So, why does it feel so overwhelming to figure out how to feed a baby?
Let me guess, you want your baby to grow up as healthy as possible- loving real food as their norm. But.... you're probably not loving spending all your free time frantically googling and scrolling around your trying to figure out what to feed them each month, and where to start?
You know that food is important. And that it should be simple.
You're not crazy, my friend. It's true:
...what foods should you start with, and what order should you go in?
...or how to minimize choking but maximize nutrients?
...or how to navigate food sensitivities & allergies (and make it less scary).
...or how to train their tastebuds to love and crave healthy food?
...or how to prevent pickiness?
...or how to avoid making multiple meals so everyone can eat the same thing?
....should you do baby led weaning or purees?
So. Many. Decisions.
You're not alone, my friend.
I felt the same way.
Where do you even start?
you might be wondering things like:
... so, you're trying to learn what to do, and how to do it right. Late at night, at naptime, cobbling together random bits of information.....and at the end of the day, you still don't know what you should make them for dinner?!
Because a new (ah hem ^ sleep deprived) mama, finding any time & energy to fully research and figure this all out?
Yeah. It's a lot of work.
And you don't want to mess it up.
There are so many conflicting opinions, advice and Rules.....
Feeding babies is whole different thing.
And it can
Their bodies are pure and sweet and still developing in many ways: they don't have teeth (yet), and their brains, digestive system and immune systems are still forming. Making every single nutrient and bite is even more important.
* Complicated-- like one more thing to figure out
* Like a lot of pressure (on yourself) to do and feed them the "right" things
* That you don't have time... because well, hi, you're a new mama, and time is a luxury these days.
feel:
But the good news? It doesn't have to be
Cook healthy food for your baby (and yourself) WITHOUT:
it's time to simplify everything
So you can get back to what matters most
What if it was actually easy?
What if you could stop...
struggling to think of what to make everyday... or feeding your baby the same 5 foods over and over again.
stressing and wondering if you're doing this right
giving up all your (precious) free time
cooking multiple meals for everyone in your family
following long or complicated recipes... or struggling to come up with ideas on what to make
being all-or-nothing or trying to be perfect at it
hours of cooking & prep every week
Being intentional with what & how you feed your baby in their first year and a half of life, will save them a lifetime of bad habits to unwind. And will save you so much energy, time, and hassle in the long run.
A lifetime of easy, healthy eating starts
And it doesn't have to be perfect for it to make a big impact.
earlier than you think
BECAUSE, LET'S BE REAL HERE:
Sometimes after a long and busy day, it might feel easier to crack open a pouch, or dump some puffs on their tray and call it lunch. Or snack. Or whatever. What time is it again?
Or, after frantically scanning the fridge while your baby whines from the highchair, you grab the first thing you see (fruit again), because it's easy and you know they'll like it and eat it without hassle.
And mama? I get it.
I've been there.
…it's the foundation of healthy life.
It's a magical force in our lives.
the biggest gift you could ever give your child is knowing how to eat well.
Food is so powerful.
But it's rarely talked about in a way that makes it simple to actually do. In real life.
But a little extra knowledge around your baby's food in this first year = so much more ease, joy & less stress for you, your baby, and your entire family later on.
We just need a plan of action that's realistic, simple & do-able.
Ain't it the truth:
You've got a rare opportunity for a clean slate.
The food you feed them NOW, sets the foundation of your baby's health for decades to come: tastebud wise, skin wise, immune system wise, digestive wise, brain development wise, and more.
It's worth doing with a little bit of extra love & care
mama
Let's break it down,
What order should I go in (especially for food allergies?)
When is too late to start?
Is salt ok? Seasonings? Spices?
How do I cook one meal for all of us?
What foods should I avoid?
what foods should I start with for each age & stage?
But it can be hard to weed through all the opinions, methods & advice out there. Things like:
We need a plan of action.
