Weaning Hub
Everything you need to guide your baby's weaning journey.
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The NHS recommends waiting until around 6 months. Digestive systems and motor skills are still developing. Introducing solids too early can increase risk of choking and allergies.
Readiness signs
- ✓Can sit up with minimal support and hold head steady
- ✓Shows interest in food — reaching, watching others eat
- ✓Has lost the tongue-thrust reflex (doesn't push food out automatically)
Foods to offer
- • Single-ingredient purées
- • Soft vegetable sticks (BLW)
- • Baby rice mixed with milk
Key milestones
- • First tastes
- • Single flavours
- • Learn to swallow
Readiness signs
- ✓Moving food around mouth with tongue
- ✓Reaching for food and starting to self-feed
- ✓Showing hunger cues between milk feeds
Foods to offer
- • Mashed & soft lumpy textures
- • Finger foods (soft strips)
- • Protein sources (egg, lentils, chicken)
Key milestones
- • 3 meals a day by 9 months
- • Pincer grip developing
- • Drinking from a cup
Readiness signs
- ✓Using fingers and spoon to self-feed
- ✓Good pincer grip
- ✓Eating a variety of textures
Foods to offer
- • Most soft family foods
- • Chopped soft fruit & veg
- • Cheese, yoghurt, pasta, meat
Key milestones
- • 3 meals + 2 snacks
- • Cup for water
- • Joining family mealtimes
Readiness signs
- ✓Eating a wide range of textures
- ✓Communicating hunger/fullness
- ✓Using a spoon more independently
Foods to offer
- • Full family meals (low salt)
- • Whole milk as main drink
- • Most foods except honey
Key milestones
- • Milk as drink not main nutrition
- • Neophobia (fussy eating) may begin
- • Enjoying mealtimes socially