Healthy Food Guide

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4-6 months Let the fun begin

Ideally, you want to start with an iron-rich food because the supply of iron that babies are born with starts to drop at around six months.

“Baby rice cereal is a great first food as it’s easy to prepare, low allergenic, affordable and fortified with iron,” explains Bates. You might want to dilute rice cereal with breast milk or formula.

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