When should you start feeding your baby food?

When should you start feeding your baby food?

Breast milk or formula is the only food your newborn needs. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breast-feeding for the first six months after birth. But by ages 4 months to 6 months, most babies are ready to begin eating solid foods as a complement to breast-feeding or formula-feeding.

Is it OK to feed my 3 month old baby food?

Feeding babies solid food from the age of just three months old could help them sleep better and improve their long-term health, a major study has found. The Government currently advises mothers to feed babies exclusively with breastmilk until they are at least six months, and only then gradually introduce solids.