Hi My baby girl will be 6 month old coming Saturday. She is exclusively BF till now. I am planning to start solid after that. Please let me know what food to start with.

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ExpertRamya RamachandranNutritionist4 years ago

A. Dear ma’am, you can introduce ragi porridge, rice porridge etc introduce one new food at a time. Avoid salt, sugar and cow milk till one year. You can also give boiled and mashed carrot, sweet potato, puréed banana etc

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Author of questionGuardian of 2 children4 years ago

A. Can i give yogurt/curd with mashed rice ?

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