A comprehensive guide to starting solids with your baby.

Includes:

• Breast and bottle feeding
• The first 1000 days
• What age do I start solids?
• What signs your baby is showing between 4 to 6 months
• Signs of readiness
• Approaches to feeding - baby led weaning, spoon feeding and combintation
• Responsive eating and division of responsibility
• Key nutrients to include 
• First foods 
• What foods next and how to prepare meat
• Introducing finger foods
• How to make slippery foods grippy
• Textures
• How to balance a meal
• Allergy foods and how to offer safely
• Gagging and choking
• Mealtime environments
• What time of day to introduce solids
• Poo changes and constipation
• Offering water to babies 
• Using appropriate cups, spoons and highchairs
• Adding herbs, spices, sodium and added sugar
• My favourite flavour pairings
• Meal progression
• Foods to avoid
• Milk changes
• Food refusal
• Portion sizes
• Utensils
• 10 recipes from 6 to 12 months with a mix of purees, finger foods and family meals