5 Tips on Raising a Good Eater

Starting Baby on his first solids…is a Big Deal, for both him and for you. Treat it as such. This eating business is an important new skill that will serve him well for the rest of his life. His first tastes of individual foods such as fruits and vegetables are priceless.

You can find an endless amount of information about feeding Baby from commercial baby food companies. While some of it may be useful, it is all slanted to portray their products in the best possible light.
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Preparing homemade baby foods and infant mini-meals is some of the simplest cooking you’ll ever do.

By the time they turn one, or shortly thereafter, children should be eating essentially what you eat. (This is presuming your diet to be generally nutritious and healthful, and rich in variety and flavor!)

Almost all children, even your star eaters, will go through weird food phases, picky eater stages, and days/weeks/months when they practically battle with you about their food. Continue to serve it as it should be served through as much of this as you possibly can, allowing them to choose to eat it in the way that they prefer. Eventually—sometimes, very eventually—this behavior should wane, to be replaced by a new acceptance of the foods.