When Should You Introduce
Solid Foods To A Child?

Eating Changes Should Be Introduced Little by Little
As has been said before, a pediatrician should let you know about the feeding changes in a baby. These changes cannot be done abruptly, but should be done slowly, starting out by feeding the baby soups or juice along with water.

Even though a baby’s main food is liquid, the baby also gets thirsty and it is necessary to give them water between bottle feedings or spoon feedings. When a baby starts to drink soups and juice, more than a change of texture what he or she will notice specifically will be the change of taste that is completely different from that of breast milk or formula. Baby food and purees have a different texture as well as different flavor.

When a Child Can Eat Mashed Foods or Solid Foods
In the moment in which a child can eat semi mashed food or solid foods, you will need to start out with small amounts (depending on how the child reacts to it, you will be able to introduce more at a time). It is best to feed the child a food he or she likes, but that at the same time does not have a hard texture. For example, it will be easier to start out with an omelet instead of trying to feed them a piece of meat.

On the other hand semi mashed purees are of a great help. When you prepare a vegetable puree with a little bit of chicken, you will need to mash it in a way so that it is not completely pureed, but make it a little lumpy and feed it to the child with the omelet or soup. In these situations you will need to be very careful since the child could easily choke on the lumps.

Besides the change of flavors and textures, you can also vary the way you cook the food. The flavor will change completely if the piece of meat or fish is boiled or grilled, or if it is mashed or finely chopped.