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How to prevent over-feeding your baby
Jenny Chew, Careline Advisor
Growing children have growing needs, this section will guide you through your children’s cognitive, emotional and physical development. It is also full of useful nutrition advice for your child’s ever increasing energy and nutritional requirements and growth. This is a great stage in your child’s life as they become more interactive and engaging, but with their increased language and curiosity there may be some questions you can’t answer; remember we’re always here to support you.
Jenny Chew, Careline Advisor
 

Some parents over-feed or force-feed their baby, thinking that the more their baby eats, the better for their baby. In fact, they may be doing more harm to their baby than good. Here are some ways to avoid over-feeding your baby:

Let your baby lead the way:
• Offer small portions of food and wait while your baby finishes each mouthful completely before offering more.
• When your baby is able to, let him feed himself. This helps him to develop his motor skills as well as enables him to dictate the amount of food he needs.

Tips to Remember:

Full Signals
Your baby has enough food or milk if he exhibits these food signals
• By six months, if he turns his head decisively away from the bottle or spoon or shuts his mouth, towards the end of the meal.
• By eight or nine months, if he pushes the food away.

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