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Getting ready for first foods, around six months. Ask your health visitor or doctor first if your baby has severe eczema or a food allergy.

Get ready

• Check baby is ready around six months
• Highchair
• Soft spoons
• Bibs
• Small bowls
• Open cup
• Splash mat

First foods

• Soft cooked vegetables
• Soft prepared fruit
• Iron-fortified baby cereal
• Plain yoghurt
• Eggs
• Smooth peanut butter mixed into food
• Lentils

Safety

• Sit baby upright
• Use the highchair harness
• Watch baby while eating
• Learn choking first aid
• Prepare food safely
• Introduce allergens one at a time
• Quarter grapes lengthways
• Avoid whole nuts
• No honey before one
• No cow's milk as a main drink before one
• Avoid added salt and sugar

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