How to properly enter the baby feeding

The digestive system of an infant up to 5–6 months perceives only breast milk and special mixtures. Adult foods cause bloating, indigestion and constipation in a child. If the baby quickly grows and develops, does not complain about the state of health and gains proper kilos, the first supplements are administered in 6-7 months or a little later. And you do not need to listen to grandmothers who are trying to stuff a cutlet or juice into a newborn.

Products for small tummy

The stomach of a six-month-old child does not digest complex dishes consisting of several components. Indigestion causes sausage, meatballs, fried meat and even fresh fruit juice. Pediatricians are advised to use simple and dietary foods for complementary foods:

• vegetables;
• seasonal fruit;
• porridges;
• dairy products.

Kashi for baby
Children who do not gain weight well are given cereals boiled in water or mother’s milk. Useful lures, which add a spoonful of dry mix. You can not fill the dish with butter or sour cream. Baby can be treated:

• rice;
• buckwheat;
• corn porridge.

Wheat, barley, oatmeal and barley are contraindicated. Cereals contain gluten - a complex protein that can cause allergies and inflammation of the small intestine in a child. Cereal cereals are prepared for babies over 7–8 months old. They have enough enzymes in their bodies to digest and absorb oatmeal or barley.

Start with buckwheat. The product contains iron, phosphorus and potassium. Rice porridge should not be given to babies who often have constipation. Selected cereals are boiled in water without spices and seasonings. Salt, butter or sugar is not added. Porridge rubbed with a blender or using a sieve to make a liquid mucous paste without lumps.

Vegetable puree
Vegetables are recommended for children prone to flatulence. A first meal is prepared from zucchini, cauliflower or broccoli. Potatoes are contraindicated. It contains starch. The digestive system of the child does not absorb this component.

Vegetable lure is useful for children with overweight and normal weight. Mashed zucchini or broccoli has a lot of fiber and a minimum of calories. Dietary fiber normalizes the work of the stomach and intestines, accelerates metabolism.

Babies who are introduced to green and white vegetables are given carrot or pumpkin puree. They offer kohlrabi and parsnip, and at 8–9 months they treat boiled potatoes.

A dish for feeding is prepared from one component to choose from. The product is boiled without salt and sugar. Knead with a fork, you can grind in a blender. Busy moms who do not have time for a double boiler and zucchini are advised to buy ready-made baby puree. Choose options for the first feeding, which do not include:

• ascorbic acid;
• starch;
• lemon juice;
• rice or corn flour.

Supplements can provoke an allergic reaction, and parents will not even realize that starch is to blame, not pumpkin or broccoli. Quality mashed potatoes consists of only two components: vegetables and water. Store or homemade dish does not need to salt. Baby food should be fresh, because the child's stomach is not ready for spices and herbs.

Baby give one vegetable for two weeks.Then get acquainted with the new product. If the child's body normally perceived pumpkin and carrots, in 1–1.5 months of them you can make a stew or a dietary soup without dressing.

Dairy products
Natural yogurt and kefir resemble the composition of breast milk. Fermented milk drinks colonize the intestines of the baby with beneficial bacteria that help digest other foods. They are recommended for dysbiosis, colic and tendency to flatulence.

Some pediatricians are advised to start complementary foods with cottage cheese. The baby is given a grinded product without fruit and sugar. The baby quickly gets used to the sweet food and then refuses fresh vegetables and cereals. Cottage cheese can not be filled with sour cream. Fatty foods can cause indigestion.

From 8 months homemade cheese and soft cheese are introduced into the baby’s diet. With 10 whole cow or goat milk.

Fruit for the baby
Citruses and bananas are contraindicated for babies 1–1.6 years old. Seasonal fruits are useful for babies: pears, green apples, plums. Sweet puree like capricious children who refuse cereal and vegetables. There are a lot of vitamins and fiber in products.Fruit lure is useful for infants who often catch cold.

First, the child is given green apples. Peel the raw fruit and peel the pulp with a blender. If the baby's stomach normally took the new product, you can experiment with pears, but you can not mix them with apples.

Babies up to the year are contraindicated packaged and fresh juices. They are poorly digested and cause diarrhea. Half a year old babies should not be treated to strawberries, peaches or apricots too sweet.

