DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
NEWBORN DEVELOPMENT
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strained vegetables
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cheese and crackers
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rice cereal
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ground meat
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most babies’ first food is iron-fortified infant single-grain cereal mixed with breast milk or formula. Place the spoon near your baby’s lips, and let the baby smell and taste it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Offer a variety of single-grain cereals such as rice, oatmeal or barley. Avoid feeding your baby only rice cereal due to possible exposure to arsenic. Add vegetables and fruits. Gradually introduce single-ingredient pureed vegetables and fruits that contain no sugar or salt.
Detailed explanation-3: -Either rice or oatmeal infant cereal are a good choice are long as they are fortified with iron and zinc.
Detailed explanation-4: -No! Rice cereal is not a necessary food for babies, and even the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says rice cereal doesn’t have to be a first food.