The fact of the matter is, there's only one way to do this and keep it simple:
A framework + a method that's intentional. And one that combines:
+ a philosophy of real food
+ developmental needs of a baby
+ simple and realistic for the parents in real life
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To take away the overwhelm & confusion when it comes to learning how to feed your baby real food. So you can feel more confident, calm and in control in giving your babies the best start in life.
My goal is simple
If food comes
first.
But....
everything else down the road will be so much easier.
I need you to know:
It took me a year to figure out, and so much time, researching, testing and cooking to find a way to "do" baby food that resonated with my own philosophy on food: simple, logical, nutrient-dense, vegetable dominant, and also about creating the foundation for a good relationship to food.
Because food isn't just food.
And I want you to feel the same way.
And now, I want to share it with you.
Feeding my baby has since become one of the greatest gifts and joys in my life....because I keep it simple & know how much this time will influence the rest of his life.
It’s the baseline and foundation of
everything when it comes to our health: a healthy body, a healthy mind, and healthy self-worth. About how we nourish and take care of ourselves. It matters, more than most people know.
A 57 page done-for-you, month-by-month guide for busy mamas on feeding your baby real food. So you can get your time back, have endless recipe ideas, help your baby grow up loving good food, give them the best start in life, and do it all simply.
Simply Real Baby:
The Baby Food Files
Introducing...
by Sarah Adler
With over 42 easy recipes that everyone in your family will love, plus how, what and why to introduce new foods in a truly easy & intuitive way. All in a flexible framework you can take at your own pace, adjust as needed and make your own.
Let's make this easy on you. You're already doing enough.
+ Over 42 easy nutrient dense recipes, broken down by month (from 5 months to 18 months)
+ A intuitive and simple framework about how to think about this first year with food
+ A process for introducing food allergies & sensitivities, that's based on YOUR baby (and comfortability)
+ A method to creating your own family's philosophy on food (*so important)
+ Where to start (and why)
+ What to avoid (and why)
+ How to help your baby love food and be an adventurous & joyful eater
+ Helpful cooking how-to's (so you can do this even if you don't know how to cook)
+ The best shortcuts, tricks and hacks to save time
+ Quick and easy breakfast, snack, lunch and dinner ideas for every month/age (for on-the-go or when you don't have time to cook)
PLUS, these BONUSES:
+ The Baby Pantry Staples Guide
+ Quick & Easy Meal Ideas for the Whole Family Guide
+ Day in a life examples (how it all goes together)
+ Recommended Resources on food & feeding
You'll walk away with:
How Does It Work?
In just a few minutes after registration, a welcome email will hit your inbox with your full Simply Real Baby Guide inside! You are ready for downloading & printing it out (or getting it printed online & bound). I highly suggest a 3 ring binder for easy access and notes.
1. Click the Get Started Button below
Start at the beginning or jump to the section on your baby's age (but don't miss some of the great tips and recipes in the earlier sections).
In one sitting, you can learn everything it took me an entire year to figure out and piece together. Or, take it bit by bit, as you have time. See the big picture and roadmap, and then use this guide whenever you need inspiration, ideas or you feel overwhelmed. It's all there for you!
2. Dig in right away...
Move through this guide at your own pace. All of the recipes are approved and loved by babies AND adults, so there is no wrong way to incorporate these beautiful real-food ideas into your life. By 18 months, every recipe will be a great option for them, so you can bounce around, putting your own twists on all their favorites. Use these recipes all the way though adulthood if you want! :)
3. Go at your own pace
I created this guide for busy mamas to help them raise their babies more confidently and effortlessly on real-food.
So that ultimately you can eat the same food as a whole family, and feel more organized, calm and present. So you can enjoy this season of life, instead of stressing.
This guide is what I wish I had:
A (flexible) month-by-month framework to help you know
WHAT, HOW, WHEN, and WHY to feed your baby, all based on real foods.
