Another cautiously accepts solids but needs to be introduced gradually to a variety of tastes and textures and get to family meals when she is in her second or even third year. One baby will accept solid foods from the start, quickly learn to close her lips over the spoon and swallow, accept thicker, lumpier food, and be ready by 7 to 10 months to finger-feed herself modified family food at family meals. She watches you eat, and she wants to eat, too. Go by what your baby can do, not by how old she is to guide starting and progressing solid foods. Your older baby’s learning to eat solid foods goes along with her interest in the world. That is around six months for most babies. Start solids based on what your baby can do, not on how old he is: when he can sit up, see food coming, and open up for it. Put him to bed when he’s calm and drowsy and let him put himself to sleep. He loves being with you, and he begins learning what eating is all about. Bring him to the table with you when you eat.Let him eat his way – much or little, fast or slowly, steady or start-and-stop.Feed your baby when he wants to eat, when he is wide-awake and calm.Guide feeding based on your baby’s cuesįeed on demand: Go by information coming from your baby to guide feeding Your baby is responsible for everything else – when, where, how much, how fast. You are responsible for the what of feeding – breastmilk or formula. Follow the division of responsibility in feeding He watches, smiles, jabbers, and reaches out to get your attention and to keep you close. Your paying attention to him and doing what he wants shows him you love him and teaches him to love you back. When your baby is 2 or 3 months old, he begins to learn about love. Your baby will eat as much as she needs and grow in the way that is right for her if you maintain a division of responsibility in feeding.You are responsible for the what of feeding – breastmilk or formula. Put her to bed when she’s calm and drowsy and let her put herself to sleep. She will relax, slow down and stop nursing. Stop feeding her when she shows you she is finished eating.Let her eat her way – much or little, fast or slowly, steady or start-and-stop.Pay attention to her cues and feed her when she wants to eat, when she is wide-awake and calm and before she gets upset from crying.Do what your baby wants with feedingĭon’t worry about spoiling her. To help her, feed her the way she wants you to. To do well with eating, she needs help being calm and staying awake. Your newborn comes out of a quiet, dark place into a world full of sights, sounds and commotion.
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