Iron can come from a vitamin supplement or from the foods babies eat, such as iron-fortified infant cereal. Also, infants living in cold climates in the winter may need a vitamin D supplement. Talk with your pediatrician about whether your baby needs vitamin or mineral supplements. At 4 to 6 months most babies are physically ready to begin eating solid foods. But remember each baby is different and age is only a point of reference.
Baby shows interest in foods others are eating.
Baby can move foods from the front to the back of the mouth. Weaning from the breast. Sometime between 9 and 12 months of age, breast milk will no longer be a baby's primary source of nutrition. You will probably nurse only three or four times a day, usually first thing in the morning and around nap and bedtimes. Breast-feeding is about more than nutrition, though, and continuing as long as possible gives a baby important emotional benefits.