When Is It Appropriate to Introduce Complementary Foods, and How

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Essay

When is it appropriate to introduce complementary foods, and how should these foods be introduced into the diet?

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Definitions:

Cartilaginous Fish

Fish that have skeletons made entirely of cartilage, such as sharks and rays, distinguished from bony fish.

Reptiles

Informal amniote subgroup that includes lizards, snakes, turtles, crocodilians.

Hominins

Members of the human family tree, including modern humans and all our ancestors and relatives that are more closely related to us than to chimpanzees and bonobos.

Soft-Bodied Invertebrates

Invertebrate animals that lack a rigid skeletal structure, including organisms such as slugs, worms, and jellyfish.