Meokbo Dad's Baby Food Notes › English
Korean baby food, explained by a Korean dad
I'm a dad in Korea who logged every spoonful of our baby's first foods. Here's how Korean parents start solids, translated for US, UK and Canadian kitchens.
Four habits worth borrowing
1. Savory before sweet. Korean first foods are porridge and vegetables, not fruit purees. A 2019 review of 46 studies found starting with vegetables raised vegetable acceptance; starting with fruit did not.
2. Iron from week one. Beef goes in on day 4. Iron stores from birth run low around 6 months.
3. One new food every 3–4 days. Each food gets a few days alone, so a reaction is easy to trace.
4. Batch cubes. Cook each ingredient once, freeze in 10 g cubes, mix a few per meal.
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Barends C. et al. (2019), Appetite 137:174–197.