Baby Diet: What You Need To Know About Feeding Your Baby

When it comes to the proper baby diet, there are different opinions from experts and parents as to how and what you should feed your baby. The first question that parents will encounter is whether they will be bottle-feeding or breast feeding their babies. Mothers are given three choices. They can exclusively breast feed their infant, exclusively formula-feed them, or simply a combination of the two.

Mothers who do not have work outside of their homes prefer to breast feed their infants. Notwithstanding, those who are working mothers may opt to just feed their babies milk formula or use a breast pump before they go off to work so that their babies will be able to drink breast milk even while they are at work. There are some mothers who just breast feed their babies for a few months and then little by little have them switch to instant milk formula.

As for the frequency of feeding, some paediatricians would recommend to breast feed the infants every 1 ½ to 3 hours. Some may suggest to feed upon demand. It may take 3 to 4 hours before a bottle fed baby go hungry again.

It is strongly recommended to exclusively feed the baby milk whether breast milk or instant formula for the first four to five months. After which, if you feel that your baby is ready to eat solid foods, it may be time to introduce him to rice or other cereals as an addition to his daily meals.

At six months of age, you can feed your baby fruits and veggies. You can also opt to give baby food that is thin in consistency. There are many bottled baby food available in the market although home-made and natural ones are more recommended.

Upon reaching eight months, infants may be ready to take in thicker and coarser foods. By his tenth month, you can already feed him table foods.

You have to take note that each baby is different. The pace of their development varies and you should make sure that they are already ready before going on to the next stage of feeding.