Question

At what point is solid food recommended to be added to an infant's diet? Nutritionally speaking, why is this? Each infant is different, so how can it be determined when a certain infant is ready for solid foods?

Answer 1

Answer: For the infants it is necessary to have mother's milk for the nutrients. They get all the nutrients from the milk but as they grow 5 to 6 months they are ready to digest solid food. At the age of 6 months the solid food is recommended to be added to infants diet. But the food should be light and easily digestible so that it may not create much problem to the infant.

This is because upto certain age i.e. upto 5 months it is better for infants to have mother's milk as their digestive system still in the developing process. The introduction of solid foods makes their digestive system to work accordingly and get trained through it. The nutrition from the foods such as vitamins, protein can be easily provided through the small portion of the food.

Each infant is different but the normal average it has been found that at the age of 6 months infants are ready to consume and digest solid foods. In some of the cases infants may develop allergy to some of the foods. But almost every infants can digest the food at the age of 6 months.