Weaning special Should foods for babies have a bland taste?

Weaning special
Should foods for babies have a bland taste?

There is no need for bland foods. Babies start to learn about different tastes when in the womb, based on foods that their mother is eating. The flavour of breastmilk also changes based on the mothers diet. This gives the baby a chance to learn about flavour, and to enjoy different flavours.

These preferences may even track into childhood and adolescence. It is beneficial to expose babies to different foods tastes during complementary feeding, including many different kinds of vegetables, flavours commonly used in their culture and those eaten by their mother during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Repeated exposure to any foods initially disliked will break down resistance to that food.

There is no need to add sugar or salt as this can set the infant’s threshold for sweet and salty tastes in later life and also their systems are still developing.

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