Starting Solids

Start with spoon-fed puréed foods when your baby is ready (around 6 months). Move on to mashed and chopped foods over the next few months. Offer finger foods from 7 to 8 months when your baby is able to pick them up, bring them to their mouth and chew them.

Around 6 months, your baby starts to need the extra vitamins and minerals (especially iron and zinc) that are in solid foods.