At 6 months breast milk no longer meets the nutritional needs of your growing infant, especially for protein, energy, iron, zinc and vitamins A and D.The introduction of complementary foods allows the infant to progress from an all-liquid diet to one eventually containing family foods.As a baby grows there are also changes with respect to the energy distribution in the diet.As they grow, a baby needs less energy from fat and more from carbohydrates such as bread, pasta and rice.The introduction of complementary foods also heralds an important time for the establishment of healthy eating habits and exposure to more bacteria and antigens.It is an important developmental stage where infants learn how to chew in addition to meeting nutritional requirements.