Start introducing new textures. This can be thicker purees and mashed foods (with more lumps) or soft finger foods. Textures are important because:

• They make your baby more accepting of new tastes
• The help your baby develop chewing skills and prepare them for family foods
• Chewing  can help build muscles that are used for speech
• Trying new foods means they are less likely to develop allergies.

Introduce allergenic foods to avoid allergies later in life

Introduce allergenic foods one at a time. The common allergy causing foods are:

Once you’ve fed your baby these foods (and they haven’t had a reaction to them), it is important to include them in meals and snacks with different textures regularly. For more information about allergies, visit the Nip Allergies in the Bub website.

Mashed and lumps

Begin to introduce texture. Examples are: