"TIPS WHEN FEEDING BABY"

      
                 You will realize that offering a little spoonful of food to your little five months old can be one of the most amazing moments of your family:

               *When your baby reaches his fourth month,you can test whether he is ready for "new foods".Do this by putting a teaspoon to baby's lips.If he tends to push the teaspoon away,means your baby is not yet ready.Never force him to eat.
            
               *Introduce the new food to your baby before breastfeeding or bottle feeding him.

               *An ideal starter food is a single food ingredients such as cereal mixed with breastmilk.

               *The best time to make him try new food is the day following his first trial.

               *Offer only half a teaspoon of food at a time,feed him less than the recommended amount.

               *Once the child has acquired a taste for the new food,give it to him fairly often and after breastfeeding or bottlefeeding.

               *Introduce one new food at a time.Never start on two new foods at once.

               *Give your baby water between feedings.Water helps regulate waste removal and other body functions.

               *Express delight when feeding your baby don't show them that you dislike the food you are giving to him.



               "PLEASE REMEMBER TO WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE FEEDING YOUR BABY"