Contents:
- Medical Video: How to Cook Butternut Squash for Your Baby (Baby-Led Weaning)
- Various things that may and may not be done when baby led weaning
- What should be done?
- What can't be done?
Medical Video: How to Cook Butternut Squash for Your Baby (Baby-Led Weaning)
Many mothers who are now starting to switch to applying the baby led weaning method to their babies rather than feeding their little soft food, which is usually a puree (porridge). Yes, the application of baby led weaning gives the baby the opportunity to learn and get to know the different types of flavors and textures of food.
However, this method must be done correctly. Wrong-wrong, your little one can actually choke and this will endanger his health. If you decide to implement baby led weaning, then the following are things you should do and avoid when doing it.
Various things that may and may not be done when baby led weaning
Baby led weaning is a method of weaning that frees the child to take and eat his own food, without being fed. Usually, the food provided when applying this method is solid food that is the size of a baby's hand.
Although considered better, but this method can make your child choke and lack nutrition, especially if done incorrectly. Then what should be done and avoided when applying baby led weaning to your little one?
What should be done?
- Wait until your little one is ready. When applying this weaning method to your child, he must be able to sit in a chair, have strong muscles around his neck, can take his own food, and have been able to chew. Usually the baby will begin to be able to do all of that if he is 6 months old. While the ability to chew develops when the baby enters the age of 9 months.
- Consult a doctor. To ascertain whether your little one is ready, you should also consult a doctor directly before starting to apply this method. Especially if the child has special health conditions that must be considered.
- Keep giving breast milk. Although it starts weaning, your baby still needs ASI to support his growth. So, give breast milk to the baby until he is 2 years old, according to the advice of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Indonesian Ministry of Health.
- Start with soft, soft foods first. Because this is the first experience your child knows about various foods, then choose foods that are suitable for your child's ability at that time. Provide soft, soft food first, so your child will easily chew and digest it.
- Adjust the size of the food. This method requires the child to take and put the food into his own mouth. So you have to provide food that has been adjusted in size. They can take and hold easily, and the size is right to be inserted into their mouths.
- Pay attention to the nutrient content. Not only texture and size, but the most important thing is the nutrient content in the food you provide. Make sure that the food he eats meets his nutritional needs.
- Eating together. This is the most eagerly awaited, meal moment with your little one. Besides you can recognize it with solid food, with baby led weaning you can introduce a meal time with family. This can make you a good habit in the family.
What can't be done?
- Incorrect choice of meal time. You must be smart to read mood poppet. Never feed him when he feels drowsy or tired. Babies tend to refuse to eat if they are served food at that time. Make a daily eating schedule, so your baby knows whenever they have to eat.
- Too much new food. Even though you want to make your child know all the food, but you also have to give your baby time to get to know one food at a time. So, don't change food often. You can do it every four days so your little one can adapt.
- Not sensitive to the signal given by your child. If your child has begun to eat irregularly, squandering his food, then he is bored and full, so he does not want to eat his food again.
- Give up. It is very possible if the baby refuses to eat alone when you first serve food in front of him. In addition, not a few babies who prefer pure food rather than solid food when baby led weaning. Therefore, don't give up, your baby only needs more time to adapt.
