Starting weaning and introducing new foods to a baby after around six months of age can be a fun time for parents and babies. It requires lots of patience as certain flavours or textures may be refused at first. Parents may also need to find extra time, both for the feeding process and the preparation of suitable foods, and there may well be an element of additional mess that’s all part of the territory. Pharmacy teams can provide support and useful products to parents.

This includes:

• Stocking a range of suitable foods for weaning that are ready-made
• Offering advice and equipment for making up suitable purées
• Being aware of the types of foods that are suitable as first finger foods
• Reminding parents that breast or infant formula milk supplements a healthy weaning diet.