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

After six months, your little one’s need for energy and some important nutrients (such as iron, zinc, and protein) can’t be met with breast milk or formula alone.

Whether you want to express breast milk or you’re thinking of supplementing with baby formula, try these 13 tips on how to switch from breastfeeding to bottle-feeding.

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Breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months, and sustained for up to two years or longer with appropriate complementary feeding is important for the nutrition, immunologic protection, growth, and development of infants and toddlers and has many benefits for you as well.

This article includes contributions from Dr. Dina Kulik, pediatrician, and Charlotte Geroudet, GD.

By Dr. Jeff Habert, family physician

The ways you feed your baby are as important as what you feed them. Find out what to watch for, and what to do, when your baby starts eating complementary foods. Check how many of the following responsive-feeding approaches you use, each day, with your baby.

This baby poop guide will help you understand the differences between different baby stool colours and consistencies as well as the stools of babies on different diets.

Around the six-month mark, your baby will probably show signs of being ready for bites of their first food. This is unofficially called the “om-nom-nom” stage because it’s among the more common sounds you’ll hear from them around this time. Read our step-by-step guide for introducing solids to your baby. 

Did you know? Now that your baby is six to eight months old, exposure to a variety of nutritious foods, flavours, and textures can help shape your baby’s likes and dislikes when they’re a child.

Experts agree breast milk is best for babies. Not only is it the most nutritionally complete food your newborn will ever have, but it also benefits you and your baby in other ways, some that will last a lifetime.

Your baby may be developmentally ready to start complementary feeding at around six months of age, when they are able to hold their head up and sit in a high-chair. Whatever feeding approach you take, whether traditional, baby-led, or a mixture of the two, remember the principles of responsive feeding.

If you have doubts about what the function of each one is, keep reading

Help your six- to eight-month-old grow up to be a healthy eater by offering a wide variety of flavours and textures now.

How will you feed your newborn?

The way young children are fed may be as important as the food offered

Choosing and introducing a baby formula can be a difficult decision for any parent. Whether you’re supplementing breast milk with formula or transitioning entirely to formula, here’s what to consider when it comes to choosing the right formula and introducing it your little one.

Once your baby has mastered smooth purees, it’s time to offer textured foods. Experience with different textures helps them develop the skills for chewing. Here’s how you might adapt foods from four main food groups.

Formula. It’s full of nutrition—but how you prep and store it can serve up some questions, too. Keep reading to learn all about formula preparation for different formula formats and formula storage options.