Starting Solids

Starting solids is an important time for influencing a child's taste preferences and developing healthy behaviours. Starting solids (also known as weaning) should start at around 6 months as baby's milk provides all the nutrition baby needs in the first 6 months.

Flying Start provide information sessions on when, what and how to introduce solid foods as well as sessions on moving onto to harder textures for older babies. These sessions are delivered online on Zoom.

Starting solids: The session is 1.5 hours and is for parents/carers of babies 3-6 months who have not yet started solids.

Starting Solids Next Steps: This session is for parents of babies over 6 months who have already started solids and would like further support with moving baby on to a wider range of tastes and textures.

For information on dates of our next Starting Solids or Starting Solids Next Steps sessions see our Timetable