Feed small portions and encourage your baby to eat slowly. Always watch your child while he or she is eating. Learn more about potential choking hazards and how to prevent your child from choking. Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link.
Section Navigation. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate. Minus Related Pages. Did You Know? Your child needs certain vitamins and minerals to grow healthy and strong. To receive email updates about this topic, enter your email address. Email Address. What's this? Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. Related Links. Prepare for messes. Your baby will likely fling food everywhere, especially if you're practicing baby-led weaning.
This is common and doesn't necessarily indicate a dislike. Watch out for allergies. To make pinpointing allergies easier, give your child only one new food at a time and wait three or four days before trying another.
Keep an eye out for signs of an allergic reaction or intolerance, like a rash, hives, wheezing, difficulty breathing, vomiting, excessive gas, diarrhea, or blood in their stools. Call your pediatrician if you notice any of these symptoms they can take minutes or days to appear , and go to the ER if the reaction seems serious. Take a page from our healthy-from-the-start handbook and take the guesswork out of what foods to introduce, and when.
Print it out Save Pin FB More. They can sit upright and hold up their head. They are curious, looking at everything around them—especially what you're eating! They lost the tongue thrust reflex that automatically pushes food out of their mouth. They still seem hungry after getting a full day's portion of milk eight to 10 breastfeedings or about 32 ounces of formula. Up to 9 months, feed your baby 20 to 28 ounces of formula daily or breast milk every 3 to 4 hours.
At 9 to 12 months, feed them 16 to 24 ounces of formula daily or breast milk every 4 to 5 hours. Here are 20 Things to Feed Your Infant. At 4 to 6 months, feed your baby two meals, each two to four tablespoons.
At 7 to 12 months, feed them three meals, each the size of your baby's fist. How To Start Solids. Baby Food Infographic. Credit: Christina Minopoli. Be the first to comment! No comments yet. Close this dialog window Add a comment. Add your comment Cancel Submit. Close this dialog window Review for. Back to story Comment on this project. Tell us what you think This usually doesn't happen until they're 4 to 6 months old.
Also, if you try to feed your son solids before this age, you may notice that he pushes food out of his mouth as quickly as you put it in. Babies start to lose this natural tongue-thrusting reflex at the 4- to 6-month mark, which makes it easier for them to start eating solid foods. Wait until your baby is at least 4 months old and shows these signs of readiness before starting solids.
Babies who start solid foods before 4 months are at a higher risk for obesity and other problems later on. They also aren't coordinated enough to safely swallow solid foods and may choke on the food or inhale it into their lungs.
When the time is right, start with a single-grain, iron-fortified baby cereal. Rice cereal has traditionally been the first food for babies, but you can start with any you prefer. Start with 1 or 2 tablespoons of cereal mixed with breast milk, formula, or water. Feed your baby with a small baby spoon, and never add cereal to a baby's bottle unless your doctor recommends it.
At this stage, solids should be fed after a nursing session, not before. That way, your baby fills up on breast milk, which should be your baby's main source of nutrition until age 1.
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