The infant's development depends on the infant's diet. Of course, at first, the baby only eats breast milk or modified milk, but then it is time for new dishes. How and when to introduce them? We advise on what to give to an infant in the following months of life.
In the first 12 months of lifebabytriples its birth weight and grows around 25 cm. Therefore, the demand for nutrients is exceptionally high during this period. For half a year, they are fully satisfied bybreast milkor recommended by a pediatrician. From the second half of the year, theinfant's diet can be extendedand it is not worth delaying it. A toddler who eats only milk for too long has difficulty getting used to the new tastes. In his body, deficiencies of ingredients, e.g. iron, can also arise.
Infant diet: from 5 months
In exceptional circumstances, you can give a breastfed baby a vegetable pulp or a mashed apple. A bottle-fed infant can introduce new foods earlier. At the end of the 4th month, give a few teaspoons of grated apple, juice or carrot puree with the addition of modified milk. Then make a vegetable soup with a little butter. In order for the child to get used to the new consistency, serve the blended soup with a spoon. If your little one eats a meal willingly, gradually add parsley, cauliflower, broccoli, pumpkin, zucchini, squash to the soup. Avoid celery, especially celery, as it can be allergenic. Do not add sugar, s alt or spicy spices. Also, start serving gruels and porridges. To begin with, mix a level teaspoon of gruel with milk. In a few days, add the porridge to the soup or juice to soften their taste.
Infant diet: from 6 months
A naturally fed infant may get a few teaspoons of vegetable pulp mixed with meat from time to time. In a bottle-fed baby, introduce the vegetable soup with separately cooked meat (2 teaspoons). The best is turkey or skinless chicken breast, and for a small allergy sufferer - rabbit or lamb. For starters, feed at most a teaspoon of meat, gradually increasing the amount to the tablespoon per bowl of soup. The meat must be cooked separately, chopped or rubbed. Meat stock is more allergenic, so introduce it later. For afternoon tea - puree juice or fruit mousse.
Infant diet: from 7 months
If you are breastfeeding your baby all the time, this is the best time to introduce dairy-free meals - lenses and soups. Where to start? Carrot mash can be given first. Then fruits, which provide mainly vitamin C. Choose those that grow in our country (apples, grapes and blueberries). For bottle-fed babies, introduce gluten-free porridge on the next milk. Add half the yolk to the vegetable soup, every other day. It is an excellent source of fatty substances, amino acids, lecithin, vitamins and iron. If your child is allergic, hard-boil the egg - it will be easier for you to separate the protein, which may be the allergen. Prepare: milk jelly on the next milk (add half the yolk to it alternately with the soup), mashed fresh fruit, puree juice, fruit mousse or milk-fruit dessert from the jar.
Infant diet: from 8 months
The child eats mush easily, learns to swallow it without choking, and crushes the food with his gums. The digestive system is more mature, you can gradually get your baby used to chewing and swallowing coarser pieces of vegetables and meat. Mixing does not have to be very thorough, some of the cooked soft vegetables can be mashed with a fork. Introduce three dairy-free meals: soup with meat stock or vegetable and meat dinner, porridge and fruit dessert made of ripe pears, peaches, apricots, black currants, chokeberry. Prepare the minced meatballs. For afternoon tea, serve milk jelly with yolk or fruit jelly (made from fruit juice and potato flour). To make your child learn to chew, give him or her a handful of corn crisps or a gluten-free sponge cake.
Infant diet: from 10 months
Prepare two-course lunches: thinner soup and vegetable pulp kneaded with a fork with the addition of 4 teaspoons of cooked meat, e.g. meatballs. The consistency of soup and meat should stimulate the chewing of the food. Serve other meals as in months 8 - 9. Start slowly getting your child used to wheat and rye bread, introduce baby biscuits, rusks, fine barley and oatmeal. They contain gluten - a cereal protein that is often allergenic. Also, try giving your baby bananas.
Infant diet: from 11 months
A he althy child can eat a whole egg: prepare an omelette or steamed scrambled eggs 3-4 times a week. Enrich your menu with lean poultry and veal cold cuts. However, avoid minced meat and sausages - they are very fatty and may contain preservatives not recommended for babies (e.g. sodium nitrite). It's also time to introduce dairy. For starters, give it once or twice a weekfull-fat cottage cheese, a slice of lean cheese, kefir or plain yogurt (no preservatives). The best for one-year-old children are yellow cheeses that are mild in taste, without spices, e.g. Podlaski, sea, gouda, slightly sweet ementaler. Add variety to your baby's menu by introducing desserts with pieces of fruit, sweet dates and spicy cinnamon. During this time, you can also serve wheat porridges (semolina), oatmeal and corn flakes. Add raw vegetables in small amounts to your sandwiches: lettuce, and shredded, peeled cucumber and tomato. At the end of the first year of life, you can also slowly enrich your menu with fish, nuts, honey, strawberries and wild strawberries (these products often cause allergies). For a one-year-old baby, choose lightly digestible lean fish: cod, hake, sole, perch, pike perch, pike. It's best not to give them to children prone to allergies.
Infant diet: over 2 years old
The menu of older kids includes more and more adult foods, such as multi-grain breakfast cereals, cereal and chocolate muesli, chicory, as well as legumes (peas, beans or broad beans). Dry legume seeds provide plenty of fiber which causes gas and gas. For the same reason, the pearl barley is also more difficult to digest. Gruels and porridges can be prepared on junior cow's milk. It is best to give unmodified cow's milk only after the age of three. Two- and three-year-olds should not be given sodas or juices to drink. Fruit drinks that do not contain artificial colors, preservatives or aromatic additives are good.
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