Can we give baby avocado? 

When can baby eat avocado?

At what age can I give baby avocado? From 6 months, when the child starts to sit in their high chair, you can start giving them avocado in different forms. The optimal time? When you introduce them to new foods, when it comes to food diversification, or if you have chosen child-led diversification (DME). Before introducing foods other than milk, talk to your pediatrician: he will guide you in the best way to start the food diversification of your infant.

How to introduce avocado in baby’s diet?

Do you know about DME? It is the fact of making discover to his child, in a fun way, new foods. With the lawyer, it is quite possible. Baby is sitting on his chair, you place pieces of vegetables or fruit in front of him that he will catch himself. “This discovery of foods by the child himself is very effective in defusing crisis situations, and avoids food blockages”, explains Pascal Nourtier, dietitian and nutritionist. Before adding: “If the avocado is chosen ripe, its creamy texture often pleases baby”.

As a reminder : each food you give your baby must be presented in isolation, it is the only new food that you introduce during the meal. Furthermore, the introduction of solid food should not replace breast or infant milk. This will remain your baby’s staple diet for a long time to come!

Why give baby avocado?

Avocado has many properties. It is a fruit rich in fat, mostly made up of unsaturated fat, more precisely monounsaturated. These fats are healthy fats, and have many health benefits. “Avocado is also made up of many vitamins and trace elements: provitamin A, vitamins B, C, E and K. Potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, iron, copper, phosphorus and manganese”. Avocado is an excellent fruit to facilitate baby’s intestinal transit, since it contains an average of 7% fiber.

How to give avocado when you want to do EMR?

Want to try EMR? Our expert nutritionist, Pascal Nourtier, advises you to choose an organic, ripe avocado, and cut it into tiny pieces before presenting it to baby. Your child will certainly appreciate its mild flavor and smooth texture. “Of course, we would be tempted to add a squeeze of lemon juice to the avocado to prevent it from darkening. But it is not recommended for babies, the lemon being too acidic ”.

The nutritionist’s little extra: if you don’t want to give baby pieces of avocado, you can prepare a spread, with avocado crushed on a fine rusk, or mixed with cheese spread.

Avocado puree recipe for babies (6 to 12 months)

1 potato

1/2 organic avocado preferably, very ripe

Preparation

Wash and peel the potato, cut it and put it in a saucepan with water brought to a boil. When the pieces are very tender, drain.

Take the avocado, remove the core, collect the flesh. Mix the avocado and the potato.

Note: do not add salt or spices to baby formula.

Avocado oil for babies

You can use organic avocado oil to massage baby!