Weaning foods
Weaning Foods Weaning is the process of gradually introducing foods other than breast milk into the child's feeding schedule. The growth rate in infancy being high, breast milk is not enough to meet the child's increasing needs for energy and protein. Milk is a poor source of iron and also provides a small amount of Vitamin C. They are sufficient to meet an infant's need until the three months of age. It is important to introduce foods rich in iron, vitamin C, energy and protein to the child after completing three months. They are called weaning foods Weaning should be a gradual and slow process so as to make the child adapt to the new foods. The consistency and amount of weaning foods should be slowly modified according to the increasing age of the child. For infants around the age of 4-6 months, liquid supplements are given. These include soups, juices, and animal milk For infants of 6-8 months, semisolid supplements which are well cooked and mashed or...