Baby First Solid Food Cereal

Mix cereals and mashed cooked grains with breast milk formula or water to make it smooth and easy for your baby to swallow.

Baby first solid food cereal.

Thank you for joining us in milani s first time eating solid food. What kinds of foods to introduce first. Don t serve it from a bottle. This little girl is very particular and has been strictly breastfed since she.

Your baby has just attained another major milestone in life she can now explore the vast world of solid foods. It will be very runny at first but as your baby starts to eat more solid foods you can gradually thicken the consistency by using less liquid. While you are at liberty to start her off with fruit and vegetable purees among other solid food options according to the centers for disease control and prevention cdc baby cereal continues to be a logical first food for toddlers for a few reasons. By tradition single grain cereals are usually introduced first.

Start solids at 4 6 months. If you start with cereal pick a single grain variety rice barley or oat. You can try purees of any healthy food including meats. Mash or puree vegetables fruits and other foods until they are smooth.

For most babies it does not matter what the first solid foods are. Baby cereals that are fortified with iron are one option. Single grain cereals such as rice are common first foods but you don t have to start with these. That s the recommended time to introduce solid foods.

Instead help your baby sit upright and offer the cereal with a small spoon once or twice a day after a bottle or breast feeding. You can choose a single grain infant cereal such as rice oat or barley or a multi grain option that combines two or more. Hard fruits and vegetables like apples and carrots usually need to be cooked so they can be easily mashed or pureed. Baby cereal there are many options when it comes to the first solid foods that your baby can eat.

Before starting solids your baby should be able to sit up with support turn his. If you decide to start with cereal give him 1 to 2 teaspoons of diluted infant cereal. For years baby rice cereal was considered the the best first food for baby but now the american academy of pediatrics just recommends any easily digestible foods. Add breast milk or formula to a tiny pinch of cereal.