Starting Solid Foods

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Patient Education| 2021 Starting Solid Foods Connected Content Translation: Comienzo de la alimentación sólida Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Starting Solid Foods. Pediatric Patient Education 2021; 10.1542/peo_document092 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All AAP SitesAll PublicationsPediatric Patient Education Search Advanced Search Topics: choking, eating, food, milk, human, solid food, cereals, vegetables, infant food, fruit, science of nutrition Rice, oatmeal, or barley? What infant cereal or other food will be on the menu for your baby’s first solid meal? Have you set a date? At this point, you may have a plan or are confused because you have received too much advice from family and friends with different opinions. Here is information from the American Academy of Pediatrics to help you prepare for your baby’s transition to solid foods. Here are guidelines from the AAP book Nutrition: What Every Parent Needs to Know. Remember that each child’s readiness depends on his own rate of development. Can he hold his head up? Your baby should be able to sit in a high chair, a feeding seat, or an infant seat with good head control.Does he open his mouth when food comes his way? Babies may be ready if they... © 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics. All rights reserved. You do not currently have access to this content.