Weaning baby
June 26, 2008
It is essential to learn that at 4 months of age your baby should be ready to begin solids. You should start by introducing cereal into the baby’s diet but use only single grain cereals and those are rice, barley, and oatmeal. However, you could try each new cereal for 3-4 days before starting the next one. It is important for us to note that when it is time for introducing solid foods and weaning a baby onto solid foods, a parent must feel comfortable in the methods and the foods that will make up the introduction to solid foods.
You should not give in larger quantities. Rather, gradually increase the dry cereal to three tablespoons, and then to three tablespoons twice a day, the best is at the morning and evening. Make sure the cereal is thin and runny at first, as the baby will be unused to the texture of thick cereal and do not aid sugar, honey, syrup or salt to the baby’s cereal. You should also be familiar with the term ‘Baby Led Weaning’ that means offering your baby (age appropriate) foods that soft-cooked and cut into small easily manageable pieces. These foods are then given to your baby to eat. You do the cooking, the dicing and the offering of the foods and your baby does the rest. As with breastfeeding on demand,
The baby does not know the difference so do not aid it, it watches and opens their mouth for the spoon, and does not push food out with their tongue. You should use cereals that are high in iron and vitamins. Avoid using cereal that comes mixed with formula because formula may be different than the one your baby takes. Moreover, the cereal may be a mixture of grains. That is why you should start with one teaspoon of dry cereal and mix it with one ounce of formula once a day.
You should not offer your child high-nitrate vegetables such as beets, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, green beans, spinach and turnips, until after 6 months of age.
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