The Ultimate Dont’s of Weaning Babies

Weaning a toddler comes with its own risks which can be easily prevented by forethought and general common sense. When the baby reaches the age of six months, the age by which the World Health Organization recommends as the best time when to introduce solids, you must keep in mind the following things that you must never do while weaning a baby.

1. Never leave self-feeding baby alone. The risk of choking when self-feeding is minimal because babies who can already manage to sit upright can also control and handle the amount of food that they place inside their mouths. In addition, they can also already move the food back to their mouths, thus reducing the instances of gagging or choking. But it does not mean that a self-feeding six-month old can be left alone.

2. Don't force-feed a baby. If the baby refuses the food, you must never force it inside the baby’s mouth. Stay calm, move the food away, and then offer it again later or after a few days.

3. Don't reheat a serving of previously uneaten food and give it again to your baby.

4. Don’t serve food without checking if it’s hot for a baby. Always check the temperature of the food before you feed it to your baby. The food, of course, must not be too hot.

5. Do not feed your baby with salty, sugary, oily, or highly processed foods. A weaning toddler at six months is just beginning to develop a fully equipped digestive system that can process hard-to-digest food stuffs.

6. Do not introduce honey to babies younger than one year old. There’s a risk of food poisoning or infant botulism.

7. Don’t give any type of whole nuts to babies under five years old.

8. Don't give your baby swordfish, shark, or marlin. The amount of mercury in these types of fish can affect a baby’s growing nervous system.

9. Raw shellfish or even cooked ones must be avoided during the weaning period. These foods come with high risks of food poisoning.

10. Eggs must not be fed to babies when they are less than six months old. After that, you may introduce eggs as weaning foods, but you have to make sure that they're well-cooked or until both the egg white and the yolk are solid. A runny or half-boiled egg must not be fed to a weaning toddler.

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