Top 10 baby feeding tips for mums In this month's issue Feeding
your baby shouldn't be a stressful experience. Follow these
expert tips to make mealtimes fun and ensure your growing baby
gets all the nutrients he or she needs. 1. Go for savoury over
sweetAlways introduce savoury foods such as vegetables, before
you introduce sweet tasting foods, such as custard and fruit.
Babies and children will almost always choose sweet foods over
savoury options so it is important that they learn to eat
savoury tastes first. Most importantly, savoury options
including mashed veges, lentils or beans and pureed meats offer
a number of important nutrients including fibre, iron, zinc and
vitamins and minerals which are vital for rapidly growing babies
and toddlers. 2. Increase the textureBabies do not need
extremely soft, pureed food for overly long periods of time.
Once they have mastered fruit, vegetable and meat purees, at 7-8
months, make sure you begin to increase the consistency to
finely minced texture. Babies need foo