Nutrition Tips For Babies

In the first six months

1. Young infants cannot deal properly with solid foods ( in reality semisolid foods at first) for the first four months.


2. Introduction of any food to the baby, other than milk, is unnecessary before the age of 4 months. Breast milk is more nutritious.


3. The natural time for starting solids is when the energy provided by well established breast feeding starts to become insufficient or when the infant still seems hungry after a good milk feed.


4. When solids are introduced, single ingredient foods should be used and started one at a time at half weekly intervals so that there is time to recognise allergy or other intolerance to each food.


5. Infant cereals are traditional foods to start with;rice is better before wheat. They can be thinned with baby's usual milk or water.


6. Then different soft foods like soft porridges, pureed fruit and vegetables can be added.


7. Egg should not be started before six months.


8. Babies should not be left alone while they are eating.