And elevate your whole family in the process
so you can simplify your lives
This guide is SERIOUSLY a game-changer. I love that the recipes are listed by month, with flexible suggestions of things to add in, introduce or try that month.....but it's all so streamlined and organized for me. Thank you for making this process fun and easy! My baby is loving all the food (and so am I)
Kelly S.
“Better choices. Better foods. More joy. Mentally and emotionally choosing the do better and be better.”
Crystal F.
“Beginning to feel less anxiety about food choices. I also feel more permission to be balanced in my life”
Erin R.
Together, I'll teach you everything I know (and figured out the long way), about feeding your baby in a healthy and simple way.....while also helping them learn to love food, without all the pressure + stress.
Including:
+ the exact process and framework I created
+ the exact recipes I cooked (and when)
+ how I navigated all the questions and topics that come up along the way, WITHOUT being all-or-nothing or extreme about it.
So you can feel confident, tuned in to YOUR baby and what they need and have endless ideas on recipes and safe combinations for every month and stage they're in.
It doesn't have to be so hard!
If you've ever found yourself feeding your baby the same 5 plain foods over and over, confused on what to do next, or overwhelmed at all the factors to think about...
There's a simple place to start — to make this entire process so much easier. And Actually fun.
Take a look inside!
Included...
Everything you need to know to apply REAL FOOD to baby food. And how to keep it simple.
Over 42 easy baby recipes
all nutrient-dense & easy, broken down month by month (from 5 months to 18 months)
Flip right to where you are: all recipes are broken down into the following categories: 5-6 months, 7-8 months, 9 months, 10 months, 11 months, 12 months, 13-15 months and 16-18 months. Each category has at least 4 recipes to try...and once you have past that age, all the recipes before it are all options to pull from as you go!
Never be out of ideas! Each monthly section ALSO has a Quick & Easy List (meal ideas and combos you don't even need a recipe for).
All recipes are nutrient-dense and designed to give your baby a balance of all the nutrients they need at specific stages. All recipes are real food based, naturally gluten-free & dairy free, added sugar free, vegetable dominant & have easy swaps for the big 7 sensitivities.
All recipes help expand your baby's development: either tastebud wise, texture wise, flavor wise or through the method you prepare each (mashed, blended or in smaller chunks to pick up). You decide how to serve it, but the recipe stays the same.
The food:
Everything you need to know about the overall plan in this first year, and options on how to do it....so you can take it and make it your own!
The Roadmap & Framework
The how + the why
Learn what foods to focus on first (and why, and how to prep them easily). And about the different methods to go about it...so you can choose what works for your family)
Learn the 7 phases of baby eating, so you can figure out where your baby is, and have a map of where you're going
Discover the best questions to ask, and things to be observant of with your baby and food, so that you can be more in tune with what they need more of and less of.
See the bigger picture view laid out for you: how each step in this guide will help you introduce great food to your baby month by month, so that by the first year they will love all kinds of food, and will ultimately be able to eat the same food as you!
Where you're going
I mean exact: I share my thoughts on combining different methodologies and the logic behind each decision, so you can do the same (or follow along and do what I did)
The Method & Process
The exact steps I took and what I did to introduce my baby to different kinds of food.
Identify how you want your baby food experience to be-- there is no wrong answer here!
Learn how to slowly teach your baby about listening to their hunger, enjoying their meals, and about the culture you want to create around food as a whole family. It all starts now!
Learn about the 18 month rule--and why starting your baby on real food EARLY will be so worth it. Did you know that as much variety and texture and flavors that you can introduce before 18 months of age, significantly reduces how picky your baby will be with food as they enter toddlerhood?
Step-By-Step
Answers to the most common questions as you start this journey. Things like:
All the FAQ's
So you don't have to stress about this
How to cook and prep in less time?
What are the foods to AVOID and be careful of?
How to you do know if your baby is ready for new foods? Or what to do if they refuse food?
What does a "normal" eating day look like (and what kinds of foods make balanced meals)?
All the Questions..
What to do if you suspect food sensitivities?
