Mommies are always in rush to start eggs for their babies and this question ” When can I give my baby Eggs?” lands in my email inbox almost daily 🙂

So instead of writing a long reply every time, decided to whip up this post now.

Many vegetarian moms wish to introduce eggs to their babies , the egg smell may put off you initially but once done regularly can be overcome easily.

When can I give my Baby Eggs ?

There are different school of thoughts for introducing eggs to babies.

There was a general belief that eggs cause allergy and are to be given only after 1 year.

A recent research¹ states that ” There is NO evidence that delaying the introduction of any specific food beyond 6 months of age helps to prevent allergy ”

The below recommendations are based on my research and experience, do consult your baby’s pediatrician for your baby’s feeding needs.

1. Introduce Egg Yolk after completion of 6 months (after introducing basic foods).

2. If there is no reaction and baby accepts the egg without any allergies, then egg white and whole egg can be given.

How to introduce eggs to Babies?

When you introduce eggs it may be daunting to as how to introduce and in what form to do it?

Here is a step by step guide to do it.

Hard Boiled Egg Yolk for Babies

It is better to give hard boiled yolk when you first introduce egg yolk.

1. Hard boil the egg, remove the yolk and blend it with Khichdi with a fork or masher.

2. Cut the hard boiled egg into small cubes, fry them in a ghee with a little pepper or jeera powder and can be given as finger food.

Scrambled  Egg Yolk Recipes for Babies

After trying the hard boiled egg yolk, if your baby doesn’t have any reaction, you can move on with the following recipes

3. Remove the egg yolk from the whole egg and in a kadai, add a little oil, pour the egg yolk, add a pinch of pepper or jeera powder scramble it and can be given as finger food.

4. With the same method as of the above, a little cheese can be added while scrambling for a more soft texture.

5. Steam small bits of carrots and potatoes and add them to the egg yolk while scrambling, it makes one wholesome egg dish 🙂

Egg Yolk Omelette Recipes for Babies

6. Plain Omelette – Remove the egg yolk from the whole egg, add a little pepper or jeera powder and pour it on a tawa greased with ghee, after it is nicely cooked. Cut the omelette into strips and give as finger food.

7. Cheese Omelette – To the above recipe add a little grated cheese for soft fluffy omelettes.

8. Vegetable Omelette – Add 1/4 cup of steamed veggies to the egg yolk, beat it well and make omelette.

Egg Yolk Appe Recipes

9. Egg Muffin – Mix the egg yolk with mixed vegetables and cook in them in a appe or Kulipaniyram tray.

10. Egg Balls – Mix egg yolk with dosa batter well and pour in appe or kulipaniyram tray and give as finger food.

When to give Whole Egg to babies?

After you have tried the egg yolk recipes, if your baby is comfortable and doesn’t have any reaction, you can go give whole egg.

The whole Egg can be given in the same way as egg yolk.

How many eggs can be given in a day to babies?

When you start introducing eggs, first start with one teaspoon of hard boiled yellow yolk, after that can be slowly increased to One full egg per day.

Words of Caution

Please make sure that the eggs are cooked fully, never give half cooked eggs to babies as they may have salmonella and may cause food poisoning.

Tackling allergy to Eggs in Babies

If your baby develops allergy to eggs then, the following symptoms are likely to be seen:

• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Cranky and crying – due to tummy ache
• Rashes
• Hives
• Runny Nose or Sore throat
• Difficulty in Breathing

Rush to your doctor or emergency immediately if you notice any of these.

For more egg recipes for your little one, do check out our list of 14 Egg Recipes for Babies.

References:

1. Early exposure to food and food allergy in Children

Do share with us by commenting below if you have any specific concern in introducing egg to babies?