Ask the Expert session: How to Balance Solid Foods with Milk Feedings?

TAPpy Wednesday! Excited kami sa KonsultaMD to meet you through Ask the Expert sessions in theAsianparent app! I am Dr. Jasmin Suleik, a General Practitioner of KonsultaMD. I am here para matulungan kayong mga Mommies to guide you in making sure your child is getting the right amount of nutrition especially now that you are balancing solid foods with milk feedings. Should I worry if Baby is not gaining weight after starting solids? When should babies start solids? How much milk should a 6 month-old drink when eating solids? and how should it change as they grow older? What if they cry during feeding? ASK your questions and we will answer you here in the Q&A comment section below. Join us on Wednesday and prepare your questions related to nutrition, introducing solid foods, ratio of solids and milk based on age and what are the best foods to serve and more. 🍲 Topic: For Babies 6 Months - 2 Years Old: How to Balance Introducing Solid Foods with Milk Feedings? #AskTheExpert #AskTheExpertPH #theAsianparent #KonsultaMD

Jasmine Suleik

Preggers

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hello, may baby is now 20 months now and she's 11.3kg and 80cm. tama lang po ba ang laki nya?

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Hello po. Can you provide po sample meal plan for babies na magsastart na mag eat?

and also what puree po ba yung pweding kainin ni baby pagka 6months nya po?

kailan po yung dapat dapat three solid foods a day na si baby? sa umpisa ba agad?

Jasmine Suleik

Preggers

2y ago

By 6 months, we can start with semi-solid food then slowly progressing to solids - para masanay si baby sa new texture ng food and maging familiar din sa different tastes. Pwede po natin simulan ng cereals (iron-fortified infant cereals) which are commonly mixed with breast milk, formula, or water and later with fruits. And yes, recommended ang three meals a day and two healthy snacks.

When should babies start solids? What are the signs that baby is ready for it?

Jasmine Suleik

Preggers

2y ago

Hello there :) By 6 months old po, need na po magstart ni baby ng complementary feeding ng semisolid foods. By this age kasi, an exclusively breastfed infant requires additional sources of several nutrients, tulad ng protein, iron, and zinc. General signs of readiness include the ability to hold the head up, maturity (around double the birth weight), opening their mouths wide, showing eager anticipation of eating food and interest in foods, sitting unassisted, bringing objects to the mouth, and the ability to track a spoon :)