Nutrition

From the age of six months, you can start exposing infants to supplementary foods and water, depending on how ready they are. The signs of readiness are: ability to sit with support, head stability, demonstrating curiosity and willingness to eat when food is brought to their mouth, bringing their hands and objects to their mouth, ability to pass food from side to side in the mouth and disappearance of the tongue thrust reflex.

At first, supplementary foods do not replace entire meals, so we will combine them with the infant’s current nutrition. The recommendation is to continue breastfeeding until the age of two years or longer, as long as it suits you and your infant. It is important to offer diverse, healthy food types of different flavors and consistencies. This is also a great opportunity to expose infants to the family meal experience at the table, and to give a personal example at this early stage. This is important and contributes greatly to future eating habits. Remember that learning to eat is a long, gradual process. Let your infant learn at his or her own pace, without any pressure or expectations from you.

Feeding using a baby net pacifier or squeeze bag increases the risk of dental caries, prevents infants from learning new movements with their mouth and tongue and may interfere with their hunger and satiety mechanism.

Do not give infants honey and cow milk before the age of one year.