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Introducing your baby to solid foods is an exciting time. You’ll find you learn a lot more about your baby, their likes and dislikes and their character, and you’ll have a lot of fun bonding too!
Offer your baby a little baby rice or gluten-free cereal mixed to a smooth paste with their usual milk. It might be more relaxing for both you and your baby if you offer a little milk to take the edge of their appetite. Use a small soft spoon and let her suck the food off of it. Some babies may push the food out with their tongues and not swallow at all. If this happens go back to breastmilk or infant formula and try again with solids after a few days.
You and your baby have already come so far. But now, get ready to watch her develop at an incredible speed.
Lumps, chunks, slices and pieces: a whole new world of stimulating tastes and textures is opening up for your little one. Fruits and vegetables, chicken, fish, pasta, rice, potatoes, lentils, and dairy products are all good foods for your growing baby. Mix up the textures by preparing puréed, mashed and chopped foods as this will get your baby used to biting and chewing. Heinz Mum’s Own offers recipes that match family favourites like ‘Cottage pie’ or ‘Shepherd’s Pie’. Why not give them a try?
Congratulations on making it through your baby’s first year. It’s now time to broaden the food and behaviour patterns you and your little one have settled into. Think about introducing new and more interesting recipes. Heinz Mums’ Own 10+ range is specially tailored to care for this stage of your baby’s development.
By 12 months, you’ll have noticed your baby will have developed a more grown-up pattern of eating, with meals interspersed with snacks and/or drinks of milk.
At this stage you need to make sure you are offering all the necessary nutrients and energy that the body needs to support healthy growth and weight gain. Our Mum’s Own 12+ range tray meals are an ideal way to introduce your toddler to more adventurous food. They’ll love the tasty mixture of vegetables and meat in our chunky Vegetable Hotpot with Meatballs. Or why not offer them a taste of our delicious Spaghetti Bolognese?
