Baby Solid and Finger Food: Identification signs he's ready to eat solids

Time for introducing solids to babies

When should parents introduce solid foods to your babies? If these signs occur at different times for different babies, but most of them will show signs of between four to six months if your babies are ready. It is about time they need more food for growth and development. Introducing solids is also critical to help the babies learn how to eat, and then they can experience new tastes from foods, make tooth and other skills for later development possibilities the language. However, solids can not replace breastfeeding or infant formula. The babies should eat complete combining milk with solids until at least around 1 year. If solid food substitute for breast milk or infant formula too fast, the baby may be missing many important nutrients.

Identification signs he's ready to eat solids

Your babies will give you obvious signs when they reach out to eat only liquid such as:

Looking food cravings. They seem hungry - even with eight to ten times to breastfeed or formula a day.

Always curious and demanding test of what you are eating.

Considerable gain weight. Most babies are ready to eat when they have heavy double than their birth weight

Your babies’ mouth and tongue develop synchronous with their digestive system to learn how to swallow effectively

The way of introducing solid foods to your babies

For most babies, you can start with any solid food pureed. No medical evidence to suggest that eating solid foods in a particular order would be beneficial for the baby. Start on solids food with a single grain cereal, or pureed potatoes, squash, apples, bananas, peaches, pears.

Feeding one or two teaspoons of pureed solid food, minced or semi-liquid food. Use a soft-tipped plastic spoon when you are feeding, to avoid dental injuries.  Feeding small amounts of food to avoid choking.

At first they should be eating only once a day, whenever it is convenient for you and your babies, but not when they seem tired or irritable. Your babies may not eat much in the beginning but give them time to experience and learn how to keep food in the mouth and swallow.

Introduce other solids gradually, wait at least three days after each new food. This way you can know if your babies react to new food an allergic not (the signs of allergy may include diarrhea, vomiting..)

Once they got used to the new diet, the babies would be willing to eat more every day. If he ate cereal, gradually thickening the consistency by adding a little more liquid. When babies start to eat more, you can add many other foods.

What kind of food suitable for your baby?

Breast milk or iron-fortified formula. Try to eat about two cups of milk or milk products a day, maybe cheese or yogurt.

Yellow, orange, green vegetables and fruits.

A small amount of protein as meat and poultry, tofu, meat, fish, eggs..

Processed foods containing fat, sugar and / or salt - for example, cakes, biscuits, potato chips, fried foods - not good for babies.

5/13/2015