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By the time your baby is about three months old your doctor will probably tell you to start him on solid food. What your baby starts on—whether it’s cereal or strained fruit—is up to your doctor. How your bnby starts is very much up to you!
Mother’s attitude can make first spoon feeding a pleasant new adventure or a battle of wits. Since baby’s first reactions may influence his mealtime habits ail through childhood, it’s important to get off to a good start.
“It helps avoid worry if you remember that solid food is generally offered these days before there is acute nutritional need for it,” says Dr. Otto A. Faust, Consulting Pediatrician to the Beech-Nut Packing Company.
Since milk, in early months, still supplies a baby’s main food necessities, he can take his time getting used to solid foods, their new tastes and textures. The important thing, according to Dr. Faust, is for the baby to learn to like to eat. These quick tips can help make first spoon feedings enjoyable: Start slowly, a tiriy taste oh the tip of a small-sized spoon. Thin the food so it’s “soupy” if baby rejects it in its more solid form. Many babies gobble up thin foods like Strained Banana or Apple Sauce “as is.” Let baby decide whether he wants it before or after his bottle. \ Expect him to be surprised at this ; (to him) funny new stuff. i Relax and enjoy watching him 1 slowly learn how. to handle it. i
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