Stage 1 Baby Food Weaning
It starts with the first spoon feeds at 4 to 6 months.
Stage 1 baby food weaning. Carrots steamed and pureed. Starting somewhere between 4 to 6 months your baby will be ready to start stage 1 baby foods and begin the weaning process from formula breast milk. You can mix this with babys milk for the first taste if you like. Begin with vegetables alongside your babys usual milk until your little one is ready to move onto other foods.
During this stage it is important that your baby becomes familiar with taking foods from a spoon. The introduction of solids process takes place in 3 stages. Avocado very ripe and mashed well. Stage 1 babies will continue to have milk feeds breast or formula and will try a very small amount of food on a weaning spoon or finger foods if blw until they have developed a taste for solid foods and have had experience of chewing swallowing and developing the ability to manage foods whether this be purees or finger foods.
You expect both a mess and some food waste as your baby gets used to this new experience of eating. Solid food tastes and feels very different to milk. Your baby may seem to be spitting out the food to begin with. Here are some first foods you can give to your baby in this first stage of weaning.
During this introductory period the. By 12 months your baby should be enjoying family meals. Pear steamed and pureed. Apple steamed and pureed.
The very early stage of weaning is about exploration. This stage lasts approximately 2 5 weeks. Just when you feel like youve really mastered your babys feeding routine it seems like its time to change it up. There is no one correct way to start your baby on solids.
That said knowing the advantages and disadvantages of. When to start weaning. Weaning stage 1 foods. This doesnt mean they dont like it theyre just getting used to the new tastes and textures the experience of having a spoon in their mouth and learning to swallow.
Baby rice mixed with either breast or formula milk. Weaning is typically divided into two main approaches. That being said its important to keep in mind that formula andor milk are still the most important nutrition for baby. For your first feed.