Babies need a high fat diet as do children. However it should be good fat, not junk. They also need protein which should be breast milk or formula primarily for the first 6-12 months. When introducing food, do vegetables first. Cook your own and process them without seasoning. Use the lower carb milder flavored veggies like green beans, squash, carrots, and broccoli. Stay away from potatoes, especially mashed, chips and french fries--full of fat. Use whole grain carbs like brown rice and oatmeal--process well and add some formula but no sweetener. Chicken is a good first meat but make your own without seasoning and additives. Cottage cheese is good and so is yoghurt but use the full fat kind if possible and avoid adding sweeteners. If yoghurt is too tart, add a small amount of fruit. Fruit juices are too sugary and actually bad for their teeth. Distilled water is good and should be given early and often. Babies get thirsty and may not be hungery.

Be observant. If your child is thin, feed more fats and offer milk or formula; if your child is chubby, don't add any additional fats to foods and offer water to see if they will satisfy them.

If you go entirely formula or breast milk until they are a year old it isn't going to hurt them but when you start feeding hem solid food, don't make it junk. Kids today live on cereal, spaghetti, hot dogs, sugar and such junk and it cannot be healthy. Any whole, unprocessed food is going to be a good choice as long as it isn't sugar (syrup, honey, etc are sugar) and as long as you offer and they eat a variety of foods.

After weaning do not fall for the line that "as long as they drink milk they are OK." Milk is for infants and should not be the staple of an older child's diet.