Feeding your baby
By 6 months your baby should start on solids. Keep on with breast milk or formula as the main drink.
From 6 months you can give follow-on formula and from 12 months whole cows milk is suitable, as a main drink, and between meals.
Cooled boiled water is fine for drinks.
From 6 months you can use diluted pure fruit juice, in a cup at mealtimes only. Fruit juice contains natural sugar so dilute one part pure fruit juice with ten parts cooled boiled water.
Follow instructions for commercial baby drinks but keep feeding bottles for milk and water only.
Avoid the use of sweetened drinks especially at bedtime and as comforters.
Check labels for these harmful sugars – glucose, fructose, concentrated fruit juice, sucrose, dextrose, honey, invert sugar, maltose, hydrolysed starch.
Weaning your baby
From 4 months you can introduce pureed vegetables, fruit or baby rice. Don't add sugar.
Check labels and choose sugar free ready prepared meals. Limit how often your child has food or drink containing sugar.
From 6 months, pieces of bread or fruit make good finger foods. Stay close in case of choking.
Try not to introduce sweets to your young child. If you do give them sweets keep them for straight after meals when they do the least damage to teeth.
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