How to make this process fun for all of you :)
The Baby Banana Bread
Noah's 1st Birthday Cake (all sugar-free)
The Egg Yolk & Broccoli Frittata
Sweet Potato Soup
Baby Sheppard's Pie Bowls
Baby Green Smoothies
Millet Raspberry Almond Cake
Turkey Zucchini & Quinoa Meatballs
Pumpkin Zucchini Muffins
Creamy Veggie Chowder
Bean Burgers / Bean Meatloaf
Carrot Zucchini Cake
Lentil Pasta Bolognese
Red Lentil & Vegetable Curry
Blueberry Chicken Salad
The PB & J Cake
The Morning Baby Cake (x3 versions)
.....plus 25 more ideas that are sure to become your legendary family staples!
EXAMPLES OF RECIPES INCLUDED IN THIS GUIDE:
These recipes are ALL:
real food based, naturally gluten-free & dairy free, added sugar free, vegetable dominant & with swaps for any sensitivities.
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Or, you can make way better use of your time. Learn everything that took me an entire year to piece together, and learn it all in 1-2 hours (aka one naptime). Or, take your time & pull it out whenever you feel stuck or have a question in the first year of life.
So you can be cooking easily and simply even on the busiest of days, with total confidence in feeding your baby and growing family for years to come.
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I'm a small business owner, wife and mom of 3 littles ... (among other things). And life is pretty, well busy.
I'm Sarah Adler
oh hi, Have we met yet?
As a nutrition coach, healthy lifestyle & wellness expert, two-time bestselling cookbook author, it's been lifelong mission to teach women how to simplify their food so they can simplify (and amplify) their lives.
.....and with all of that, it would be easy to *assume* that feeding my babies real food would have come naturally to me. But the truth is that when the time came and after some initial research, I felt even more confused, slightly overwhelmed and more than anything, like I didn't want to mess it up. And, like I didn't have the time to figure to it out. I mean, I barely felt like I had the time to shower in that season.
Maybe I knew too much: about how important food is. Truthfully, it's probably because I spend the majority of my time helping people unwind their programming around food, and upgrading it to a healthier place.
And about how much it affects everything else in our life: our mood, our blood sugar, our digestive system, our immune system, our skin, our vibrancy for life, etc. It's the foundation of our health.
So, when my first son was born, I knew that I wanted to give that to him: a solid foundation of good food to always come back to throughout his life. That real food would be his normal. That loving food is a beautiful part of life.
That's why I wanted to do this guide-- to show you that iT IS possible.
To help you take all that you know and love about real food and gift it to your baby. So that after a busy day, you can relax knowing that it's all taken care of. So you can take the pressure off yourself, always have endless ideas of what to make them, and make this process so much more fun and enjoyable.
I am not an expert. But I am a mom of three. And a fierce believer in real food. Especially real food, made easy. This guide is what I wish I had when I was going through this season: EVERYTHING SIMPLIFIED. The things I thought about, the order I did them in (and why), and the exact recipes I came back to over and over again, to help my baby love good food, and do it all with more ease. And I want to share it all with you.
Why this guide?
Simply Real Baby was created to give you more confidence, and a sense of calm, flexibility, and an endless amount of inspiration and recipe ideas so you can actually enjoy this season of life.
WITH MORE THAN 1,500 PEOPLE ON THE WAITLIST...
It's the philosophy of real food, made simple (that you love).
But made for babies.
oh baby
Here's the kind of things we Cover:
Yes, we talk about it all:
Things We Cover In This Guide:
What if my baby refuses to eat a food?
What to focus on at each meal
How to navigate family meal time in a calm way
Is salt ok? What seasonings and spices are ok (and when)?
What about sugar?
The mistakes I made (and what to do instead)
The best quick snacks on the go
What to avoid feeding your baby
How to tell if your baby has a food sensitivity
How to prep & plan better
What to stock your pantry & fridge with
How to introduce things like grains, beans, dairy, eggs, etc (and when)
How to make sure your baby gets all the nutrients they need for development
How to not make seperate meals!
