Mother's milk is best for an infant but after 4 months of age she will require other foods to supplement her diet. To help her cope with her rapid pace of growth your baby's body needs calories for energy, body building proteins, and vitamin and minerals to keep her immune from diseases. After your baby is six months old introduce new tastes in her food.

Some Useful Tips:

• Your baby's first taste of solid food should be bland and easy to swallow.

• Choose a time of the day when you have plenty of time to feed and your baby is not too hungry. Usually mid-day feed is the best. Give her a little breast milk or formula before giving her a spoonful of solid food.

• Choose a small, shallow teaspoon from which it will be easy for your baby to suck the food.

• Start with only one solid feed a day for the first few weeks. Increase this to two or three solid feeds per day after about two weeks.

• Introduce only one new food at a time. Try it for a few days before introducing another new food. This will give the child time to adjust to the taste of the new food and also give you an opportunity to know if it agrees with your baby's system.

• As your baby gets used to solid food, make its consistency thicker by reducing the amount of liquid you add to it.

• You can start your baby on solids with fresh fruits or vegetables right away.

• When your baby starts teething, she will like to bite hard into something. You can give her rusk or carrot to bite into.

• Don't force feed your baby. If she doesn't take to a food, try it again after some weeks.

• In the case of home made purees, a large quantity of puree can be made at one go and refrigerated. Small portions of it can be taken out and given as and when required.

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