by Timothy Schnieders

Created on: May 20, 2008

Our daughter is growing at a healthy rate, so now at five months old she is ready to begin solid foods. We choose to start her on Gerber 1st Foods; they come packaged in convenient packages of two 2.5 ounce containers. The smaller sized plastic Tupperware style containers are perfect for her new diet of solid foods. They are small enough to fit in the diaper bag, and come with a plastic lid to help seal the unused portion of baby food for later feedings. The only downfall of the plastic container of baby food is that the lid doesn't seal air tight. So you must keep it in a plastic zip-lock style bag or slightly larger sealable container to avoid the baby food from leaking out if it happens to over turn in the diaper bag during travel.

Gerber 1st Foods come in a wide selection of fruit and vegetable selections. The available tastes include green beans, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, squash, peach, pear, banana, and more.

Our daughter's pediatrician recommended starting with vegetables first, instead of fruits. This would help her acquire a taste for vegetables first, rather than fruits. She said other wise our baby would prefer the sweet taste of fruits, and reject the vegetables at meal time. We started with carrots first, serving her about five to six spoonfuls at each feeding.
She quickly went through one 2.5 ounce container in less than two days, which amazed us. After she completely finished one or two containers and showed no allergic reaction to carrots, we moved on to squash, and so on. Within a couple weeks time our daughter had made it through the broad selection of vegetables, and we were pleased with her gradual desire to take more spoonfuls at each feeding. So after she sampled the entire garden variety of Gerber First Foods vegetables, we gladly started her on the wide selection of fruits.

She seems to have enjoyed all the available fruits and vegetables we had picked out for her at the grocery store. We are quite pleased with the nature of all the Gerber 1st Foods products, each containing no artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives. Most of the selections of Gerber First Foods are low in sodium and sugar and packed with vitamins A, B, C and minerals like iron, and zinc essential to a growing baby's first few months of development. For more information and a list of products and nutrition facts see www.gerber.com or call 1-800-4-GERBER for a complete list.

Overall we are highly satisfied with this product and would recommend it to all parents who have a young child preparing to start on solid foods.

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