Complementary feeding of breastfed children. Introduction rules

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-15 22:35

"When and how to start breastfeeding complementary foods?" - this question begins to interest the parents of already a little grown-up babies.

After all, the wrong, as well as too early or late introduction of new products can lead to certain consequences. This article will outline at what age and how to supplement breastfeeding, what are the main misconceptions, as well as useful tips and tricks.

Main feeding mistakes

Many of them came to us from Soviet times. This is explained by the fact that the country was in a difficult post-war situation, and there was an acute shortage of labor. Therefore, most of the recommendations were reduced to the rapid disappearance of milk, as well as accustoming the child to "adult" food. This made it possible for the mother to return to work more quickly. When feeding breastfed babies, the following mistakes should not be made:

• Early introduction of complementary foods. Many grandmothers strive to give water to the baby almost from birth, and it is advised to give drops of fruit juice from a few weeks. However, because of this, diathesis appears in children, digestion is disturbed, and gastric disorders occur. In addition, the juice contains an excessive number of calories for the baby, which can lead to obesity in the future.
• Liquid semolina porridge as the first complementary foods for breastfed babies. Danish scientists have established that it is "the path to death." Studies have been conducted in which it was found that children who consumed semolina in significant quantities grew up weak, prone to colds, diarrhea, rickets and skin rashes.

Complementary feeding for breastfed babies

Mom's milk contains all the necessary vitamins, trace elements, calories, proteins, carbohydrates and fats in the right amount for the full growth and development of the baby. It has been established that a he althy infant is ready to introduce new foods into his diet by about six months. There is also a specific scheme for introducing complementary foods, which will be given in the table below.

Criteria for the readiness of the baby to introduce new food into the diet

For a breastfed baby, it is determined by the following criteria:

• he is over six months old;
• baby weighs 2 or 2.5 times more than at birth;
• baby can sit;
• interested in the food adults eat, tries to eat himself, imitating them, and feed others;
• can and wants to eat from a spoon;
• baby does not spit out food;
• he is not getting enough breast milk, the baby is not full;
• the first teeth appeared (if it did not happen too early).

Baby feeding chart

Food Names	VI months	VII months	VIII months	IX months	X months	XI-XII mmonths
Porridges (oatmeal, buckwheat, rice, etc.), g.	no more than 150	150	180	190	200	200
Vegetable puree, g.	no more than 150	160	170	190	200	200
Fruit puree, g.	within 60	70	80	100	100	100
Butter, g.	0, 5	0, 5	0, 5	0, 5	0, 5	0, 5
Vegetable oil, g.	no more than 0, 5	0, 5	within 1	1	1	1
Cottage cheese and products from it, g.		5 to 40	40	60	60	60
Meat puree, g.		10 to 40	50	70	70	70
Chicken yolk, piece		quarter	half	half	half	half
Baubels, crackers, g.		within 10	within 15	no more than 20	20	20
Fruit juice, ml.		no more than 60	70	80	within 100	100
Fish puree, g.			5 to 30	30 to 60	60	60
Fermented milk products, ml.			from 100 to 150	200	within 200	200
Bread, g.			5	10	10	10
Daily food intake, g.	1000	1000	1000	from 1000 to 1200	1200	1200