Your baby is growing and changing every day. As your baby grows, their needs will
changing. During the first year, all the babies need breast milk or formula. At six months, your baby can start eating solid foods healthier.
Feed your child a hea
lthy, loving way helps them learn healthy eating habits. It helps your child feel good about feeding. And it helps your child to have a good self-esteem. When your child is hungry, feed him immediately. This will help your child feel secure and happy. This brochure provides tips on feeding your baby until the age of five.
Tips for feeding your baby
Breastfeed your baby. Best for baby
during its first year and beyond.
- Do not give juice or soft drinks for your baby in a bottle – only milk, formula or water.
- Never put your baby in the crib with the bottle.
- When your baby is six months old, you can begin giving solid foods.
- When your baby starts eating solid foods, add a new food every week and watch for any allergic reaction occurs if a skin rash.
- Do not force feed. Your baby knows how much food needs to eat.
- Give your child small servings. Your child will ask more if still hungry.
- When you start giving your baby solid foods, do not give foods that can choke, such as hot dogs, popcorn, grapes and peanut butter.
- Offer all kinds of meals.
- Limit sugary foods, salty and greasy.
- Take your child to buy food.
- Let older children help you prepare food.
- Make the lunch, a pleasant hour.
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