How to serve eggs for baby-led weaning

There are different ways to serve eggs for baby-weaning, including making an egg omelet or cooking hard boiled eggs for baby. Egg is also a common allergen so precaution should be taken when introducing eggs. Look through our thorough guide to see how to introduce eggs for baby-led weaning.

Course Baby food

Cuisine Baby Food

Fridge Life? 3 days

Freezable? No

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 12

Cooling time 15

Total Time 14

Servings

Calories 126kcal

Author Dora

Ingredients

2 Eggs

Instructions

How to make hard boiled eggs for baby?

Place eggs in a pot of cold water and make sure the eggs are covered with water about 2 cm / 1 inch. Bring to boil, cover the pot and turn off the heat. Let the eggs cook in that water for 12 minutes.
Transfer the eggs into a bowl with cold water (and you can add ice) and let them sit for 15 minutes. This will make them easier to peel later.

How to make egg omelet for baby?

This is a recipe for a basic egg omelette for baby. You can make it using just egg whites or egg yolks. Use 4 eggs in that case in order to get the volume, otherwise if using an entire egg then you can use 2 eggs.
Heat olive oil on medium heat in a non-stick skillet on the stove.
Crack 2 eggs in a bowl and beat with a fork until yolk and white are combined.
Pour the eggs into the skillet and use a silicone spatula to gently lift the cooked eggs from the edges of the pan. Tilt the pan so that the uncooked parts of the eggs flow to the edge of the pan.
Fold the omelette in half and slide it onto a plate.
Cut and serve it according to the age of the baby.

Notes

If you are starting with baby-led weaning then there are different ways you can introduce eggs from 6 months of age. We do recommend you serve yolk and white separately on different days to know which of them is an allergen:

hard boiled eggs for baby
- egg yolk and egg white separated. Hard boil the egg and then quarter it. Remove the yolk and mash it with some olive oil and serve on a preloaded spoon. The white will be big enough for baby to hold and crush with their gums.
egg omelete for baby
- first time serving only egg white omelette and next time only egg yolk omelet
- after you have tested for egg allergy you can serve a normal egg omelet and even add some onion, spinach etc
- cut the egg omelette strips as shown in the image
in pancakes, savory muffins, on french toast and any healthy baked good once you have tested baby for egg allergy
At 9 months of age when using pincer grasp
- cut the hard-boiled eggs in bite sized pieces
- cut the omelete into bite sized smaller pieces
- scrambelled eggs into small pieces
At 12 months of age
- whole hard boiled egg for baby to hold and bite. You can give them the egg with the peel on so they can learn to peel the egg and develop their fine motor skills.
- cutting eggs into bite sized pieces
- scrambelled eggs
- pancakes, savory muffins, on french toast, sugar-free muffins, egg-muffins, biscuits etc

Whichever way you choose you always need to make sure the eggs are fully cooked so to limit exposure to Salmonella.

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