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Repeated Food Exposure

Repeated food exposure is offering an appropriate food multiple times so an infant can become familiar with it without pressure.

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Repeated Food Exposure After Baby Refuses a Food

Repeated Food Exposure After Baby Refuses a Food

A refusal is information, not a final decision Infant food acceptance is influenced by more than flavor. Babies are learning how to manage new oral sensations, coordinate chewing or gum-based mashing, move food through the mouth, and swallow. A food that seems simple to an adult may be difficult because it is fibrous, sticky, grainy, […]