The introduction of new baby foods should be done when the baby is 6 months old because drinking alone milk is no longer enough for their nutritional needs.
Some babies are ready to eat solids before and therefore, with the indication of the pediatrician, new foods may also be introduced to the baby after 4 months of age.
- Regardless of the age at which the baby begins to try new foods.
- It is essential that between 6 and 7 months of life he is given porridge that contains gluten to prevent the baby from becoming gluten intolerant.
The first foods to give the baby are porridge, vegetable and fruit puree, meat, yogurt, fish and eggs, all of these foods should be given to the baby with a pasty consistency and the order to give the baby each of these foods may be:
The consequences of not giving the baby the most suitable foods are mainly the appearance of possible allergic reactions, with the appearance of symptoms such as diarrhoea, rashes and vomiting.
Therefore, it is important to provide the baby with one food at a time to identify the food that may have caused an allergy if it occurs, and also for the baby to get used to the taste and texture of the food.
Foods that are not allowed for babies are mainly high-fat foods such as fried foods because they will interfere with baby digestion and very sweet foods like soft drinks because they damage the baby’s teeth.Other foods high in fats and sugars that cannot be given to babies foam, pudding, gelatin, sour cream or condensed milk, for example.
Certain foods such as peanuts, almonds, nuts, or hazelnuts should not be given to the baby until after 1 to 2 years, because before that age, the baby may drown when eating these foods.
Cow’s milk should only be given to the baby after 2 years of life, because before that age, the baby cannot properly digest the protein from cow’s milk and may become intolerant to cow’s milk.
Learn more about baby feeding at: Feeding your baby 0 to 12 months