GOLDEN RULES "GRADUALLY"
Whether you start weaning at 4, 5, or 6 months, or later, remember that the introduction of new food must always be done very gradually, in small doses, and sufficient intervals should be left (at least a few days) before proceeding with the introduction of another new element.
There are several reasons for this:
There are several reasons for this:
-It is easier to determine the cause of any allergic reactions.
-Baby can appreciate the new flavours.
-Leave your baby also the time to get used to the different
-Consistencies of food and to learn how to swallow.
•QUESTION: How can I tell if my baby has an allergy?
You should not worry too much if, after tasting a new food, your child throws it up. You must certainly not persist with the meal, but there is nothing to say that the cause is due to an allergy. Throwing up can be attributed to other causes like pushing your child into eating something that at the time he/she did not want. In order for it to be allergy related, the tasting of the food a second time should again make the child throw up and, as a rule, some of the following symptoms should simultaneously appear: almost immediate diarrhoea, skin reactions of a rash type on various parts of the body (the skin appears as slightly raised and is punctuated with pink blotches in the centre that cause itchiness).
•USEFUL ADVICE: They either like it or they don’t!
If your baby is willingly to take to a new food and does not manifest any allergic reactions, then you can try again increasing the quantities, leaving him/her to dictate the amount consumed. It is, in fact, important to go along with your child as far as quantities are concerned, and stop the feeding as soon as he/she shows signs of having had enough – turning around and closing his/her mouth when you attempt to insert the teaspoon – just as it is a good idea to satisfy any request for a bottle of milk, even only half an hour, or an hour, after the meal. If, instead, your baby refuses the new food, closing his/her mouth tightly and making faces of disgust, then it is a good idea not to persist: immediately stop offering the food and try again after a few days. As a rule, you should never give in to the temptation to add sugar or honey trick your child into eating something that he/she does not want.