To feed or not to feed during weaning: what to do?
Introduction
To feed or not to feed during weaning?
New parents, especially those with their first experience with infant nutrition, often reflect on this question.
Nothing strange: it is, in fact, an aspect of maximum importance in the growth of the child and in the management of the family's days.
If you want clarifications on this topic, you are on the right article!
I have also decided to include an index to allow you, if you wish, to delve into the various aspects in detail with a simple click on the title of the paragraph you are interested in.
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Feeding babies during weaning: why not do it
The answer to the question “To feed or not to feed during weaning?” is, in cases where one opts for complementary feeding on demand , one and only one: avoid feeding the baby.
Why? To understand, just go back a moment in this paragraph and take up the expression "on request".
It is used for breastfeeding and its centrality remains even when, once the right requirements have been met , the baby begins to approach solid foods other than breast milk or artificial formula .
Baby-led weaning must be, as the Anglo-Saxon technical definition baby-led weaning also reminds us , guided by the newborn , the true protagonist of a process of discovery of food that involves, in addition to taste, other senses (touch first and foremost ).
The adult must limit his role and take care of presenting nutritionally complete dishes on the table , characterised by the presence of ingredients cut safely and of the right consistency , continuing with the supervision of the child during the consumption of the meal.
