Infant

How to Feed Your Older Baby Solid Foods

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Your baby will eat solid foods best when he feels he has a say in the matter. It gives him a say when you wait to start solids until he can sit up. Then he can open his mouth and lean forward when he wants to eat and turn away and lean back when he doesn’t. Let him touch his food and suck off his fingers, even if it makes a mess. That keeps him in control and lets him learn to feed himself.

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