Meat and fish
From 7–8 months, a chicken or rabbit is injected. Pork is too heavy and long digested, causes flatulence. Fatty meat is contraindicated for overweight babies.

Give the child to try meatballs or souffle from beef, boiled turkey. Meat dishes can be mixed with cereals or vegetable puree, so that they are better digested.

From 8–9 months old baby is introduced to marine fish. The baby is prepared only low-fat varieties, thoroughly clean the fillets from the bones. Seafood is contraindicated, because they belong to the group of strong allergens. At this age, you can give egg yolk. Useful boiled chicken or quail eggs.The child is treated to a small piece the size of a pea. Sometimes yolk fray with grits.

Meat and fish are boiled, must be crushed so that the baby does not choke. Whole pieces can be given when the child has teeth, and he learns to chew fruits and vegetables.

Pedagogical and pediatric supplements

An infant who has learned to hold his head is seated at the table with his parents. The child watches as mom and dad have breakfast and dinner, and begins to be interested in adult food. The kid is given a plastic spoon or other safe object in his hands so that he can play and get used to the cutlery.

Fans of pedagogical foods feed the baby with soup from his own plate when he is interested in the dish. If the parents decide to introduce lure in this way, they will have to abandon the fried, fatty and foods that can cause allergies. It is advised to switch to cereals, vegetable stews or cottage cheese.

You can put in front of the child a plate on which are laid out pieces of pepper, carrots and beets. Vegetables are boiled or boiled over to make them softer.Baby chooses which product he wants to chew. You can add a bunch of parsley or dill to beets and peppers.

The pedagogical complementary foods have several drawbacks:

1. Kids do not know how to chew solid food. A child who choked on a piece of potato for a long time refuses adult dishes.
2. The composition of soups and stews includes several ingredients. It is difficult for parents to determine which component caused allergies and diarrhea.
3. Not all dishes that mothers and grandmothers eat are good for babies.

Supporters of pediatric foods prepare special one-component dishes for the baby. They decide for themselves what product the baby will eat during the week. Mom forbids a child to climb into a plate with an adult meal and never treats him to his soup or porridge.

Parents who have chosen pediatric supplements are advised to have a special notebook or notebook. This will be the journal of the baby, in which the mother writes down the dishes, portion sizes and the reaction of the child’s body. It's easier to keep track of which products your baby carries normally, and which ones it’s worth giving up.

Important: Baby should be interested in adult food.You can not force a child to eat squash puree or buckwheat porridge, if he refuses and protests. If you force stuff into the baby's food, he will become disgusted with everything that differs in taste from breast milk.

Fundamental rules

Complementary food is administered when the pushing reflex disappears in the child. How to understand that the time has come? The kid is trying to gum a piece of apple or carrot. He drinks water from a spoon and does not push all the liquid back. The child does not appear vomiting reflex after 5 g of vegetable puree or porridge.

Babies first offer a spoonful of food, and then breast or bottle with the mixture. A well-fed baby usually refuses unfamiliar products, and the hungry agrees to try.

A new dish is given to the child in the morning. If the lure does not fit, symptoms will appear in a few hours:

• rash or blisters;
• redness on the cheeks;
• swollen belly;
• flatulence and colic;
• diarrhea or constipation;
• mucus or strange impurities in the feces.

All week the child is treated to a puree of zucchini or buckwheat porridge. If the body normally perceived the dish, go to the next product.

A baby who tries adult food for the first time is first given a half tsp. The serving size increases daily by 1.5–2 times.

Feed the baby only with a spoon, no bottles or syringes. The product must be mixed with saliva. It contains enzymes that facilitate the digestion of food.

Has your baby got allergies or flatulence due to broccoli or rice? The product is removed from the diet, a week they feed the child only with breast milk so that the body has time to recover. When the symptoms disappear, crumbs offer another dish.

Vegetable and fruit foods provide the baby with vitamins and fiber. Dairy products improve intestinal function, and cereals make the baby strong and healthy. But anyone, even the most delicious and healthy food, will not replace mother's milk, so women are advised to breastfeed their babies for up to a year or even two years.

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