You may know your baby is ready for solid food when he can do these things.
Holds his head up without help
Reaches for the spoon and wants your food
Can suck food off a spoon without gagging or pushing the food back out
Starts being hungry sooner even when offered all the milk he wants.
You can see if your baby is ready by mixing infant rice cereal with breast milk or formula;
make it a soupy consistency. Place a small amount on baby's tongue with a baby spoon. Give this several
tries. If food comes right back out or baby has difficulty swallowing, you should wait a week or two before trying again.
Adapted from Healthy Steps. Edited and Compiled by the Center for Promotion of Child Development Through Primary Care 2011
