Making Baby Food Homemade baby foods can help you provide low-cost nutritious foods for your little one. Com- mercial baby foods are convenient and safe, but they often contain more water, starch, and sugar than homemade ones. Most babies do not need solid foods until they are about 4 to 6 months of age. Before that age most babies have not learned to swallow solid foods. The sucking reflex pushes the tongue forward in the mouth and pushes out solid foods. You can force food down the

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After 1 year and at least 20 lbs. everybody would be safest facing backward while riding in a car. Babies are lucky to have seats that work this way. Infants are safest when riding facing the rear, because the back of the safety seat supports the child’s back, neck, and head in a crash. So, whichever seat you choose, your baby should ride rear-facing until about one year of age and at least 20 pounds. Every year you spend much money on buying car accessories but forget small accessory for

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Heel Raises- Lifting and lowering the heels is a strength-training exercise even the youngest children can do. It also helps with balance. Stand facing your child. Hold hands. Slowly lift and lower your heels, encouraging your child to do the same thing at the same time. Also: Pause each time you rise onto tiptoe, counting aloud to five. Instead of just raising your heels, you and your child can jump (two feet) or hop (one foot) lightly in place. Try all of these

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Heads, Bellies, Toes- This game helps with identifying body parts, flexibility, and understanding the concepts of up, down, low, and high. Stand facing your child. Beginning slowly, call out the names of the three body parts that are in the title, asking your child to touch each part as he hears its name. Once your child is successful at this, reverse - and mix up - the order of body parts. Also: Change the tempo at which you call out the body parts - sometimes slow and

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Let your baby find out what her legs can do while she learns about cause and effect. • Lay the baby on her back. • Place a small pillow or a stuffed animal by the baby's feet. • Encourage her to kick it! Also: • If the baby doesn't kick the object on her own, hold it just close enough to let her feel it with the bottom of her feet. • Make sure she gets to kick with both right and left feet. • Use language to encourage her and describe what she's doing. For example: "You're

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