Principles to know when giving solid foods to babies

When you start giving a baby solid foods, it's like you are starting to plant the first seeds to build healthy eating habits in your child throughout life. Many parents worry about “when should we start feeding babies?” or "Is it good to introduce solid foods to babies early?".

Video content is professionally consulted by Resident Doctor, Specialist I Dang Thi Ngoan - Department of Pediatrics - Neonatology - Vinmec Ha Long International Hospital

In fact, setting and following the rules when starting to introduce solid foods to children properly will help them to have orderly and disciplined meals, children will eat better, cooperate more, children will gradually form habits eat well.
According to resident doctor, specialist I Dang Thi Ngoan - Department of Pediatrics - Neonatology - Vinmec Ha Long International General Hospital, when starting to feed babies properly, parents should set rules. weaning food such as:
Sit in a chair while eating; Do not force the baby to eat; Do not punish or praise excessively; Do not give your baby too heavy meals; Do not give your baby snacks at least 1-2 hours before the main meal; Changing dishes often will help your baby get excited about eating; Do not prolong the meal for more than 20-30 minutes; Don't let your baby eat street food; Do not let your baby watch TV or play with toys while eating; Feed your baby on a regular basis, eat with family meals; Give your baby self-feeding, and the opportunity to practice. During the time when weaning children properly and forming "positive" eating habits, parents, families, feeders and caregivers must be very patient. Because children are still young, the ability to cooperate is not high, parents are impatient to want their children to eat fast and eat a lot, leading to "tongue-clicking" to ignore positive recommendations and replace them with temporary solutions. Sometimes, such as enticing children to eat with toys, television, letting them go for a walk, letting them eat for a long time to try to eat more... However, these ways can give rise to bad habits of children such as: Eating with conditions (with new toys to eat, new to eat,...).
In addition, these guidelines for introducing solids for the first time also need to be followed consistently from parents to grandparents and caregivers. Only then will children understand and implement it throughout.