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Breast milk or formula is the most important food.  \nSigns baby is ready  \nfor solid foods. Your baby:  \n• is holding their head up well and sits with less help.  \n• is interested in watching you eat.  \n• still seems hungry after a milk feed.  \n• opens their mouth when food /spoon approaches.  \n• their tongue doesn’t push food out of their mouth.  \n• shows signs of biting and chewing. Introduce puréed iron-rich foods, vegetables and fruits from around 6 months when baby is showing developmental signs of readiness for solid foods.  \nOffer milk BEFORE solids. Breast milk or formula is still the most important food.  \nAt this stage your baby may be:  \n• starting to sit unsupported.  \n• learning to bite & chew and may have teeth.  \n• leaning towards food or spoon.  \n• interested in finger foods.  \nFeeding tips:  \nStart by offering a small amount of food after a milk feed, just ½-2 tsps.  \nBegin with one small meal a day and slowly increase the amount of food you offer. Offer a variety of suitable stage 1 spoon-fed, smooth puréed foods. See the carrot guide for examples. There is no need to introduce new foods one at a time unless the food is a common allergy-causing food.  \nFeeding tips:  \nTry mixed ingredient foods with a range of tastes.  \nIntroduce new foods suitable for stage 2 (see carrot guide).  \nBaby may eat between  \n2 Tbsps and 1/2 cup food at each meal. Be responsive to baby’s hunger and fullness cues, and let them guide you about how much they eat.  \nTexture of stage 2 foods:  \nThicker purées, small soft lumps and mashed foods.  \nTexture  \nof first foods:  \nSmooth, runny or puréed.  \nIron fortified baby rice cereal is a great first food. Mix with breast milk or formula until smooth.  \nIncrease the variety of  \nfoods, in a soft  \n6  \nmonths  \naround  \naround  \nbut not before  \n4 months  \nStage 1  \n7  \nmonths  \naround  \nStage 2 around  \n• Iron fortified baby rice cereal  \n• Cooked puréed veggies e.g carrot, pumpkin, kūmara, potato, cassava, kamokamo, taro, spinach, bok choy  \n• Cooked puréed fruit [e.g. apple](e.g. apple), pear, apricot, peach  \n• Smoothly mashed banana, avocado  \n• Cooked puréed meat, chicken, fish  \n• Cooked puréed legumes, lentils and rice  \n• Wattie’s blue label cans & pouches  \n• Cooked mashed veggies e.g. broccoli, parsnip, cauliflower, pūhā  \n• Well-cooked egg  \n• Tofu and tempeh  \n• Cooked pasta & cut-up plain noodles  \n• Cheese, yoghurt, cottage cheese  \n• Iron fortified  \nExamples of Stage 1 Foods  \nExamples of  \nStage 2 Foods ADD TO STAGE 1 FOODS  \n• taking sips of water from Offer baby 2 or 3 meals mashed texture. Depending on your baby,  \na cup. a day. consider offering some soft finger foods.  \nEnsure infants and young children are sitting down and actively supervised when eating and drinking.  \nCommon questions about feeding your pēpi  \n Which first kai are a good source of iron?  \nbaby cereals, plain crackers, bread (white or wholemeal)  \n• Wattie’s red label cans & pouches  \nIron-rich foods include baby cereal, cooked puréed meat, fish and chicken.  \nSome iron is also found in cooked puréed beans, lentils and green leafy veg.  \n Why are there ingredients in stage 1 & 2 baby foods, which I thought were only suitable for older babies?  \n Some ingredients in supermarket baby foods (e.g. sweetcorn, spinach or berries) may be given to babies earlier than if made at home, as the commercial cooking and pureeing process ensures these foods are an appropriate texture for babies.  \n How do I introduce common allergy causing foods?  \n Generally, it’s important not to delay the introduction of allergy causing foods. 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