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Eating solid foods for babies are recommended at approximately four to six months. These solid foods are more of solid vegetables and fruits that are pureed in water so it’s easier for babies to swallow and introduce more calories in their diets. The best way to introduce solid food is by feeding them cereal for infants.

Cereal for infants comes in a few different forms.  First is rice cereal, which is the least likely to be an allergen so is often the first recommended.  The second type of cereal for infants is oatmeal, which also provides a low likelihood of being an allergen.  Others provide mixes of oatmeal and rice, as well as mixes of oatmeal OR rice with things like bananas.  As stated before, pediatricians usually recommend starting solids with strictly oatmeal or rice cereal for a few weeks and then introducing foods one at a time.

It is usually recommended to start with mixing formula or breast milk so that the first taste is somewhat familiar and there will be less likelihood of refusal by your child. Keep in mind that this is the first time your baby will be swallowing something other than pure liquid, so it will need to be very runny until he or she gets used to the idea.

When you are feeding your child, check him for signs of allergy or fussiness especially when introducing him to new foods. If he has shown no allergic reactions to cereals then you can move onto first step foods which are simply one fruit or vegetable mixed with water and pureed.

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