Baby food

Hi Krishnamaa,

I have a 5 month old baby and her name is Mridula. I am breast feeding her. From the beginning she never use bottles. She hates if i give something in bottles. She s not taking formula milk at all and my milk is also not sufficient for her.. so i started to give cerelac starting from 4th month.. then i started to give gerber.. then now i started to give cereals wheat and oat too.. is this the right time i introduced her solid foods?
Please reply!!

Thanks,
Sobana

As per my experience babies can do well without solid food till the time they start moving around i.e. either toddling or walking. you can give porridge with lot of water in it. you can also give over cooked rice with dal pani added to it, preferably start with moong daal.
My doctor had advised me not to introduce salt as long as possible, cos they get all the required salts from your milk, so as long as you are breast feeding try to avoid salt.
i hope this will be useful.