Infants Supplementary Food

Cereal are the first semi solid foods that are given to the baby.When you child reaches 4 months,you can introduce infant feeding dry cereal foods.To infants of 3 to 5 months,you can also introduce hard cooked egg yolk mashed with a fork and mixed with a part of cereal or vegetable.

However,first you need to give onlly a teaspoon of it so as to confirm whether your child is allergic to egg protein or not.By about 5 to 8 months,when the teeth begin to appear,certain solid and even crisp items can be given to the child.Ripe bananas,strained orange or grapefruit juice can also be permitted nutrition for infant during the first year of the child.

By the seventh month onwards,you can also start providing your child with mashed supplementary food or baked potatoes.Strained carrots,green beans,spinach and tomatoes are suitable from the fourth month onwards.