By now your baby is probably enjoying a varied diet. And as they get better at holding things start giving them finger foods. Breast milk or formula is still an important part of their nutrition but it is important that at this stage you offer food before their usual milk feeds. This means that your baby will begin to get more of their nutrition from food than in the earlier stages.
As far as appetite goes your baby will be good at guiding you. Babies and toddlers have a better sense of when they’re full or hungry than adults do. It’ll be a matter of you learning how they communicate so you can tell when they’ve had enough.
A few ways they might tell you they’re full:
- Waterworks kick in – tears, crying and shouting when you try to feed them
- Flat out refusal - refusing to swallow, spitting food out, pushing their bowl away, refusing to open their mouth or turning or shaking their head.
- General unhappiness – noises, faces and gestures that tell you ‘no’.
