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WHAT ARE COMPLEMENTARY FOODS? It is really just a fancy word for introducing solid foods to your baby's diet. Your baby's diet should be exclusively breastfed, or formula, until the age of 6 months. Thereafter, you will begin to introduce solid foods. However, the majority of your baby's diet should still be composed of breastmilk. Complementary foods are done for two reasons: Starting to feed begins to develop motor skills, specifically ones that have to do with self-feeding

Baby led weaning is the new exciting way to feed your baby, its popular with influencers and health gurus--- but what exaclty is it? Baby led weaning is the idea that infants can and should be self feeding vs spoon feeding pureed foods. Previously, infants were fed at 4 months of age-- however, at this time they weren't actually able to feed themselves because they didn't have the properly developed motor skills. This is why they were spoon fed pureed foods. Baby led weaning

Lets talk baby food, what is actually in the food marketed for your little one? There are hundreds of different brands out there with fortified this and enriched that... everything claiming the best health for your baby. But what is the best thing to actually give to your baby? If you decide that baby foods made from a company is the way to go, make sure you are checking the labels and ingredients, it may not just be fruit or vegetable puree. Many baby foods are full of other