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Nutrition for 4 & 6 Months Old
NUTRITION FOR FOUR MONTHS OLD
- Continue to breast feed or to use iron-fortified formula for the first year of baby's life. This milk will be his major source of nutrition.
- Start giving solid foods with a spoon when baby is 4 to 6 months of age. Use a spoon to give him an iron-fortified, single-grain cereal such as rice. If there are no adverse reactions, add a new pureed food to baby's diet each week, beginning with yellow vegetable, then green, then fruits.
- Always supervise baby while he is eating.
- If baby is deeply pigmented or does not get enough sunlight, give baby 400 I.U.'s of vitamin D daily.
- Give exclusively breast feeding baby iron supplements.
- Do not give infant honey until after his first birthday to prevent infant botulism.
- Make sure your caregiver is feeding baby appropriately.
NUTRITION FOR SIX MONTHS OLD
- Continue to breast feed or to use iron-fortified formula for the first year of baby's life. This milk will continue to be his major source of nutrition.
- Start giving solid foods. Use a spoon to give him an iron-fortified, single-grain cereal such as rice. If there are no adverse reactions, add a new pureed food to baby's diet each week, beginning with fruits and vegetables and then meats. Let the infant indicate when and how much she wants to eat.
- Avoid giving the infant foods that may be aspirated or cause choking (e.g. peanuts, popcorn, hot dogs or sausages, carrot sticks, celery sticks, whole grapes, raisins, corn, whole beans, hard candy, large pieces of raw vegetables or fruit, tough meat).
- Do not give peanut butter till 3 years old to reduce peanut allergy in the future.
- Always supervise baby while he is eating. Learn emergency procedures for choking.
- Serve solid food two or three times per day.
- Begin to offer a cup for water or juice.
- Limit juice to four or six ounces per day.
- Give iron supplements to infants who are exclusively breastfeeding.
- Continue to give the breastfeeding infant 400 I.U.'s of vitamin D daily if she is deeply pigmented or does not receive enough sunlight.
- Do not give the infant honey until after her first birthday to prevent infant botulism.
- Ensure that your caregiver is feeding the infant appropriately.
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