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Feeding the baby must be careful. If wrong, the baby can choke, allergies, malnutrition, and other risks that can harm the baby's health, development and growth. Feeding a baby for the first time requires special attention. At this time, babies have just become acquainted with solid foods that adults usually eat, not just breast milk. Babies who used to receive food in liquid form (ASI) must learn to accept solid food. This is a challenge for the mother, especially if the baby is having difficulty receiving food. So, what should baby solid food be like?
Solid foods for babies aged 6 months
Solid baby foods do not mean foods that are hard texture. Solid foods for babies are given gradually from soft to hard textured foods like adult food. This adapts to the development of the baby's teeth and intestines.
At the age of 6 months, the baby's main food is still breast milk and solid food only as a companion. At this time, the nutritional content in breast milk is not able to meet the nutritional needs of the baby, therefore you need to provide other foods besides breast milk. However, breast milk is still an important source of nutrition at this age.
Complementary foods that can be given by mothers to babies aged 6 months, such as cereal or baby porridge. You can mix cereal or porridge with breast milk as a solvent. At this time, babies can only eat soft foods because babies are just learning to chew and swallow food.
Solid food for babies aged 6 months does not mean it has to be hard-textured. However, babies must gradually be taught to eat solid foods.
After the baby's teeth appear or around the age of 8 months, when the baby is able to eat soft foods, you can try feeding the baby to eat foods that are denser or harder, such as steamed carrots, shredded meat, shredded chicken, pumpkin, potatoes, papaya, baby biscuits. , and others.
What foods should not be given to babies?
In addition to the texture of food that must be considered, the type of food must also be considered. Yes, not all foods can be accepted by babies because babies are not the same as adults.
Here are some foods that should not be given to babies who are just learning to eat or babies aged 6 months:
1. Foods that can cause choking
It is best not to give babies whole foods or anything that is hard-textured that can cause choking. For example, such as whole grapes, uncut round meatballs, large apple slices, and so on.
2. Pure cow's milk
Although milk is very closely related to babies, you should never give whole cow's milk to young babies. Babies cannot digest large amounts of cow's milk properly, so it can cause minor bleeding in the digestive tract.
3. Food allergy triggers
Some babies may have food allergies. Therefore, it is better if you try to give foods that are common to trigger allergies slowly in babies.
If for several times the food has not developed an allergic reaction, it means that the food is safe. Some foods that can trigger allergies, such as eggs, nuts, cow's milk, fish and seafood.
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