Too much squash and carrots

Gwen’s diet has been mainly porridge with squash and malunggay or potatoes with carrots. I can’t think of any other baby food recipes to make. On her last check-up, her doctor mentioned about it that her nose is turning yellowish/orange. She guessed that maybe she’s eating plenty of squash.

She mentioned about carotenemia. Uh-oh, anything scientific mentioned by a doctor alarms me, and it sounds like anemia. But as she explained, it’s just a condition wherein the blood has increased blood carotene levels. The baby’s nose, palms, soles and fingers might turn yellowish or orange-ish because of this. This is due to excessive consumption of carotene-rich foods such as carrots, squash and sweet potatoes. But there’s nothing to worry about because it’s not life threatening.

But still, I will tell Nanay to lessen the carrots and squash. And I must look for other baby food recipes…