High Iron foods for baby

My almost 10 month old bf babies need an iron boost! What kinds of food can you think of that I can give them?

I'd like to have a list to choose from! So far I have:

Spinach
Egg yolks
Kix cereal

 

I was told beets and my son loved them.

 

:bump: Thanks for the response!

 

MultiGrain Cheerios! They have 100% of soo many things including IRON in one serving.. Awesome! We live on those!

 

Veggie Booty has some iron.
Rice cereal (and all fortified cereals - kix, cheerios, etc) has iron in it.
Beans are a great source of iron - esp soy beans and kidney beans.
And try adding blackstrap molasses to hot cereals and baked goods. It's a good sweetner and high in iron.

If you're really concerned, you could try giving them iron drops. I would double check with your ped first, but my DD was breastfed, so we gave her an iron supplement.

 

Collard greens are rich in iron
Plantains (the green ones). I used to add them to their puree but they weren't too crazy about it.

 

QUOTE(Schmoopy @ Dec 10 2008, 05:37 AM) [snapback]1105163[/snapback]
Veggie Booty has some iron.
Rice cereal (and all fortified cereals - kix, cheerios, etc) has iron in it.
Beans are a great source of iron - esp soy beans and kidney beans.
And try adding blackstrap molasses to hot cereals and baked goods. It's a good sweetner and high in iron.

If you're really concerned, you could try giving them iron drops. I would double check with your ped first, but my DD was breastfed, so we gave her an iron supplement.


Yep they are breastfed thats how I know we are low on iron cause they just got checked! Ped is giving us vitamin supplements but I just want to do my part and feed them high iron foods! What is veggie booty? I've never heard of that before.

 

We found some blueberry bagels that were high in iron. When you feed them iron, also feed them Vitamin C as Vitamin C helps the body absorb the iron better.

 

QUOTE(E&Msmom @ Dec 10 2008, 10:54 AM) [snapback]1105397[/snapback]
Yep they are breastfed thats how I know we are low on iron cause they just got checked! Ped is giving us vitamin supplements but I just want to do my part and feed them high iron foods! What is veggie booty? I've never heard of that before.


You can find Veggie Booty at most grocery stores in the health food section. They're puffs that are easy to chew and swallow - they dissolve easily. Here's what the package looks like:



If you're doing the drops, you shouldn't have to worry. They'll do the trick. Still, you're right - it's good to get into the habit of feeding them iron-rich foods.

 

Any type of meat and green veggies. GL!

 

prunes help with iron absorbtion. I ate alot of prunes while pregnant because I had such low iron. my kids love them too, I mix them in their cereal!

 

Here are some ideas:

-dark leafy greens (all of them are good, I think spinach and kale may be especially good - around your babies' age, my babies fell in LOVE with a Portuguese kale soup, and it's still one of their all-time favorite foods - I can PM you the recipe if you want)

-any and all legumes (lentils are especially good)

-whole grains and fortified whole grain products (cereals, waffles, bread...)

-some tofu

-meat (if you're not vegetarian)

Some other good things to know:

Vitamin C helps the body absorb iron, so it's good to combine a vit. C source with an iron source. Think black beans with bell peppers and/or tomato (baby salsa? ), a fruit high in C after cereal... (Some good vitamin C sources like tomato and citrus may still be a bit too acidic for the babies, but if you want, you can try small amounts and see what happens. If they don't act bothered and don't get any rash around their mouths or the other end, it's ok.)

Calcium makes it harder for the body to absorb iron. So try to avoid giving cheese or yogurt right along with a high-iron dish. (Btw, breastmilk doesn't count, so don't worry about nursing right around solids times. Breastmilk has iron AND has other stuff that helps the body absorb iron (vitamin C etc), so even though it has calcium, the net effect is positive.)

Good luck!

 

QUOTE(fuchsiagroan @ Dec 10 2008, 05:33 PM) [snapback]1106381[/snapback]
Here are some ideas:
around your babies' age, my babies fell in LOVE with a Portuguese kale soup, and it's still one of their all-time favorite foods - I can PM you the recipe if you want)
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We are Portuguese!! My dad is from Portugal but sadly I HATE Portuguese kale soup. Funny story, My mom made it right after I had the babies and I had PPD, I hated the soup and didnt want to tell her so I sat in the bathroom and cried LOL -- that is totally not like me!

thanks for the other suggestions though

 

now that is a funny story!!!!

 

Oh, too funny! :lol: (At least in retrospect. I had PPD too, and there is nothing remotely funny about it at the time... But looking back is a different story!)