PKU Weaning Stage One

The first foods you will offer your baby are what we call exchange free foods as they are very low in protein. When you start introducing solids choose a relaxed time of day for both you and your baby. Start with 1 meal a day, initially it will be only 1-5 teaspoons and gradually build this up to 3 meals per day.

To make your meals choose from the foods below:

Fruit

Apples
Apricots
Banana (no more than one small one per day)
Mango
Pear
Peach

Vegetables

French beans
Carrots
Cauliflower
Parsnip
Swede
Sweet potato

Low Protein Prescription Foods

Anamix, low protein rusks (these can be softened with water or PKU Anamix infant or PKU start formula)
Promin, low protein pasta meal

Very Low Protein Baby Jars
If a baby jar has 0.5g or less protein per 100g it is allowed as a free food in the diet

Aspartame
Aspartame is an artificial sweetener which contains phenylalanine and is therefore not included in the diet. It can be found in fizzy drinks, squash, cordial, puddings, chewing gum, and artificial sweeteners such as canderel. On food labels it will appear as: Aspartame or E951 and it should be stated that it is a source of phenylalanine. Please note that aspartame can also be found in medication so it is important to check this with your GP and pharmacist.

Protein
The protein in your baby's diet is being provided by the phenylalanine free formula PKU Anamix Infant and the infant formula or breastmilk. It is important that at this stage these volumes stay the same as prescribed by your dietitian. Once you have established 3 free meals per day the next stage is to introduce protein into the meals in the form of exchanges and reduce the amount of infant formula or breastmilk accordingly.