Starting Solids

When to start, what to offer first, how textures progress, and how to introduce allergens with confidence.

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Questions answered

When do I start? What do I give first? What about peanuts and egg? Is that gagging or choking? Starting solids brings a whole new set of questions, and they're some of the ones I get asked most.

This guide covers the basics, based on current Australian guidance: the signs baby is ready, why iron-rich foods come first, how textures move from smooth to finger foods, introducing common allergens, and how to tell gagging from choking.

Starting Solids

Starting Solids

$9.95

$9.95

The Details

• 14-page PDF, instant download
• Read on your phone, tablet or computer, or print the checklists
• Based on current Australian guidance
• General information only, not medical advice

Who's it for

• Parents of babies around 4 to 6 months, getting ready for solids
• Anyone feeling nervous about allergens or choking
• Families moving from purees to textures

What's inside

• Is baby ready? First foods, textures and why iron comes first
• When eating goes backwards, and when to get help
• Purees, baby-led weaning or a mix: compared
• Introducing allergens and a sample first four weeks
• Gagging vs choking, and foods to hold off on
• Drinks, cups and the gear you actually need
• First tastes tracker, checklist and where to get help

FAQs

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Your guide is an instant download. As soon as your order is complete, you'll see a download button on your order confirmation page, and we'll also email you a download link.

Save the PDF to your phone, tablet or computer, so it's there whenever you need it. You can also print the checklists and trackers for the fridge.

If your download doesn't arrive or you have any trouble opening it, just email us and we'll sort it out.

These guides share general information based on current Australian guidance, along with our own lived experience. They aren't medical advice and don't replace the advice of a health professional. Always talk to your GP, midwife or child health nurse about your own situation and your baby.

Guidance is updated from time to time, so we review our guides regularly. If we update your guide, we'll email you the new version.

Because our guides are digital downloads you can access straight away, we're not able to offer refunds for change of mind.

If there's a problem with your guide, like a file that won't download, won't open or isn't what was described, contact us and we'll fix it, replace it or refund you. This doesn't affect your rights under Australian Consumer Law.

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