Top Tips for a Healthy Baby

• Exclusively breast-feed for your baby for six months.
• Introduce solids at six months of age or when they show signs of being ready.
• Use organic food.
• Continue breast-feeding for as long as you are able to (at least 1 year, but age 2 is even better!)
• Wait three days in between introducing new foods to make sure there is no adverse reaction.
• Avoid foods that cause reactions in mom and dad.

Strategies for Healthy Eating

• Give a wide variety of colourful steamed fruit and vegetable purees every day.
• Try to make your own baby food. The taste is better and it may be easier to transition to family foods.
• Add in spices, herbs, onion and garlic to your recipes.
• Make new variations of favourite foods including the not so favourite foods. Try not to get stuck on the same foods.
• Don't be afraid to try foods with your baby that you are not fond of.
• Try to vary grains other than wheat. For example rice, quinoa, buckwheat, oats, kamut, barley, spelt and amaranth.
• Always dilute fruit juice with water.
• Avoid honey and egg whites until age 1.

Important Nutrients

• Essential fatty acids (EFA's) Omega 3 and 6
• Good bacteria – Acidophilus
• Iron and zinc