How to safely wean your baby by introducing suitable foods

After around 26 weeks, breastmilk or formula alone isn’t enough, so introduce suitable weaning foods when your child shows they’re ready

Sylvia Cronin with her son Arlo, 12 months, at home in Crossbarry, Co Cork. Picture: Eddie O'Hare.

Sylvia Cronin began weaning 12-month-old Arlo at six months. Having already weaned Luke, six, and Theo, three, she knew her youngest was ready.

Cronin says: “He was sitting up fully in his high chair and going for food; we’d be sitting, having dinner, and he’d be copying us, chewing.”