Continuation It's important not to confuse food interest with ordina...

Continuation It's important not to confuse food interest with ordinary curiosity. ?Food interest is when the child demands what others are eating; this is the most significant sign of readiness for complementary feeding. If the child has an active food interest, then their digestive system is likely already ready for new food digestion. How to distinguish food interest from curiosity? When the child starts demanding what they see on the table, try offering them any object (spoon, plate) on the table, but NOT food. If the child calms down and distracts themselves, then this is still NOT food interest. If the child continues to insistently demand what they see in the bowl of older siblings and does not distract, then that is food