Sentences with phrase «appropriate addition of solid foods»
Parents wishing to use a pacifier may benefit from education about alternative methods to comfort infants, the importance of frequent suckling in establishing and maintaining milk supplies, and the benefits of full breastfeeding during the first 6 months of life and thereafter with the appropriate addition of solid foods for at least 12 months.
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The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding - without any formula or solid food - until a baby is six months old, followed by continued breastfeeding with the addition of appropriate foods through age two.
In addition to starting solid foods when developmentally appropriate, WHO suggests that toddlers continue to breastfeed up to two years of age and even farther.
Current recommendations now suggest that an infant start solid foods or complementary feedings, in addition to formula or breastmilk feedings, at a more developmentally appropriate six months of age.