experience ... I know some people find they do).

At any rate, I'd say a 7-month-old should be able to digest all these? I know mine does fine with them.

Peaches, mangoes and nectarines are all really good finger foods, too.

Thanks. I agree with you notquitecockney, I used the BART diet after dd had gastro flu! she also finds bananas don't cause constipation.
I've tried the other foods and ds loves anything,But i hate trying to remove skins from peaches etc..! just fancied a change too.

you could puree melon together with banana.

You could grate apple and mix with plain yoghurt but need to eat quickly or it will go brown - won't freeze well. dd couldn't eat raw grated stuff for ages though as it made her reflux worse.

melon digestion

its the brat not bart diet, got it wrong

use to have a doc called bart

My Ds (7months) LOVES melon. I blend it and mix with creme fraiche or yoghurt.

hermyke, what is that website?

It appears to have poo pictures. And some interest in home colonics?

I am not sure I trust them about melons, I'm afraid ...

NQC, i didnt check out the rest of the site - sounds a bit freaky

but the thing about melons is true
i sometimes try to eat a la Dr Hay, did u ever hear of him, its the hay diet, dont mix carbohydrate and proteins and then theres neutral foods, butters allowed, practically everything, its food combining really to aid digestion and burning excess calories. and it was there i learnt about melons.

tiffini, can it be frozen if mixed with banana?