Introducing your baby to new foods can be both fun and frustrating. Simply select Starting Solid Foods to generate the results.Īlso take advantage of the HealthyGrowth app to create personalized patient education for your patient. Quick Tips: Keep Your Child Healthy widget.For realistic parent derived strategies for solid food introduction refer parents to the following sections on /growinghealthy.Did you know that babies who start eating solid food too early are more likely to be overweight or obese in childhood and adulthood? This is one more important reason to wait until your baby is really ready before giving him solid foods. Starting to eat solid foods (like baby cereal and baby food) is an important part of your baby’s development. Lots of parents are excited to start their babies on solid foods. You can reassure parents that it is okay if the infant doesn’t like something the first time, and it is important to keep offering it.To address concerns about waste, discuss strategies that limit wasted food, such as not feeding directly from a jar but removing a small serving from a jar to a different container.Explain that this 10-15 tries is over a period of months and to not get discouraged.
Explain that sometimes it takes a baby 10-15 tries over time before they will actually accept a new food.As the infant grows, it is important to expose the baby to variety of textures. Counsel about the importance of introducing a wide variety of foods, especially vegetables and fruits.Remind parents that this is a very important time and the kinds of foods your baby eats now help him to enjoy healthy foods later.Encourage parents to wait until around 6 months to introduce solids.Share potential calming and soothing strategies for infants, as well as coping strategies for parents. If parent reports fussiness and/or sleeping problems, counsel about the importance of appropriate complimentary food introduction.
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