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Towards family meals
Until now, the goal has been to get your baby used to the idea of solid foods and to ease her into eating with the rest of the family. Formula or breastmilk is still an important part of your baby's diet. By the end of the first year, though, solid food will make up a significant proportion of your baby's nutrition. It's now easier for her to swallow food, she has more teeth, and the tongue-thrust and gag reflexes that meant she had to be given semi-liquid and very soft food at first should be completely gone.
Her self-feeding skills are improving every day, too. At nine months, she's probably trying to feed herself with a spoon, though perhaps without much success. By the end of 10 months, however, she may actually get the spoon into her mouth some of the time. Help and encourage her by letting her hold onto the spoon as you feed her.
Now is the time to start introducing minced or chopped foods. Your baby will be eating three meals a day as well as milk, with healthy snacks such as fruit in between meals. Your infant still won't have the molars to chew food properly until she's 18 to 24 months old, but her gums will be surprisingly efficient at grinding foods. She may find it soothing to gnaw on harder finger foods, but do make sure you choose something that dissolves after gumming because of the risk of choking. Be extra careful with small round foods such as grapes - you may prefer to wait a bit longer before giving them to your baby. Try hard-baked crusts of bread, peeled slices of apple, and lightly cooked carrot sticks.
Reviewed March 2006
Approved by the BabyCentre Medical Advisory Board
Towards family meals
Until now, the goal has been to get your baby used to the idea of solid foods and to ease her into eating with the rest of the family. Formula or breastmilk is still an important part of your baby's diet. By the end of the first year, though, solid food will make up a significant proportion of your baby's nutrition. It's now easier for her to swallow food, she has more teeth, and the tongue-thrust and gag reflexes that meant she had to be given semi-liquid and very soft food at first should be completely gone.
Her self-feeding skills are improving every day, too. At nine months, she's probably trying to feed herself with a spoon, though perhaps without much success. By the end of 10 months, however, she may actually get the spoon into her mouth some of the time. Help and encourage her by letting her hold onto the spoon as you feed her.
Now is the time to start introducing minced or chopped foods. Your baby will be eating three meals a day as well as milk, with healthy snacks such as fruit in between meals. Your infant still won't have the molars to chew food properly until she's 18 to 24 months old, but her gums will be surprisingly efficient at grinding foods. She may find it soothing to gnaw on harder finger foods, but do make sure you choose something that dissolves after gumming because of the risk of choking. Be extra careful with small round foods such as grapes - you may prefer to wait a bit longer before giving them to your baby. Try hard-baked crusts of bread, peeled slices of apple, and lightly cooked carrot sticks.
Reviewed March 2006
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