Trees of Broccoli

With our first two foods under our belt, next up was Broccoli!  I steamed them for probably 15 minutes, until the stalks were fork tender.  I then dunked them in ice water so they wouldn't continue to cook, though I think the ice water did make them a bit more watery, but after the carrot, I figured smushy was good.

She had a lot of fun sticking the heads of the broccoli in her mouth and moving the little pieces around.  We arent sure she swallowed much of anything, but it seemed like pretty good fun. She did have a few gagging incidents, but everything we read said that was part of the process of learning to chew and swallow.

 It certainly ended up as the messiest of the foods!!  We were finding little sprigs of broccoli everywhere for days!!

Recommendation
Broccoli: Steam baby hand sized stalks for about 15 minutes.  You may be able to do enough for a few days and put it in a baggie in the fridge, but I just did it each day.  Cool and give to baby!