Your baby will be ready to eat solid food around the age of six months.  This is because around the age of six months is when your child’s mouth will change to cope with swallowing solid food.  It is also a good time to start feeding your baby solid food when they have reached double birth weight.  If however, you feed your baby solid food prior to this then your baby may have a hard time to digest the food.

You will need a few things before you start feeding your baby solid food like bibs, a bowl and spoon that is not breakable, and a food processor will come in handy.

The very first solid baby food to try is rice cereal, it is low in protein and will not be likly to cause any allergic reaction.  Mix the rice with breast milk or with formula and be sure that it is mixed thin, it will be simpler for you baby to swallow.  When you baby has gotten used to the rice cereal there are other cereals that you can try, then try mixing it with some vegetables.  Vegetables before the fruit because your baby may not like the vegetables after trying the fruit.

Any dairy produced from cows milk needs to be avoided until your baby is one year old.  After your baby has had cows milk for a month or more you can add other dairy products.  It would be best to gradually get your baby onto solid food, wait at least twenty four hours in between trying any other new food, this will give you some input so if there is an allergic reaction.

Remember you need to let your baby be in charge.  You will be informed by your baby whether or not it needs a top up or if they are still hungry.

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