Milk provides adequate nourishment for the first four to six months of life but after that, he needs to have solid food added to his diet. Weaning onto solid foods should start when baby is around 4-6 months old. It is usual to start with fruit juices and semi-solid foods that are smooth and soft in texture. Unmilled rice flour can be cooked into a paste to which you can ingredients like boiled veggies that have been mashed and sieved through a colander. 
Fresh soft fruits like bananas or papayas may be scraped with a spoon into a fine pulp and fed to baby directly. Once baby is a year old, he should have enough teeth to be able to chew finely minced pieces of meat, fish, vegetables and fruit. He can take thicker porridge and perhaps even a little rice.
Weaning Tips
- Introduce new foods one at a time, giving several days interval between each new food.
- Start with 1/4 to 1/2 of a teaspoonful on the tip of the spoon. Let baby suck it off. Increase the amount gradually with each feed.
- Give the new food to baby before his usual milk feed, while he is still hungry. Do not force-feed him if he is not keen. Try again a few days later.
- As baby gets older, encourage him to hold the spoon and feed himself.
- If baby develops loose stools or skin rashes, stop the last newly introduced foods and seek a doctor’s advice.
