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Your baby’s first foods
Getting your baby to eat his first foods can seem like a daunting milestone, but it’s definitely not the end of the world. When the time is right and when he is ready he will figure it out with your help. Before you start, remember that offering solids is a gradual process as your baby until now has only known breast milk or formula. If your baby pushes food out of his mouth or presses his lips together, don’t force it. He simply may not be ready for solids yet. Introducing solid foods when your baby is between 4 and 6 months is a good idea. Here are a few tips on what foods are best for each stage: Between 4 to 6 months Begin with some iron-fortified rice cereal mixed with breast milk or formula. Introduce one new food gradually every few days like other kinds of cereals, finely strained, pureed or mashed fruits and vegetables. You can give this to your baby about twice a day. Between 7 to 10 months Strained or mashed foods with a slightly thicker consistency like bananas, apple sauce, butternut squash, cooked egg, finely chopped meat or fish. This can be given up to three times a day. Between 9 to 12 months Introduce soft combination foods like macaroni and cheese, pasta with tomato sauce, finely cooked and mashed rice and so on. Now that your baby can sit up and bring food to this mouth using his hands, he can chew on finger foods like baby crackers and bite sized cooked vegetables. Feed him three or four meals a day along with two nutritious snacks like yogurt or cheese. Try and establish a pattern for meals. 12 months and up Apart from giving him his meals, add whole cow’s milk to his diet. He will need the extra calories until he is two. Try and give him three or four meals, plus two snacks. Safety checklist - Until your baby is at least 7 months don’t puree your own beets, turnips, carrots or other green as they may have large amounts of nitrates. Commercial baby foods are fine as they are tested to be nitrate-free. - Until your child is 1, avoid honey as it may contain spores - At any age if your child experiences rashes, vomiting, bloating, gas or diarrhea after a new food. Stop giving it to him and talk to your GP. Happy Feeding!! |
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