The moment comes when breastfeeding or artificial feeding must be supplemented, because for the full development of the baby you need a varied diet. How to enter the lure correctly, how to feed the baby and in what time it is possible to offer certain products, consider below.
When it is possible to introduce baby food
The World Health Organization recommends starting formula feeding of infants or toddlers at the age of 6 months. This is the optimal time at which to start supplementing the baby’s diet.
Until this age, the body lacks the necessary enzymes, so even a small amount of new food can pass by or even harm, aggravating the digestive tract. But it is impossible to delay the lure, as this may affect the development.
Signs indicating the need for additional food for the crumbs:
- in relation to the parameters at birth, the weight of the baby has almost doubled or so;
- the child has learned to hold and turn the head to the sides;
- the peanut can sit if it is slightly supported by adults;
- appetite exceeds 8 or more feeds with breast milk or formula;
- the child is active, energetic, constantly trying to put something in his mouth.
How to properly feed the baby when feeding breastfeeding
Introduction of complementary foods is a significant change in the life of a baby, since not only the diet but also the form of food changes. Therefore, it is important that the beginning of complementary foods do not coincide with any other serious events, such as mom's illness, relocation and the like.
Complementary food is introduced in the form of one-component products in the liquid state without salt, sugar and other additives. Each product is administered gradually, starting from 5 grams to 100-150 grams per day.
The dosage is increased gradually during the week, adding a little every day. From 1 to 5 days, the dosage of the new product is doubled every day, that is, 5, 10, 20, 40 and 80 grams, respectively. On day 6, 120 grams, and on 7 - 150.
Every month one type of product is administered. It is important to introduce a new product separately so that it is easy to determine the reaction to it, and only if it is not available, you can continue to feed the baby with this component.
At the time of the introduction of complementary foods, it is necessary to carefully monitor the baby, its digestion, stool, and skin condition. It is best to combine food, alternating liquid and puree-like components. So, do not give juices and milk in a row, as well as cereal and mashed potatoes.
It is important to bear in mind that before starting feeding, the baby must be completely healthy. If vegetable puree or porridge is bought in a store, it is necessary to immediately check the composition, since not all components are indicated in the description on the front side of the jar.
Knowing the full composition of the product, it is easier to exclude it from the diet or understand what the baby had a reaction to (if that happens). Also, manufacturers of baby food products always indicate on jars the age at which the product is intended.
It is best to introduce foods for feeding before feeding, when the baby is still hungry and can readily eat a new product for him.
It is best to do this in the morning so that you can trace the slightest changes in the body of the baby during the day.
Feeding itself should be carried out slowly, giving the baby to eat with the speed that he chooses. Such food is unusual for crumbs, so it will be slow to eat even a few grams of a new product.
The product, before use, must be heated so that it is warm, but not hot. It is not necessary to feed the child directly from the jar, it is better to postpone a portion of mashed potatoes or porridge in a plate so that the remaining food does not spoil.
Feeding is best carried out with a soft plastic spoon, so as not to damage the gums, because at this age the teeth start to be cut. During feeding, it is important to monitor the satiety of the baby. If he ate, you do not need to force him to eat up the remaining portion. After feeding, you need to attach the baby to the chest.
The procedure for the introduction of foods for feeding by month
Let's find out what products, at what age and in what order should be introduced into the diet of the infant. It is recommended to start feeding with vegetable purees, especially if your baby is overweight or has problems with the stool. In the next month, they start giving cereals without gluten and milk.
More detail to paint this order can be as follows:
- The first to introduce one-component vegetable puree, without salt, sugar, spices.
This product can be bought or prepared by yourself. To do this, the vegetables are thoroughly washed, cleaned, seeds are removed from them.
The sliced product is boiled or steamed, and then crushed with a blender, adding boiled water or vegetable broth. Such mashed potatoes can not be stored, it is made immediately before use. Eat vegetable puree recommended at lunch.
The order of introduction of vegetable puree recommended following: zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, pumpkin and carrots. The first to introduce the most neutral products that do not cause allergies. Pumpkin and carrots are left for the final, as they are more likely to cause allergies than other vegetables.
Carrots are combined with more neutral vegetables and give no more than 2-3 times a week. To introduce each new type of vegetables is necessary in addition to the previous one, gradually increasing the dosage.
- Kashi introduced at 7 months.
It must be gluten-free cereals, which include rice, corn and buckwheat. How to introduce porridge in the feed? Self-cooked porridge is not recommended.
