In recent years, baby-led weaning—the practice of letting babies ... the next step after breastmilk or formula is pureed food ...

Babies who hand-feed themselves solid food appear to consume the same number of calories as those given puréed food from a ...

This is very different to the more traditional way of feeding your baby - called puree or spoon fed weaning, This is where you make special pureed mixes of fruit and vegetables, and meat and fish.

Top tip: While you don’t need to sterilise weaning utensils, you should make sure they’re thoroughly clean. The best way to do this is to pop them in the top rack of the dishwasher where it’s nice and ...