Biscuits - Baby's Favorite Snack

Biscuits for babies are a delicious and nutritious snack for this age. Moreover, crackers can get you out of the fire when you are not home and you can’t reach the food, and the baby is hungry. Give him to crunch a biscuit and he will instantly satisfy his hunger. In addition, crunching biscuits is very helpful to relieve pain caused by the appearance of the first tooth. In the early stages of diversification only gluten-free biscuits are recommended. Gluten intolerance or celiac disease is a digestive disorder caused by consumption of products containing gluten, a protein of plant origin that can cause health problems for babies who show intolerance to it. rnIn their case, gluten can exert a toxic action on the intestine, altering the structure and functioning of the intestinal wall cells, which causes poor absorption of nutrients. Homemade Biscuits Biscuits with gluten can be entered in babies menu after the age of 8-9 months. If you can’t find gluten-free biscuits in stores, we offer you a tasty recipe. You need 150 grams of rice or corn flour (the only cereals that don’t contain gluten), 30 g of aromatic margarine (or butter), half cup of natural yogurt (preferably made from soy milk), 30 g brown sugar, a pinch of baking soda. rnYou just have to mix all ingredients very well, until you get a smooth paste, to spread out the dough, to cut it using special forms and to bake it in oven at 180 Celsius degrees. Biscuits obtained in this way may be chewed by your baby, or can be grated and added in his fruit puree (apple, banana, peach) or yogurt. Nutritious Delights There are biscuits for infants (with and without gluten), specially designed to meet the nutritional needs of little children, adapted for their development stages. Besides the fact that they taste great, preferred by little ones and with an appropriate consistent (slightly crunchy), biscuits for babies bring more energy and nutrients in their diet, being enriched with iron, calcium and vitamins (B1, B2, PP, B6, B5). rnGenerally, baby biscuits have special forms, with dimensions adapted to be easily held in hand and for crunching (of course under strict supervision). In specialized shops you'll find all sorts of biscuits for babies, with different flavors. But doctors recommend only the consumption of natural biscuits without preservatives, artificial colors or flavors. So, you have to feed your children with healthy foods, to keep an eye on their meals program and always try to create a pleasant atmosphere around them, to keep them happy.