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Table 1 Appropriate textures for complementary feeding according to current recommendations in New Zealand [8], United States of America [9], and Australia [10]

From: Baby-Led Introduction to SolidS (BLISS) study: a randomised controlled trial of a baby-led approach to complementary feeding

Approximate age

Appropriate texture

0 – 6 months

Liquid

6 – 7 months

Puréed

7 – 8 months

Mashed and “Finger”a foods

8 – 12 months

Chopped

12 – 24 months

“Family”b foods

  1. a Finger foods are foods that can be picked up by the child and eaten “with the fingers”
  2. b Family foods are foods that are eaten by the rest of the family, in the form that they are eaten by the rest of the family
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BMC Pediatrics

ISSN: 1471-2431

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