Page 1 - Demo

Isn%u2019t it amazing how your newborn has changed before your eyes into a more active and social baby? By fourmonths, your baby can show enjoyment, indecision, and frustration. Around five months of age, your baby may beginto have new feelings of fear and excitement.Also, your baby may have strong attachments to special people and things. Your six-month-old will start to enjoybeing around other people. %u201cStranger anxiety%u201d may appear, and your baby may show fear towards unfamiliar people.At this age, babies enjoy playing %u201ctwo-way%u201d games like peek-a-boo. Play this game with your baby and watch themgiggle with delight. Your baby will now play with toys for longer periods of time. Your baby may now reach to bepicked up when they need a hug. They enjoy being with you. You are their first and most important teacher.How To Introduce My First Foods at About 6 MonthsBreastmilk (or infant formula if you are not breastfeeding) is all the food babies needuntil 6 months of age. At about six months of age, begin introducing complementarysolid foods while continuing to breastfeed up to two years and beyond.At about six months of age, your baby will start to show signs that they are ready forsolid foods. You will notice that they can sit up, hold their head steady and lean forwardwithout supports. Your baby will also show an interest in food, opening their mouth wideand reaching for and picking up food to put in their mouth when they are hungry orturning away when they are full. When you offer them food the muscles in their tonguehave developed enough to move food to the back of my mouth. If you use a bib,remember to take it off after they eat because the strings could become a hazard.By six months your baby has used up their iron stores, so they need to start eatingfoods with lots of iron in their diet such as pureed meats, eggs, beans, lentils,chickpeas, tofu, fish and store-bought iron fortified cereals. Homemade cereals cannotgive them the amount of iron their body needs. Offer an iron rich food at each meal.Once your baby is ready for solids, it is okay to give them common allergens like wheat, soy, fish, shellfish, eggs,milk products, sesame, peanut products and tree nut products. Introduce common food allergens one at a time, waittwo days before trying another common food allergen. This makes it easier to identify a food that may have causeda reaction like hives, vomiting or trouble breathing. Once your baby eats a common food allergen, such as peanutbutter and tolerates it, offer it regularly to help maintain tolerance to the food. Remember that small, hard, and stickyfoods can be choking hazards %u2013 mix nut butters into cereal or fruit purees to prevent choking. To learn more aboutallergies, visitReducing Your Baby%u2019s Risk of Food Allergy - Unlock Food(https://www.unlockfood.ca/en/Articles/Breastfeeding/Infant-feeding/Food-allergies-and-babies.aspx).If you have questions about introducing foods to your baby, visit Health811 or Phone # 811, TTY 1-866-797-0007.