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Complementary feeding: a “major stress factor” for many parents

Parents don't want to do anything wrong with their children - especially not when it comes to nutrition.(Bild: Evgeniya Primavera - stock.adobe.com)

There are few topics that unsettle new parents as much as the introduction of complementary foods - in other words, when should my child start eating and what exactly should I give them? There are various recommendations, some of which even contradict each other. Krone+ sheds light on the subject with an expert.

The pressure on parents who only want the best for their child is immense: the course for healthy development and eating habits is set in the first year of life in particular, but also in the second. Deficits that arise now are often more difficult to compensate for later. So it's no wonder that the question of when a baby should eat something in addition to breast or bottle milk can cause stress - especially when the experts don't even agree on this. And if you're on social networks, you'll quickly witness heated discussions between advocates of different complementary feeding concepts.