Add Solid Foods To Your Baby’s Menu

What your child eats will support their growth, development and play an important role in their future health. The good news is, just a few simple steps. You can ensure your children receive the right nutrients.
When can your child start solid foods?
Although each baby's needs are different. But most babies, starting at 4-6 months, are ready to add new forms of food (besides formula or breast milk) to their diets

. To make it easier to get used to solid foods Children need the following skills:
Sit up with support.
Can control his head and neck.
No longer have a spray reflex (or push the tongue when food touches the mouth)
What should you know when giving solids?
There is no evidence that feeding solids before 4 months of age is beneficial.



Weaning before 4 months does not help babies sleep better or grow better.
Adding solid foods to a child's diet when he or she is not ready will create potential risks. For example, accidentally inhaling food into the lungs, suffering from allergies, eczema, and asthma.
What should you feed your baby when he's ready?
There are many ways to add solids to your baby's menu. But most experts agree on a few key points:
For your baby's first weaning foods, use only one component foods (such as cereal flour). Avoid food with additives like salt or sugar.
Add new foods at a time, and wait 3-5 days before starting to add other foods This helps you see if your baby has any food allergies (like diarrhea, vomiting, skin rash).



Contact a doctor if allergies occur.
Listen to your baby: an infant is capable of adjusting the amount of food needed. Do not force your baby to eat when he is full or leave him hungry.
Do not stop breast milk or formula milk; 90% of important nutrients for babies come from these sources. Solid foods, for the moment, are just to help babies get used to foods other than milk.
Food for babies from 4 to 6 months old
Iron-fortified cereals are often used as baby's first foods for ease of digestion.
Cereal (and other foods) should be mixed until it becomes milk (slightly thick liquid) and fed to the baby with a spoon.
After trying many grains.



You can add pureed vegetables and fruits like pumpkin, bananas, potatoes and apples.
Finally, add the pureed meat and protein.
Do not give your baby juice to drink before 6 months of age. After 6 months, only give your baby 100% pure juice and no more than 110 mL (~ 4 ounces) a day.
Food for babies from 8 to 10 months old
At this time, your baby is developing new skills like sitting without help or holding things on his own. Babies can begin to hold and eat foods like crackers and dry cereal without choking. Foods like cooked and soft fruits and vegetables, or cheese and cooked meat should be chopped. Foods such as baby crackers and dry cereals.



Can dissolve easily in baby's mouth.
Food for babies from 10 to 12 months old
As children get older, they develop motor skills that help them to eat on their own.
Be sure to cut the food into very small pieces.
It is important that the food is varied! Make sure your baby's diet is new and includes all food groups.
What foods should you avoid during your baby's first five years?
Do not give your baby foods such as nuts, grapes, carrots, raisins, popcorn, and sausages. Because babies can choke and choke when eating.
Avoid honey, because honey can infect C. botulinum spores.



Bringing botulism to infants. A serious condition that can cause muscle weakness and shortness of breath due to the toxin of C. botulinum.
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