For When Your Baby is Ready to Eat Solid Food

Your baby should be ready to eat solid food around the age of six months. This is when your baby’s mouth changes and will now be able to manage swallowing the food. It is also a good time to start feeding your baby solid food when they have reached about double their birth weight. Before this your baby’s digestive system is not ready to digest solid food.

Growth spurts often account for the increased hunger in your baby and should not be taken as a sign that your baby needs solid foods added to her diet. Offer your baby more frequent nursing sessions and/or bottle feedings instead of solids; you will find that within a week or two, your baby is oftentimes over the growth spurt and back to feeding “as usual”.

Before you start feeding your baby solid food you first need to have many bibs, bowls and spoons that are not breakable, and a food processor.

The first solid food to try is baby rice, it is low in protein and it is not likely to cause any allergic reaction. Mix the rice with breast milk or formula and mix it thin so it will be easy for your baby to swallow. After your baby is used to the rice you can try to add some vegetables to it, then fruit. It is best to try vegetables first because your baby may not want to eat then if you first give your baby sweet fruit.

Any dairy made from cows milk needs to be avoided until your baby is one year old. After your baby has had cows milk for a month or more you can add other dairy products. It would be best to gradually get your baby onto solid food, wait at least twenty four hours in between trying any other new food, this will give you some input so if there is an allergic reaction.

Remember that you need to let your baby be in charge. You will be informed by your baby whether or not it needs a top up or if they are still hungry.

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