Breastfeeding and complementary foods

What foods to offer your baby now to encourage healthy eating later?

What foods to offer your baby now to encourage healthy eating later?

6 to 8 months baby
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Jun 18, 2025
1 min

Variety is key when you start complementary feeding. Help set them up for a future of healthy eating with these need-to-know numbers and food ideas.

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Breastfeeding and complementary foods

 

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World Health Organization. Complementary feeding. Family foods for breastfed children. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2000.

World Health Organization. Infant and young child feeding: Model chapter for textbooks for medical students and allied health professionals. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2009.