Tips for Infant Feeding
By: Allye Guajardo
Breast Feeding
Pros: Healthier for you and baby, helps lose weight, more nutrients, bonding.
Cons: Painful, up every feeding w/ baby.
Is your baby ready for solid food and weaning?
baby sits well when supported, has gained a healthy weight, chewing motions.
How to introduce new foods and when?
1. Pureed or semi-liquid food
2. Strained or mashed food
3. Small pieces of finger foods
Start whenever baby has doubled their birth weight (or weigh about 15 pounds) and are at least 4 months old.
Timeline/ Age appropriate foods for children under one year.
0-4 months: baby needs breast milk or formula.
4-6 months: formula and transitioning to solid foods (baby rice cereal mixed with breast milk or formula to a thin consistency).
6-8 months: try strained fruits and vegetables, start with vegetables, then move on to fruits.
8-12 months: baby will be ready to try strained or finely chopped meats.
Foods to avoid for children under one year old.
eggs, peanuts, wheat, soy, tree nuts, fish, and shellfish.