Here is a list of foods in order of introduction for my second son. This is not an all-inclusive list. There are only so many foods you can introduce during this short time span. Make the most of it!

First week (5 months):
Avocado, scooped out and mashed
Butternut quash, roasted and mashed
Banana, raw, mashed
Grass-fed ground organic beef (stir fried, and processed with breast milk in mini processor)

Foods added in the second week
All foods listed above, plus:
Homemade rice cereal (Cooked brown rice in food mill and processed with breast milk)
Homemade oatmeal cereal (same procedure as brown rice)
Flattened pieces of cooked buckwheat
Quinoa
Organic winter squash, small pieces
Steamed organic broccoli and olive oil, mashed with my fingers, fed small pieces by finger

Foods added in the third week
All foods listed above, plus:
Roasted Asparagus with olive oil, small pieces of the tips
Baked potato
Lamb shishkabob, small "strings" of meat
Spelt "bread" (Baker's brand, made from just cooked whole spelt) and coconut oil spread on it
Baked barley with celery and carrots, mashed small pieces with fingers
Peas, defrosted and and mashed

Foods added in the fourth week (6 months)
All foods listed above, plus:
Ground up meat/carrots/tomato sauce, with thyme and garlic
Plain organic yogurt
Egg-free whole wheat challah
Organic apple sauce
Organic steamed cauliflower
Chickpeas, cooked and individually flattened/mashed with fingers

Foods added in the seventh month
All foods listed above, plus:
Beef stew with lots of veggies- peppers, onion, celery, carrots, processed in mini-processor
Mashed sweet potato and lime juice
Grass-fed organic lamb meatballs cut into small pieces
Pieces of roasted dark meat chicken cooked with herbs
Mango
Chunk light tuna, plain, tiny pieces
Egg yolk
Kidney beans (Eden organic canned), individually flattened/mashed with fingers
Flounder, baked with pepper, wine, and parsley
Ricotta cheese
Brussel sprouts, roasted with olive oil and thyme, gently processed in electric processor with some brown rice, carrots, and celery
Indian chili (chopped meat, onions, tomatoes, dill, cumin, lots of garlic)
Whole wheat noodles and spinach
Wheat germ (in yogurt)

Foods added after eight months
All foods listed above, plus:
Cheese
Cottage cheese
Cucumber
Kale chips
Flax seeds
Pumpkin seeds
Sunflower seeds
Hemp milk smoothie
Whole wheat pancakes made with molasses
EVERYTHING ELSE WE USUALLY EAT, TOO MANY TO LIST!

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