Too much juice can lead to dental caries , obesity or even poor weight gain and diarrhea. If you give your baby water, or alternate milks, offer it in a cup instead of a bottle.
Breastfed babies easily learn to drink from a cup as early as 6 months of age. You can also try this with expressed breast milk. After 12 months of age, your baby should not take more than 16 to 24 ounces mL to mL of milk per day.
Also, she may develop iron deficiency anemia. If your baby has a milk allergy, talk to your doctor about what to use for substitute feedings. There can be many causes, such as teething, an ear infection or other illness, the onset of your period, a change in your diet, soap, or even deodorant.
Mastitis is an infection that causes breast pain, swelling, warmth and redness on your breast. It can also cause fever and chills. If you have these symptoms, call your doctor. Your doctor will most likely prescribe an antibiotic to clear up the infection. There are many sources of information, including your paediatrician, family doctor, a community health nurse, breastfeeding clinic, lactation consultant and La Leche League. Last updated: June Home Pregnancy and Babies Current: Weaning your child from breastfeeding.
When should I wean my baby? Can sit up without support, and has good control of his neck muscles. Holds food in his mouth without pushing it out on his tongue right away.
Shows interest in food when others are eating. Opens his mouth when he sees food coming his way. From a strictly medical point-of-view, the younger the baby the more important it is for him to receive breastmilk.
For the premature baby, the benefits of breastmilk may be even more important than for the term baby. The more immature the baby, the greater the need for the protective features of breastmilk. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that for ideal nutrition, your baby should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months, and that nursing should continue after the introduction of solids for at least 12 months and longer if mother and baby wish.
The World Health Organization recommends that babies be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months, and that breastfeeding be continued for up to two years of age or beyond.
We recommend you breastfeed exclusively for 6 months. Continue to breastfeed after solid foods are introduced, up to 2 years or beyond. Babies develop at different stages. Begin introducing solids when your baby is ready. This should be around 6 months. Don't wean before 17 weeks 4 months.
Between 17 and 26 weeks 4 to 6 months , your baby may begin to show some signs they are ready for weaning. Your baby should show more than 1 of these signs before you think about introducing solid foods, especially if they are 17 weeks.
The British Nutrition Foundation advises that you avoid the following foods until your baby is at least 6 months old 8 :.
And if you are ready to go for it, have a read of my blog all about stage 1 weaning which goes through the steps of how to actually deliver the first few meals including answering questions like where you should sit and how to encourage your baby to open their mouths! Exclusive breastfeeding for around 6 months and then to continue breastfeeding alongside weaning is the best protection you can give your baby against developing an allergy.
If your baby is not at high risk of developing a food allergy then you should introduce food as part of a normal weaning diet including the allergenic foods egg, peanut, other nuts, dairy foods, fish, shellfish and meat.
If your baby has eczema requiring daily steroid treatment or already has an existing food allergy, they are considered high risk. When your baby is developmentally ready, start solids and introduce egg and then peanut sometime from 4 months of age. After egg and peanut you can introduce the other allergenic foods; other nuts, dairy foods, fish, shellfish and meat.
Having another family member with a food allergy does not mean that your baby is at a higher risk and you should not delay the introduction of allergenic food because of this. Keep a diary of when you offer the allergenic foods and monitor your baby for any symptoms. Immediate onset reactions tend to happen with the first 30 minutes of eating and delayed onset reactions can occur several hours later. What is important is that the introduction of allergenic foods is not delayed past 12 months, as research shows this can increase the risk of your baby developing an allergy to the food 8.
If your baby was born prematurely before 37 weeks , they need to be introduced to solid food according to their individual needs, which your dietitian will support with 4. The usual developmental cues to start weaning may not be present in a pre-term baby, but it is important that baby shows the following cues:.
Holding their head steady - When sitting upright in a supported position. Many premature babies achieve this by 4 months corrected age. The majority of babies have sufficient nutrient stores up until 6 months but some babies are born with lower stores to begin with. For example if they were premature or you smoked while you were pregnant, if you had iron deficiency anaemia, were overweight or the cord was clamped quickly after birth, these babies will need additional nutrients earlier than others 5.
However, the evidence is very poor and new research has shown that delaying weaning until 6 months does not cause any difficulty in accepting solid foods 5. However, you can still follow the general weaning advice to start on fruit and vegetables, particularly focusing on bitter vegetables.
Babies have very mature sweet taste buds and so will accept sweet tasting foods more readily. Just remember that if you are offering any solid before 6 months, these should be pureed into a thin, smooth consistency similar to yoghurt in order to reduce the risk of choking.
To get you started here are some of my favourite recipes for early weaning, remember to start with savoury flavours first like vegetables or baby rice before introducing sweet tastes like fruit. Parsnip puree. Mixed vegetable puree.
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