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Infant Weaning Foods: How to Prepare Rich Homemade Infant Formula





Infants grow faster than we envisage and breastfeeding alone cannot meet the nutritional requirement of a child in the first and second year. When a child is about four months of age, the child needs supplementary feeding and this is the point where the low cost homemade foods with adequate nutrients and energy are introduced to compliment with breastmilk.           
Infant weaning foods are carefully formulated to equate a balanced nutrition for babies and the raw materials like the soya beans and crayfish are high in protein and energy nutrition. These ingredients are produce from our locally available farm produce like corn, millet, soya beans, plantain and groundnuts, they easy to prepare.

Process
  • Measure the quantity of raw material needed 
  • Pick out stones from the millet and soya beans
  • Wash both the millet and soya beans clean
  • After washing, dry them
  • Fry the soya beans to reduce bacterial load and the acidity level,
  • Keep stirring it at interval until it turns slightly brown like a roasted groundnut and you can feel its crispy
  • Pour the soya beans into a tray, allow it to cool then  remove the peels or skin
  • You can use your kitchen blender, hand blender by adjusting it so that it will be loose or take them to the mill - sieve to remove the chaff neatly.
  • Tighten your blender to grind them (soya beans, millet and crayfish) to powder or use the commercial mills to grind but make sure their engine is very neat.
  • Store them in an air-tight container

 Advantages of Mixed Homemade  Cereals

  • Easy to produce
  • Rich in extra protein and energy
  • Pocket friendly - cheaper than the commercial brands
  • Safe for consumption
  • Can be store up to 3 months
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Conclusion: How to Prepare Infant Homemade Formula With Corn/Millet and Soya Beans 


Below are Ingredients and steps to preparing your low cost semi instant weaning baby food.

Ingredients
Millet, Guinea Corn or Maize  (5 cups)
Soya beans (3 cups)
Crayfish (Optional)

Tools
Pot or frying pan
Wooden Spoon
Blender: hand or wooden blender
A clean airtight container



Congratulation! Now your baby’s first homemade baby formula is ready.
Now you know the steps to prepare rich homemade baby formula and I believe you have realized it is easy to prepare your baby cereal. Ensure you wash your hands before you start and also keep all the baby feeding utensils clean at all times to avoid your baby being infected with diarrhea.

Do you have any recipe to share with us? Contact us and we will be delighted to share it with other mothers.

Hope your baby enjoyed it. Please leave us a comment and tell us how it went. 

Comments

  1. Thanks a lot but is it ok to ground the soya beans wet together with millet and guinea corn .

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    1. It depends on your baby's age, infant generally do not easily digest wet soya beans. It is best given to them after it has been fried and grounded to powder because frying reduces the acid level contained in it.

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  2. What about corn,millet,and soya bean and crayfish mix together.

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    1. It is an awesome idea to mix them but the "soya beans must be fried" before taking it to the mill for grinding to reduce the acidity level so that your baby can easily digest it

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  3. can i add groundnut to the soya beans and guinea corn

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    1. Yes you can. groundnut is rich in nutrients such as Protein, Potassium, Vitamin B-6, Iron, Magnesium and Carbohydrate for energy. it also acts as a dietary fiber which helps your baby's bowel movement for easy evacuation - this helps avert pile in infants.

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  4. Thanks for this advice, but can I mix soya, maize, rice and groundnuts to make the baby cereal? if so, what can be the measurements?

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    1. M dear Kumbukani, you can not mix all the 4 of them. If you want to makeyour baby's homemade rice cereal, read use link: http://momsandbabiesnaija.blogspot.com/2014/12/homemade-food-how-to-make-infant-rice.html, the article will guide you

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  5. You can mix rice, corn, wheat, groundnut, soyabeans, and bonga fish together.......so rich in protein and your baby will enjoy it as mine.

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  6. You right Bukky, but the fish has to be blended to powder to avoid fish bones. Try this: How to Make Infant Rice Cereal: http://momsandbabiesnaija.blogspot.com/2014/12/homemade-food-how-to-make-infant-rice.html
    Your baby will love it

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  7. Lots of Love.. But can it be sieved to avoid roughness and how do I prepare the mixture. Thanks

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  8. Of course you have to sieve to remove chaff - if you read through and follow the steps i gave, you will get baby homemade food prepared very well. Thank you too for stopping by.

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  9. After frying the soya bean to be able to remove the chaff, can I grind other things dry or wet. I mean corn, millet, guinea corn, crayfish and groundnut

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  10. Hi Grace, after you can grind other things like groundnut and the rest dry to make it easy for you; expecially in a situation where you hardly have light to refrigerate the akamu (millet, guinea corn or maize). You can also check our article on How to Make Infant Rice Cereal: http://momsandbabiesnaija.blogspot.com/2014/12/homemade-food-how-to-make-infant-rice.html

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  11. I don't still understand the process.is it that after removing the shaft of the soyabean ,you blend all together.i mean wet
    Then when u want to cook it ,do u prepare it like normal way u prepare pap?

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    1. No. After washing the soya beans and peeling off its back, dry it , after drying, you fry the soya beans before grinding both the soya beans, millet and crayfish until it becomes "very very smooth". After which you can cook it on fire by preparing it it like pap.

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  12. Do I have to fry the millet just like the soya beans? Or just grind the millet without frying?

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    1. Grind it dry together with crayfish and the fried soya beans "but" ensure to pick out stones

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  13. Goodday mam, plz I want 2mk a grinded crayfish(powdered) separately in a container...what are d process...Will rinsing be included...Thanks mam

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    1. You can rinse it if want but as long as you have an oven where you can easily dry it but first of all carefully pick out dirts and shells from the crayfish before grinding. Rnsing is optional since you will still boil it

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  14. Please ma do I need to wash all of them before frying them?

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  15. Please ma do I need to wash my corn,millet, Guinea corn and soya before frying?

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  16. How do we fry soya beans, is it with groundnut oil or with what.
    Please more clarification on that

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