Food and Nutrition for your baby's eating milestone

Food & Nutrition for your baby's eating milestone GOURMANDIA Baby Milestone 1: When They Can Start Solids Baby Milestone 5: When They Start Using Spoons Most pediatricians, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, recommend introducing solid foods to babies at between 4 and 6 months of age. That's when they start to lose the "tongue-thrust reflex" or extrusion reflex, which is important for sucking the breast or bottle but interferes with feeding. Almost as soon as babies adjust to being fed with a spoon, they're interested in it and want to grab that thing and shove it into their mouths themselves. That doesn't mean they're very good at it, of course! Baby Milestone 2: When They're Ready to Move From Puree to Chunks Baby Milestone 6: When They Can Try Highly Allergenic Foods Introduce new textures slowly. Good starters are mashed bananas or mashed avocados. You ca also use the "staged" store-bought baby foods -- going from the sm oth puree of stage 1 to the slightly thicker stage 2 and then the chunkier stage 3 by around 9 months of age. Some pediatricians still recommend waiting until children are 1-yea old or older before offering them certain foods that highly allergenic, like eggs or fish. But current research doesn't demonstrate any benefit to waiting pasta certain age to introduce these foods unless you have a significant family history of food allergies or other reasons to believe your baby may be predisposed to them. Baby Milestone 3: When They Can Sit in a High Chair Baby Milestone 7: When They Can Drink Water If babies are ready to eat solid foods -- in other words, they can sit upright with support and hold up their head and neck -- they're ready to sit in a high chair. This is usually around 4 months of age. The chair straps and the tray offer support, and can help him stay in position. Always buckle baby in to his chair, even if he is unable to get out with the tray in place. As he gets older and becomes more active, he may be able to squirm out. Babies don't need water during their first 6 months of life. They get all the water they need from breast milk or baby formula. Babies under 6 months of age should not be given any water at all because it's easy to fill up their tiny stomachs -- and they should be filling up on the nutrients they need to grow. Once they start eating mostly solid foods, around 9 months of age, they can start water with meals using a sippy cup. Baby Milestone 8: When They Can Completely Feed Themselves Baby Milestone 4: When They Can Manage Finger Foods Mastering eating with utensils is a long process. Most baes do not become really skilled at it until well over a year. Encouge your child to practice, and again, be prepared for a little mes Babies between 7 and 11 months old usually tell you they're ready to eat more grown up foods by trying to grab them from you. Almost any food that is healthy and nutritious and has a soft texture makes a good finger food, if it's cut small enough: diced pasta; small pieces of well-cooked vegetables such as carrots, peas, o zuechini; and pea-sized Small, unsweete ned rund cereals and cereal puffs are also agood s of chicken or soft meat. http://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/baby-food-nutrition-9/baby-food-milestones