Weaning Baby onto Solid Organic Baby Food

The birth of a new life is a great miracle. Many things change. Many beautiful moments await you … as well as responsibilities. Ulula wants to be on your side and aims to help to provide your baby with the right nourishment throughout this period of rapid growth.

Breast Feeding and Weaning

Breast feeding gives your baby the best start in life. Breast milk contains all the nutrients your baby needs in the right proportion, contains antibodies to help your baby build up resistance to infections like coughs or colds. Your baby may be less likely to develop allergies and breast milk is as natural as possible.

Therefore the WHO (World Health Organization) recommends exclusive breast feeding during the first 6 months and breast feeding should be preferably continued beyond the first year of life. If breast feeding is not possible or your baby needs additional food consult your paediatrician, GP or Health Visitor.

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Weaning Baby

During the first six months of life, breast milk or infant formula milk provides a baby with all of the nourishment needed for growth and development. However as each infant is different, between 4 and 6 months is the time most babies are ready to try other foods. It seems a general rule to introduce solid foods in the form of smooth purées when your baby is between 4 and 6 months old.

If you are unable or do not breast feed exclusively at this stage you can use organic infant formula, based on cow's milk, in combination with instant cereals instead. If your baby has an allergic reaction to dairy or cereal products please contact your doctor or health visitor. Ulula recommends you start with infant formula 1 even if you have breastfed fully more than 5 months, and to follow on with infant formula 2.

Infant formula 1 is protein adapted and does not contain starch, which makes it easier for baby to digest. It can be used until the end of 12 months. In the case of your baby being fed with formula 1 during the first 6 months, and not becoming fully satisfied, after 6 months of age, the more hunger satisfying organic infant follow-on formula 2 may be introduced.

The first solid food is usually a puréed vegetable meal, preferably carrots, because they are easily digestible. After about 2 weeks you may add potatoes and again after about two weeks you can try other vegetables like sweet potato, parsnip, swede, and broccoli. Once your baby is established with one solid meal you can introduce milk porridge instead of breast or bottle feeding in the afternoon or evening. Holle organic instant porridges in combination with fresh full cream milk and fresh puréed or jarred fruit providing your baby a perfect meal.

In the next stage of weaning milk free fruit porridge will replace the afternoon breast or bottle feed and the milk porridge will then be postponed to the evening.

By about the 8th month your baby has the skill to bite and will be able to have mashed or chopped foods, which encourage your toddler to chew. You will fnd some recipes for home made organic baby food and other weaning baby tips on our recipe page.

Holle organic porridges are usable in a variety of applications and will accompany your baby through the weaning time. From adding a few spoons of Rice or Millet Porridge to the bottle feed to satisfy your baby to preparing a whole meal with one of the seven porridges or using it in your home made baby foods there are no limits to how the porridges can be used. It makes the whole weaning process easier for you because they are instant, sugar free, dairy free and have either stool loosening or stool firming qualities.

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