Get Up and Grow - Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for ...



Australian GovernmentDepartment of Health and AgeingGet Up & GrowHealthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early ChildhoodYour baby’s first foodsRecommended foods for the first yearsStageExamples of foods that can be consumedFirst foods (from around six months)Iron rich foods, including fortified cereals?(e.g. rice), vegetables (e.g. legumes, soy beans, lentils), fish, liver, meat and poultry, cooked plain tofuOther nutritious foods to be introduced before 12 monthsCooked or raw vegetables (e.g. carrot, potato, tomato), fruit (e.g. apple, banana, melon), whole egg, cereals (e.g. wheat, oats), bread, pasta, nut pastes, toast fingers and rusks, dairy foods such as full-fat cheese, custards and yoghurtFrom 12 to 24 monthsFamily foodsFull-cream pasteurised milkNote 1: Hard, small, round and/or sticky solid foods are not recommended because they can cause choking.Note 2: To prevent botulism, do not feed honey to infants aged under 12 months.Nuts and other hard foodsFoods with a high risk of choking such as whole nuts, seeds, raw carrot, celery sticks and chunks of apple should be avoided for the first three years as their size and/or consistency increases the risk of inhalation and choking. However nut pastes and nut spreads can be offered to infants from around six months of age. ................
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