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Pregnancy & Baby Baby Food Safety Tips The following tips are recommended to keep Baby safe at mealtime: Always supervise babies and toddlers when they are given solid food. The child should be seated upright and not lying down or running around. Use appropriate tools—Your finger is the perfect first “spoon” to feed baby with since it is soft, the ideal temperature, and good at detecting if a food is too hot to serve to baby. When baby advances to a real spoon, use a plastic spoon with small, rounded edges. Plastic spoons will not get too cold or hot. Do not feed cereal in Baby’s bottle. The main concern with this feeding method is that it presents a choking risk. Always feed cereal by spoon to a child who is sitting upright. Giving cereal this way may also make it difficult for Baby to develop the instinct of stopping to eat solid food when she is full. Research shows that babies who are fed cereal in the bottle tend to have excess weight gain early and later in life. Never force feed your baby. Stop feeding Baby when she keeps her mouth closed or turns head away from the approaching spoon and appears completely uninterested in the food. Avoid known choking hazards until age 2 or older.
Do not feed Baby directly from a jar or other container of food. Instead, place a portion of the food in a separate bowl before serving. Promptly refrigerate the unused portion. After the meal, discard any leftover food that has come in contact with Baby’s spoon because bacteria from her mouth can contaminate the remaining food. Use caution when heating Baby’s food in a microwave.
 Article provided by HAPPYBABY Food. Learn more at www.happybabyfood.com |
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