Begin feeding. Tips and tricks for new moms

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

When a baby is six months old, every mother wants to know if it's time to add something tasty and he althy to her child's diet.

Begin feeding

There are a lot of questions related to the new menu, such as how to avoid allergies, tummy problems and more.

Pediatricians of all countries recommend starting complementary foods no earlier than six months. Only by this time the child's digestive system is able to digest other food.

Again, everything is individual here, because each crumb develops differently. If the baby is regularly sick, weak, or born prematurely, then the start of complementary foods simply needs to be postponed.

But if the baby is he althy, has more than doubled its weight since birth, then there is no reason to delay adding new foods to his diet.

The observing district pediatrician will tell you in detail how to start complementary foods for a child. To date, experts in the field of baby food are advised to start with vegetables and cereals. And only then add juices. The acids and sugars contained in fruits are liked by the baby with their bright taste. And porridge will give energy andcheerfulness. Then move on to fruit juices and purees.

Starting with apple juice, offer your baby 2-3 drops on the first day, half a teaspoon on the second, gradually increase to 25 ml.

General rules for starting complementary foods:

- Watch your baby every day. Allergies, malaise, fever - any of these symptoms is a reason to interrupt the process of introducing a new food and consult a doctor.

- Also, the start of complementary foods should not coincide with the period of preventive vaccinations (three to five days before and after vaccination).

- 37-38 degrees is the optimal food temperature.

- New meals should be given before the main feeding.

- And most importantly: complementary foods are the gradual introduction of new dishes, we do not feed them to the baby. The baby only tastes, and the main food is breast milk or milk formula.

Following these simple rules, you will save your child's delicate digestive system.

First food. Where to start and how to continue?

So, the baby is growing, gradually there is a need for other food, milk no longer provides all the necessary nutrients. The child is developing, he needs strength for growth and games.

The start has been made, now it is important not to overload the menu with a large number of different dishes.

Pumpkin, apple, banana, carrot, zucchini, zucchini are the very first vegetables, berries and fruits in a baby's diet. Buckwheat, millet and rice porridge - from six months. Later we start giving cottage cheese, egg yolk.

It is important to remember thatexotic vegetables and fruits should not be used as a starting food. A child can eat what grows in the area in which you live.

Begin feeding. Some more practical advice:

- Start to give vegetable puree from a quarter of a teaspoon, daily increasing the volume by about 1.5-2 times, bringing it up to the age norm in a week. At the same time, watch the skin of the child, his stool.

- Having brought the volume of one type of vegetable to 50-100 ml, we move on to the next. Introduce a new product once every one or two weeks, not more often.

- When introducing vegetables, you should remember that you cannot mix two new types! Mono puree only.

- Do not s alt or sweeten the child's food, do not use spices either.

- A couple of months after the start of complementary foods, you can add vegetable oils, especially flaxseed, to vegetable purees.

To avoid problems such as constipation, diarrhea, allergies, diathesis and others, you should be as careful as possible to introduce new dishes into the baby's diet. Remember this! And let your child grow up he althy and energetic!