Your baby is starting to hold her head up, but her tongue cannot manage food, not even cereal. If you try to feed your baby with a spoon, she will push the spoon and food out of her mouth with her tongue. She can choke if you put cereal in a bottle and try to feed it to her. Your baby uses signals to “talk” with you. Learn the cues she gives when she is hungry and full. This will help set the stage for a lifetime of fitness. When your baby is hungry, she may: Begin to move her mouth Rapidly move her eyes in her sleep Try to suck on her hand or tongue, your shoulder or anything she can touch. Bob her head and search around. Be fussy, squirm, stretch, clench her fists or toes When your baby has had enough food, she may: Push the bottle or breast away, turn her head away, put her hands in front of her mouth, cry and fuss, forcefully move her entire body away from you, smile and relax her body or fall asleep with the nipple in her mouth.
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