Starting Your Baby on Solid Foods: When, What and How?
December 7, 2006 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under books, breastfeeding basics, health of the baby, nutrition
Your six-month-old baby has learned how to sit up on his own. He likes to chew on everything in sight, and his tongue-thrust reflex has gone away to the point that it no longer automatically makes him push solids out of his mouth with his tongue. He looks longingly at the food on your plate, and a few times he’s managed to grab some food and tried to put it to his mouth before you stopped him. Those are all signs a baby is ready to start solids: sitting up, readiness to chew (with or without teeth), loss of the …read more
