When your baby steps into nine months its time to be creative in food you make for your little one. They are ready to chew with their new teeth and will be no more interested in boring mashed food. By now, your baby will happily enjoy three solid meals a day. Try chopping their food rather than mashing it, and encourage them to feed themselves. By the time they are a year old, they will be eating many of the same foods that your family normally eat. Make sure your baby's diet includes full fat dairy products, and remember they only have small tummies so feed smaller meals at regular intervals.

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Once your baby starts to grow they need variation in food and taste. So, it's time to get creative! Your 6 to 9 month baby will be eager to try new foods now, and may even start to chew, with those beautifully new teeth. Learn how to create meals that will please his tiny palate! There are no hard and fast rules here. All babies are different, with their own unique likes and dislikes. Just like you and me!

At 6-9 months baby food recipes include softly mashed, or chopped into fine pieces of fruits, vegetables, meats, pasta and dairy such as yogurt and cheeses. Pasta, veggies, and fruit should all be soft cooked and possibly mashed with a fork or masher. (Bananas need only be mashed, l like added some boiled and cooled water to it to make it like a mouse, try it and you will see what l mean.) Raw fruits are often introduced at this stage. Meats and proteins should be cooked and pureed or chopped into small soft bits. If offering Tofu, you need not cook it first. Ensure dairy offered is easily manageable as they may have no teeth at all and if they do they have to learn how to chew.

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You should not drink ANY alcohol: Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause physical and mental birth defects. Each year, up to 40,000 babies are born with some degree of alcohol-related damage. In fact, no level of alcohol use during pregnancy has been proven safe. Therefore, the March of Dimes - leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health recommends that pregnant women do not drink any alcohol-including beer, wine, wine coolers and hard liquor-throughout their pregnancy and while nursing. In addition, because women often do not know they are pregnant for a few months, women who may be pregnant or those who are attempting to become pregnant should abstain from drinking alcoholic beverages.

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