eating
Hi there, My little boy is almost 6 months old now so my early childhood centre organised a group discussion on this topic this week and this is what they recommend, however if you and your baby are happy with what you are doing keep with it.
When baby wakes in the morning give her a bottle and then follow with cereal. After a few days increase the cereal amount then slow introduce pureed fruit into the cereal for taste. Do this for the evening meal as well. After a couple of weeks introduce one pureed vegetable at a time for the evening meal instead of cereal.
After about a month change the cereal to one that has oats / grains and then combine two or three different pureed vegetables to her dinner. Then a few weeks later introduce pureed meat to the evening meal. Then slowly introduce a meal at lunch time.
Don't introduce Egg, Nuts, Cows Milk before the age of one. When and if you introduce nuts to her smear a littlte peanut butter on her to do a skin test first to rule out allergies.
You little girl also needs 3 -4 bottles a day in between her solids.
From about 8 - 9 months introduce the food to her in soft chunks.
Hope this helps. Have a nice Christmas.
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