Can a baby eat spinach?
Spinach can be given as a complementary food, but no more than once a day. Spinach can contain nitrate, which is dangerous for babies in the first few months of life. A high intake of nitrate or nitrite can lead to so-called methaemoglobinaemia, also known as ‘blue addiction’. This means that the blood is not sufficiently supplied with oxygen.
To rule out any health risk, babies should not eat more than one spinach meal a day.
How long can I keep the freshly cooked complementary food warm when the child is asleep?
Store food:
If you are storing hot food, you should keep it at temperatures above 65 degrees Celsius or cool it to below 7 degrees Celsius within a few hours. You can put larger quantities of food in several shallow dishes. It is best to keep food warm for as short a time as possible. If the prepared food is to be left for longer, you should reheat the porridge before eating it. However, ready-made porridge should only be reheated once. Otherwise you should prepare the porridge fresh.
