Giving Fruit to a 4 Month Old Baby: Is It Good?
Introduction
Giving fruit to a baby at 4 months: is it good? This is one of the main doubts that cross the minds of new parents, especially those with their first child.
Given the popularity of the question, I decided to create a content with the definitive answer. I also inserted the index to give you the opportunity, if you wish, to delve deeper into the various angles of the topic by clicking on the title of the paragraphs that interest you.
Your guide throughout the article will be the precious advice of Doctor Federica Dell'Oro, a nutrition biologist as well as author and curator of the video course “Practical, easy and stress-free self-weaning” (you can discover it by clicking on the button at the end of the paragraph).
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Can I give fruit to 4 months old?
Giving fruit to a 4-month-old baby is not a healthy choice . As Dr. Federica Dell'Oro points out in this video , at 4 months the baby has certainly not developed the skills necessary to start the approach to foods other than breast milk or formula.
What are they? The loss of the extrusion reflex, that is, the particular movement of the tongue, typical of newborns, which serves to optimize the sucking process and to prevent solid foods from entering the mouth, the mastery of the palmar grip , the ability to maintain a sitting position without the aid of many supports, the interest in the food consumed by adults.
With regard to this last point, it is important to remember that this is not a concrete manifestation of hunger, but rather a tendency to imitate the behaviors of caregivers .
In addition to what has just been specified on the psychophysical requirements, it is worth emphasizing that giving fruit at 4 months is not recommended because, at the age just mentioned, the child's gastrointestinal system is not yet sufficiently mature.