I wish I had this baby guide for my first kid. I didn't know what I didn't know! I've been using this on my second baby and it is crazy how much more into food and adventurous he is because of Sarah's expansive guidance.
Jessica R.
How to teach your family about food in a diet and trend-free way that will never change based on the latest study
So You Can Make Your Family's Health A Priority. To Learn — Once And For All:
How to be a good example of eating well & taking care of yourself.
How to have more joy and fun with making baby food & enjoying the process
How to make dinners that everyone in your family, no matter their age, can eat.
The best foods to start with (recipes included for all!)
How to create a introduction to food allergies that YOU feel comfortable with.
How to get your baby to try new things & be a adventurous eater
How to never get bored or in a rut with your baby's meals
How to train their tastebuds to crave healthy food and love vegetables of all kinds
How to create healthier relationships to food as a family
How to deal with picky eating, messy eating, dropping food, and dis-interest.
How to break the frustrating patterns YOU learned about food growing up.
... so that Your baby can grow into the the healthiest version of themselves
It's Time To Do This In A Better Way
so here it is...
Get 42 easy real-food recipes, organized month by month by age, plus a higher level simplified process for introducing real food to your baby, so that you can feel calm, confident and organized, while giving your baby the best foundation of food for the rest of their lives.
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I believe in this guide with my whole heart. My goal is to help as many parents as possible to get educated, feel inspired, and help their families to grow up empowered around real-food, because healthier lives start in our own homes and kitchens first.
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BUT—If you're in and willing to learn and try some new things, I have no doubt these recipes & this guide will change the health of your family for decades to come.
Great. This makes a perfect resource for babysitters, grandparents, nannies, and childcare. It lays it all out in easy-to-do steps and ways, so that you can all be on the same page.
What if someone else feeds my baby most of the time?
Have another Q? Just email us at hello@simplyrealhealth.com
No. All you need is real food: back to the basics. Fresh vegetables and fruit (frozen are great too). A few good pantry staples (all of which you can find at almost every grocery store or online in bulk). Some good quality meat, eggs, and protein (as best you can find or afford). This guide is meant for everyone who wants to raise their family on real food, regardless of income.
Do I need to buy fancy food or ingredients for this to work?
Short answer: yes. These recipes are great for all ages--- adults too! And there is never a better time to start learning more about real food, for the years to come. Everything is real food based, nutrient packed, and most of all EASY, making it a great resource for any stage in life. Once they hit 18 months-2 years, babies brains become more picky and opinionated with food. But with time and exposure and a calm attitude around it, these recipes can help any mama who wants to expand their baby's options.
My baby isn't In between 4 months-18 months. Will this still be helpful?
No problem, this entire guide was written from the perspective of preventing food sensitivities. Because of my own history with them and working with adults on this exact thing, I am highly aware of them. Every recipe was written with that in mind, so none of the recipes rely on the top allergen foods. If there is an ingredient your baby is avoiding, we offer common swaps and substitutions so you can rest easy.
What if my baby already has a known senstivity?
don't worry, we have the answers!
You Might have Some questions
+ You believe in real food, you just need more ideas!
+ You know little bit of extra intention NOW will make everything else easier later
+ You've done some research and don't really know where to start
+ You want to eventually eat the same meal as a family (no short-order cooking!)
+ You want to set your kids up for success in life: with their health, habits and loving food
+ You know there is no one-size-fits-all for every single baby, but you would love a framework that's flexible to start with and customize as you go
+ You love knowing the lay of the land and knowing what to expect down the road so you can be prepared
+ You want someone to hold your hand and make this whole thing easier (please).
+ You don't mind cooking a little bit (if it means having a baby that loves all kinds of food)
How To Know If You're A Perfect Fit For The Simply Real Baby Guide:
NO MATTER WHere you're at with your journey of feeding your family, THERE'S SOME REASON YOU'RE HERE, AND SOME REASON YOU'VE READ THIS FAR.