The stores sell ready-made cereals for babies, which are crushed, cooked and dried, that is, they are processed in such a way that they can only be poured with boiling water. The use of cereals recommended for breakfast.
The sequence of feeding with cereals is as follows: first rice, then corn, and after buckwheat. The consistency of the dish should be sufficiently liquid.
If the baby refuses milk-free porridge, you can add breast milk or formula to it. In no case can not add cow or goat's milk, as they are not recommended until one year, because they have a bad effect on the baby's gastrointestinal mucosa.
- In the eighth month, meat, egg yolk and potatoes are injected.
Due to the fact that potatoes are considered highly allergenic product, it is injected later than other vegetables. They also start feeding them from 5 grams, but they bring up not to 150 grams, but up to 50 grams, combining with another vegetable puree so that its volume does not exceed 2/3 of other foods.
Yolk give 2 times a week. It is preferable to give quail yolk, as it is less likely to cause allergies. The first times give a pinch of boiled yolk, then you can give half a quail or a quarter of chicken, and then bring to a whole quail or half chicken, respectively.
This dosage is maintained. Give the yolk for breakfast, as it can thus be added to breast milk or porridge.
Meat begins to be given from turkey and rabbit, after which veal can be offered. By the age of nine months, beef, chicken and lamb can be introduced. Pork is better to postpone up to one and a half years.
Meat is given with vegetables, starting with 5 grams, bringing to 50. About 100 grams of meat is given by the year. If the baby does not want pureed meat puree, you can add vegetable to it. To cook meat puree on your own, minced meat is made into which nothing is added.
After it form small meatballs, which are boiled in boiling water for 4-5 minutes, and then frozen. Before feeding, they are defrosted with steam, crushed with a blender, with vegetables.
- In the ninth month, you can introduce the baby with fermented milk products.
This is a special cottage cheese for children without additives and kefir. Curd give a teaspoon, increasing the volume every day by one spoonful. Daily consumption is adjusted to 25-30 grams, and from the year up to 50. Kefir begins to give 5-10 ml, bringing to 100-150.
From the year you can offer up to 200 ml. It should be said that many kids do not want to drink kefir, but do not add anything to it, trying to trick the toddler.
It is better to simply postpone familiarity with kefir for a while.
- At the age of 10 months, fruit purees or small pieces of fruit can be introduced into the diet, since babies already have teeth at this point.
It is best to treat your baby with seasonal fruits or those that grow in your native region. Tropical and exotic plants are best left to a more adult age. Apples, pears and prunes are considered the most suitable for kids.
To bring the volume of each new fruit can be up to 100 grams per day, using them as a snack between meals.
Putting fruits in the diet is associated with their high acidity, which irritates the intestines. Store juices are not recommended.
Also, from 7 months you can slowly offer your baby herbal tea for children, as well as apple and prune compotes.
How to introduce supplemental feeding with artificial feeding
For babies who grow up in mixtures, the lure is introduced similarly to those who feed on breast milk. The only thing that the mixture makes the body a little more adapted to new products, saturating the gastrointestinal tract with the necessary enzymes a little earlier.
Mistakes of parents when introducing complementary foods and useful advice for mothers
At the input stage of feeding, many parents make some mistakes. Here are some things you should not do, as well as solutions to some problems:
- you should not start complementary foods earlier than at 6 months, as substances are less digestible at a lower age, and food can harm the baby;
- you can not feed babies up to 1 year with cereals with gluten, for example, manna;
- fresh vegetables provoke bloating, and there may be an unexpected reaction or allergy to tropical fruits;
- it is better not to give juices due to high acidity;
- starting to lure the baby, it is worth slowly starting to drink it with water;
- sweets cannot be given to babies under one year old, not even cookies;
- you can not salt the food and add sugar, as well as other spices, because the receptors of the child so well perceive the taste of the products, and these additives can harm the kidneys and the gastrointestinal tract;
- products must be given strictly in a certain sequence, since it is important and important for the growth and development of the baby; many are experimenting, which is very harmful;
- it is necessary to understand that such a sequence of products is not accidental, but this food is given not for entertainment and pleasure, but for the benefit of the baby developing and receiving all the substances necessary for the body;
- most store special products for babies are safer than home counterparts; but when choosing food, you need to take the freshest products, because, despite the long shelf life, freshness is a priority;
- you can not force feed the baby if he refuses; You can delay the lure of this product for a while.
Listen to the advice of experts, study everything as carefully as possible, and then you will be ready for the right actions.
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