Infant Feeding Safety
Be careful, your baby has special feeding needs.
Prevent Choking
Why?
Babies are learning how to eat and choking is a hazard. You need
to pay attention when baby is eating.
How?
- Babies do not need solid foods before they are 4-6 months
old. Your baby only needs breast milk or iron-fortified infant
formula until this age.
- After 4-6 months, make sure your baby is sitting to eat, and
stay with your baby.
- If your baby is crying or laughing, keep food out of his or
her mouth.
- After baby is 9 months old, when you start to give him or
her peanut butter, choose smooth peanut butter and spread it
thinly.
- Do not give your baby or toddler hard or crunchy
foods that will not dissolve or “melt”, such as hot
dog pieces, nuts, chips, carrot slices and whole grapes.
Prevent Food Allergies
Why?
- If people in your family have food allergies, your baby is
more likely to have allergies too.
- You can help your baby avoid or delay developing food allergies.
How?
- Only offer one new food at a time. Wait a few days before
giving another new food.
- If your baby doesn't show signs of an allergy, like
diarrhea and/or skin rash, then you can introduce another new
food.
- Introduce solid foods at the recommended age, in the recommended
order.
Protect your baby's teeth...
- Do not give him or her bottle of milk or juice to go to sleep
with, or to sip on for long periods (when shopping, for example).
- Give your baby juice in a cup instead of a bottle.
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