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I have just started weaning my 6 month old can I give my baby juice and squashes now?.
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Remember even though your baby
is starting solid food you should continue to give your baby breast milk or formula
milk as their main drink. Especially at first, as the small amounts of solids
you baby will eat would not contain enough nutrients to help your baby develop
properly. As a guideline a 6 month old baby should be having around 1 pint of
formula or breast milk a day to supplement weaning. Giving your baby juices and
other drinks will also reduce his or her appetite for milk and solids at this
stage. This is something you don’t want when you are trying to introduce
new foods and tastes. Squashes also contain a lot of sugars, as do fruit juices.
Additionally, they can cause tooth decay if taken in large doses and especially
from a bottle.
You may want to introduce water and juices at a later stage
of weaning, but for now it may be best to concentrate on solids and your baby’s
usual milk feeds. If you are struggling to get your baby to drink around a pint
of milk a day remember you can add some of their formula or breast milk into
weaning foods. Adding formula or breast milk to cereals purees of vegetables
and fruits may even enhance the taste for your baby making the weaning process
easier.
Please also see our parenting guidelines for a sample
weaning plan
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