The American Academy of Pediatrics says that for most children, you do not need to give foods in a certain order. Your child can begin eating solid foods at about 6 months old. By the time he or she is 7 or 8 months old, your child can eat a variety of foods from different food groups.
These foods include infant cereals, meat or other proteins, fruits, vegetables, grains, yogurts and cheeses, and more. If your child is eating infant cereals, it is important to offer a variety of fortified alert icon infant cereals such as oat, barley, and multi-grain instead of only rice cereal. Only providing infant rice cereal is not recommended by the Food and Drug Administration because there is a risk for children to be exposed to arsenic.
Visit the U. Now that your child is starting to eat food, be sure to choose foods that give your child all the vitamins and minerals they need. Let your child try one single-ingredient food at a time at first. This helps you see if your child has any problems with that food, such as food allergies. If you do, make sure it contains only water.
Juice reduces the appetite for other, more nutritious, foods, including breast milk, formula, or both. Too much juice can also cause diaper rash, diarrhea, or excessive weight gain. Healthy babies do not need extra water. Breast milk, formula, or both provide all the fluids they need. However, it is OK to offer a little water when you begin to give your baby solid foods.
Use an open, sippy or strawed cup and limit water to no more than 1 cup 8 ounces each day. Also, a small amount of water may be needed in very hot weather. If you live in an area where the water is fluoridated , drinking water will also help prevent future tooth decay. It is important for your baby to get used to the process of eating—sitting up, taking food from a spoon, resting between bites, and stopping when full.
These early experiences will help your child learn good eating habits throughout life. Encourage family meals from the first feeding. When you can, the whole family should eat together. Research suggests that having dinner together, as a family, on a regular basis has positive effects on the development of children.
Remember to offer a good variety of healthy foods that are rich in the nutrients your child needs. Watch your child for cues that he has had enough to eat. Do not overfeed! If you have any questions about your child's nutrition, including concerns about your child eating too much or too little, talk with your child's doctor.
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Log in Register. Ages and Stages. Healthy Living. Introducing solids is more about getting them used to chewing and swallowing food than providing any significant nutritional benefit.
Give your baby the breast or bottle first thing in the morning, before or after meals, and before bedtime. At the beginning, you'll have to experiment to find what works best. If they're a big drinker—say, if they'd drink a whole bottle before a meal, given the chance—feed them first with food and then with a bottle. If they're a moderate drinker, try the opposite. As soon as your little one understands the concept of eating and shows interest in mealtime this usually happens between 6 and 9 months , start them on a routine for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Even if they aren't hungry at times, they'll get used to the idea of eating on a schedule. That said, never force or pressure your baby to eat. If they aren't interested, just take them out of the high chair and move on. As your baby adjusts to eating solids, know that there may be days when they're more interested in peas and carrots than in the breast or bottle and, on the flip side, days when all they'll want to do is nurse.
This is all normal as your baby begins to grow more independent , but for now, they still need their normal day's worth of breast milk or formula. There are no hard and fast rules for a baby's first foods. It's more important to offer a variety of fruits, vegetables, and meats in any order to get your baby used to different tastes. Here are some suggestions. The level of iron that's stored in utero drops after birth, and a baby reaches an all-time low at around 9 months.
That's why cereals fortified with iron are an ideal early food. Combine one teaspoon of single-grain cereal with four to five teaspoons of breast milk or formula.
At first, most of the cereal will end up on your baby's chin. Allan Walker, M. Don't force your baby to continue eating if they shake their head no, turn away, or refuse to open up after only one mouthful. And if they seem completely uninterested in trying cereal, wait a week or so and try again. Once your baby is used to swallowing runny cereal, thicken it by using less water or breast milk and more cereal.
You may have heard that eating fruits before vegetables can cause a lifelong preference for sweet foods, but there's no research to back that up. Feed all food with a spoon. Your baby needs to learn to eat from a spoon. Don't use an infant feeder. Only formula and water should go into the bottle. Don't give your child honey in any form for your child's first year. It can cause infant botulism. Don't put your baby in bed with a bottle propped in his or her mouth. Propping a bottle has been linked to an increased risk for ear infections.
Once your baby's teeth are present, propping the bottle can also cause tooth decay. There is also a risk of choking. Don't make your child "clean the plate. It teaches your child to eat just because the food is there, not because he or she is hungry. Expect a smaller and pickier appetite as the baby's growth rate slows around age 1. Babies and young children shouldn't eat hot dogs, nuts, seeds, round candies, popcorn, hard, raw fruits and vegetables, grapes, or peanut butter.
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