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I want to know if a child of 1year can take cornflakes, coco pops n biscuit as well as Hollandia yoghurt. Thanks
Dr Aina Johnson

Paediatrician

Yes. From year one,your child can begin to take family meals.
Hello mum and docs, can give my baby of 1yr six months cornflakes and cocopops.tanx.
Your baby cannot digest cereal efficiently: Let’s get this straight— in order to digest a grain like corn our body needs an enzyme named amylase which is responsible for splitting starch. But guess what! Your little one is incapable of producing amylase in large quantities as it takes time for it to come into play. There might be some salivary amylase production during the first 6 months, but pancreatic amylase, which is required for digesting a grain, is not produced until molar teeth appear.