Travel with Food for Baby

May 27, 2008 Friendly Baby Food Advice

We received a message from Alecia today concerning her travel experience with fruits for her little one.  She tells us the following:

I was just reading through the tips for traveling, and wanted to point out that not all US states will let you take fresh fruit in or out of the state. We recently flew from Hawaii to California, and they wouldn’t let us take any fresh fruit on board. I wish I had known, and I would have packed something else for my baby to eat! Similarly, you can’t drive into California with certain fresh fruits, so plan on buying when you arrive at your destination!

 

We have asked Alecia to let us know what happened or how she came to know that one cannot drive into California with certain fresh fruits.  We have driven the West Coast (PCH 101 – amazing!) from Washington to California with fruits in tow and never had an issue.   Typically, it is not allowed to transport fresh fruits into the U.S. from a foreign country and it is is not allowed to transport them out of the U.S.   We have purchased fruits at the airport Terminal and have taken them onto International flights in the past; we could not deplane with the fruits however – not even with the fruits given out during the flights!

We will keep you updated and post Alecia’s experience when she replies (or maybe she’ll reply here!).  We will also post Alecia’s note on our Travel with Baby Food page as well! 

Thanks Alecia!

Tags: Travel

Hurry and Enter our “Oh NO! Not Meat” Baby Food Recipe Contest

May 26, 2008 Contests and Giveaways

There are 5 more days left in this month’s baby food contest!  Do you have a great recipe for meat that your baby loves?  Did you come up with this recipe because your little one did not like meat at first?   When it comes to introducing meats to baby, many babies reject the taste from the moment the spoon touches their lips!  Hurry and share your creative meat baby food recipe.  

Visit the contest page here and check out the fabulous prize(s) up for grabs!

Tags: contests

Baby’s Frozen Yogurt – A Cooling Baby Food Recipe for the Warm Weather

May 26, 2008 Baby Food Recipes Updated, Dairy, Finger Foods, New Baby Food Recipes

If your baby is 8 months or older and tolerates yogurt well, why not make some frozen yogurt treats for the summer? Most pediatricians note that yogurt may be introduced to babies from 8 months and older. This recommendation is for the baby who has no history of dairy sensitivities or allergies. In many cultures, yogurt is actually one of baby’s first foods!

It’s so simple to whip up frozen yogurt that you’ll think DUH! once you read our recipe ideas below!

Peachy Frozen Yogurt

1/2 cup peach puree
2 1/2 cups whole milk yogurt
drip of vanilla essence

Combine all ingredients and mix well. Chill in the freezer for 2 hours in a large container and then churn. You may place this back into the freezer to ensure a more hard texture. You may also spoon the mixture in ice cube trays or in freezer pop trays.

Banana Frozen Yogurt

1/2 cup banana puree or fork-mashed bananas
2 1/2 cups whole milk yogurt
drip of vanilla essence
dash of ginger

Combine all ingredients and mix well. Chill in the freezer for 2 hours in a large container and then churn. You may place this back into the freezer to ensure a more hard texture. You may also spoon the mixture in ice cube trays or in freezer pop trays.

Now that you have read the above frozen yogurt recipes, you may use 1/2 cup of any fruit that your baby enjoys and combine it with 2 1/2 cups of whole milk yogurt. We like to use Plain whole milk yogurt and sometimes French Vanilla. Please be sure to always read the labels as many yogurts add gelatin, corn syrup and other ingredients. Try Stonyfield Farms or Brown Cow where available!

Ideas on how to serve this yummy cooling treat to your baby:

• Spoon some into a bowl and let baby practice using a spoon!
• Pop some into a mesh feeder and let baby chew on it – great to soothe teething gums too!
• Using a popsicle mold, give baby the pop on the stick – ensure that you keep watch as the frozen treat is eaten so that baby doesn’t hurt herself with the pop stick!
• Using ice trays, pop out the frozen yogurt cube and let baby eat it with his hands. Most babies love to feel the cool cube in their hands!

You may be interested in our Introducing Yogurt to Baby page to learn about why yogurt is ok before 12 months but milk is not.

Tags: Dairy, teething, yogurt