If your child is six months old, the feeding schedule will change significantly. Because from now on your child will improve eating more and more different foods, due to the fact that the oral motoric skills are developing rapidly. Your child learns to chew and swallow. That is a new, complex activity, and in any case different from just drinking. Your child learns most by looking at you and copying your movements. This also applies to eating with a spoon, putting food in the mouth and chewing it.

The second half of your child’s first year is all about learning to eat different foods and textures, whilebreastfeeding or follow-up milk is still the most important part of the menu. Your child builds up his or her own taste and with that his or her own opinions on the variety of foods. It might occur that your child spits something out or throws the food plate on the floor.

As your child grows older, he or she discovers more and more flavors and the portions of food will get bigger. The motoric skills are improving and your child is getting more used to eating , chewing and swallowing. Make it a fun activity and stimulate your child in a pleasant way!