what foods to intoduce from 6 month onwards and how shold be the duration?

Answer 1

at six months you should start introducing semi solid food for example mashed potatoes and vegetables ( carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin etc) and strained fruits if you are unsure of making them you can buy the geber baby foods they are just right for babies just starting to eat solids you should give him one food for at least two the three days and then switch but make sure to give him that first food in between

Answer 2

I always was told that you introduse baby food veggies before fruit. This way baby won't want sweet things all the time and not eat veggies. Start out with orange veggies like sweet potatos, carrots, squash. You should keep with 1 food for atleast 3 days to make sure there is no allergy. Then go with green veggies. Green beans, peas etc...... After the green I started with the fruits. ALL of my kids liked peaches the best. Good luck this is always a fun time.

Answer 3

You should start solid from the 6 mth. This is the lastest guideline.
Starts with puree,rice cereal, mash fruits. Start slow, don't force. Some baby might start later then 6 mth. Introduce 1 type of food for 2-3 days. Even he try to eat a little, is good enough. supplement with milk.

Answer 4

Bananas, avocados and sweet potatoes are the best first foods.

Leave about 5 days in between each new food so that you know if there is any reaction to it.

LLL suggests this progression when introducing your baby (6 months or older) to solid foods:

Ripe banana, avocado, yam, or sweet potato (sweet like breastmilk)
Meats
Whole-grain breads and cereals (rather than baby cereals)
[wheat and corn are usually delayed until baby is 9-12 months old]
Fresh fruits
[citrus fruits are usually delayed until baby is 9-12 months old]
Vegetables
Dairy products after 9 months
[cow's milk is usually delayed until baby is 12-18 months old]

The veggies before fruits thing is another old wives' tale. Babies who are breastfed are already used to sweet breastmilk AND used to a variety of tastes since the flavor of the milk can change with mom's diet.

My oldest was started on baby cereal and veggies. HE is my picky eater at age 7 years! His little sisters, now 5 years and 3 years, started with bananas, avocados and sweet potatoes. They will at least try anything you offer them and will eat almost anything.

Answer 5

Old school pediatricians say that you can actually start at 4 months, but the APA (American Ped. Assoc.) now recommends 6 months. I personally started at 5 with both of my children.

Basically, the process is this... pick a food, try it out for a minimum of 3 or 4 days (I did 4), then if there are no reactions, go on to the next one. So it may take a month or more just to get through all of the different fruits and veggies in stage one foods LOL.

You really shouldn't do the food for less than 3 or 4 days. Your child may have a reaction and if you've been speeding up the process, you'll have no idea which food caused it. My son, who is almost 4 now, had a reaction to peas. I knew it was the peas because it was the only one he was eating at the time.

Some people say to give veggies before fruits because the child may regect veggies if fruits are given first (the fruits are sweeter). I kind of mixed them up. If I remember correctly, I gave my son string beans first, peas, sweet potatoes, then bananas, or something like that.

Start off with stage one foods, don't expect them to eat the whole jar. Even at six months they don't need solids, it's just the right time to introduce them. I fed my kids about 1/2 the jar a day (basically 1/4 a jar at 2 feedings). Most of it winds up on them and not in them LOL. It's recommended that you feed them jar food AFTER the bottle, but I did the opposite. I wanted them to be hungry and more receptive to taking the solids.

Oh, do not feed them directly from the jar if you are going to save some of the jar food!!! Spoon it into a small bowl! Feeding directly from the jar can cause bacteria to grow in it which can make your child very sick. Also, do not keep the food longer than the manufacturer recommends (I finished or threw out all foods within 3 days).

After you go through pretty much all the stage one foods, what's next is up to you. You'll know if your child has any allergies or more likely sensitivities (my son can now eat peas, but I avoided them until he was 2), so you can feed them either stage 2 baby food or even soft table foods. My son was my first so I did it by the book and fed him all the way through stage 3 and then even gerber toddler meals! My daughter went from stage 1 to soft table foods.

If you go with table foods, be careful! Until they have molars, they use their gums to chew food so they can't eat any thing really hard. I would give my daughter a soft scrambled egg, grits, oatmeal, stuff like that. By the time her molars came in, she could also self feed a bit, so I gave her soft chicken nuggets (banquet brand is good) cut up small, soft string beans, small bits of cheese, things like that.

For snacks (once they can sit unassisted) cheerios are great! They have a crunchy feel and get soft quick once they are in the child's mouth. I also bought gerber snacks. My kids really like the puffs.

Once my kids were 18 mos, they were pretty much eating anything I was, except stuff that was really spicy.

Oh, do not introduce milk until 1 years old (if bottle feeding) or even a bit later (if breast feeding). But your child needs to be taking in more solids than formula or breast by 1 years old. They have to have the nutrients from solids by then, the breast/bottle just doesn't have enough calories and fat. By 1 years, my children were eating 3 meals and 2 -3 snacks a day. 6 oz of milk 2 (if they also ate a cheese product) or 3 (w/o a cheese product) times a day. Also, give your child whole milk until 2! They need the fat for their growth and activity level. Snack could be a piece of fruit, but my kids ate enough veggies/fruits with their meals so they actually got crackers and teddy grahams at snack.

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

Start with the veggies first because if you start with the fruit you will have a hard time getting them to eat the fruit. Mashed pot. are a great start!

Answer 7

They have first foods by delmontie, they are excellent