Plain water is not necessary except in very hot weather. She advises limiting juice to 4 ounces a day. She also suggests avoiding putting Kool-Aid or punch in a bottle. Besides lacking nutrition, these sweet drinks bathe the gums and teeth in sugar, which promotes tooth decay. Convenience is the main benefit of commercial foods.
Foods are the right consistency for infants and come in small portions.
They are great to take on the go. There are few chemicals or preservatives, added salt or fillers in the single ingredient commercial baby foods. To test for allergies, try single-ingredient foods such as carrots or chicken instead of mixed dinners to start out. Mix single-food items together to create dinners. Jars of meat supply more protein than mixed dinners, which contain more starch and less meat.