Patient's question:
The baby is six months old and eating, using adult chopsticks. There is a little bit of salty taste from vegetables on the tip of the chopsticks. The baby licked the chopsticks. Is it okay? It is said that salt cannot be eaten.Doctor's answer:
When providing complementary foods, adjust the texture of the food according to the baby's age to train their chewing ability and oral skills:At 6 months, babies can eat smooth foods, such as rice porridge or meat puree.
At 7 months, the texture of the food should be gradually increased, and it should no longer be very smooth. Complementary foods can be as coarse as small millet grains, like soft rice porridge.
Between 8-9 months, babies can eat minced meat, which is even coarser.
By 10-12 months, they can eat foods the size of half a corn kernel, such as meat cubes.