How Can I Get My Baby to Try Different Foods?!

Starting your baby on solid foods isn’t always an easy task. Come learn alongside Angel Laketa Moore (@thatchickangel) some tips and tricks for successfully introducing solid foods into your baby's diet.

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Now, transitioning from an all-liquid diet to solids involves A LOT of learning. So, when should we get this learning process going? When should parents introduce solid foods?

The typical age these days is around six months of age. But what we really want to look at is not necessarily the age of the baby, but development milestones. So sitting up nice and strong, the ability to hold your head not kind of flopping around as we see the babies do. ...the ability to reach and grab something that shows that the trunk of the baby is strong enough for them to make these more smaller movements.

And then lastly, we love to see babies kind of tracking what the parent is eating. Are they watching you eat? Making sure your baby is physically ready and also interested in eating solids is a good place to start. But how exactly do you get the food inside your baby’s mouth and into their belly?

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Read More:

How to Introduce Solid Foods to Your Baby
https://www.nytimes.com/article/solid-foods-baby.html
"Before introducing solids, ensure that your baby is developmentally ready: He should be able to sit up, hold his head up and swallow at least some food. He should also show interest in eating."

How to Introduce Solid Foods to Babies for Allergy Prevention
https://www.allergy.org.au/patients/allergy-prevention/ascia-how-to-introduce-solid-foods-to-babies
"All babies should be given common allergy causing foods by 12 months of age, including egg and peanut, in an age appropriate form such as well-cooked egg and smooth peanut butter/paste (not whole nuts or pieces)."

Infant Feeding Guide
https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=infant-feeding-guide-90-P02694
"For the first few months, breast milk or formula is all that's needed. As your baby grows, starting a variety of healthy foods at the proper time is important for proper growth and development. And starting good eating habits at this early stage will help set healthy eating patterns for life."
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