From 6 months of age, infants need to start supplementing with non-dairy foods, which is often referred to as the stage of adding complementary foods. Many parenting books repeatedly emphasize how important the choice and variety of complementary foods are, but they neglect the more important point, that is, the way to add complementary foods. A mother once asked me why my baby didn’t like rice flour, but preferred my noodle soup. It is said that the nutritional value of rice flour is good, but the baby does not eat, and can not be shoved into his mouth, which is very worried about the mother. I asked her, when you add supplementary food, is the child sitting at the table with you to eat? The first thing you need to do is to get your child to eat with an adult. I said this is true, but when eating with you, what you eat, what he eats? We often say that the child 4-6 months to add supplementary food, but the specific day to add supplementary food, no one can rigidly rule. You can’t say that yesterday it was less than 6 months, so you don’t give it to him, and today it’s 6 months, so you force it to your baby. The timing of adding complementary foods is up to the baby. Since the timing is up to the baby, it is natural for the baby to decide what to eat. One indication that your baby wants to eat complementary foods is that he wants to eat the food in your bowl. If you drink noodle soup but give your baby rice flour, he will definitely want your noodle soup instead of his own rice flour. Babies who are just starting to have a need for complementary foods are more interested in the food in your bowl, what is mommy and daddy eating? Rather than what tastes good or what they should eat. The first thing you need to do is to pretend to eat a few bites before feeding your child rice flour, and then give it to your baby. In addition, when feeding the baby, the mother had better eat something, even if it is just a mouth move, make chewing action, like to imitate the baby will learn to taste food better.