Curd is one of the first dairy products to appear in a child's diet. It contains many components necessary for full development - vitamins, calcium and phosphorus salts, milk protein, milk fat.
All new products are introduced into the child's diet gradually, in small portions. Cottage cheese can be introduced into the diet after the child is five months old. If the baby is healthy and there have been no problems with the introduction of new products so far, you should start with half a teaspoon a day.
How to start complementary feeding
When giving cottage cheese to the baby for the first time, you need to follow his reaction. If no undesirable reactions are observed, the daily portion from half a teaspoon in four days should be increased to two tablespoons, that is, from five grams to twenty. Gradually increasing the amount of cottage cheese eaten per day by the child, by the year, bring the portion to fifty grams per day.
It is necessary to serve cottage cheese to a five-month-old baby at the beginning of feeding. You can pre-grind it and dilute it with expressed breast milk or adapted milk formula. To make it easier to follow the baby's reaction to a new product, it is better to serve cottage cheese at the beginning of complementary foods in the morning. Later, when the child's body gets used to the new dish, cottage cheese can be served at another time.
Which cottage cheese is better to use in the baby's diet
For small children aged five to six months, cottage cheese, which is prepared in a dairy kitchen, is more suitable. Unlike what is intended for adults, baby cottage cheese is softer in consistency. For children whose chewing reflex is not yet sufficiently developed, this is very important. The cottage cheese made under the conditions of production, in terms of acidity, is such that the intestinal mucosa of the child does not irritate. The product can be dairy or creamy.
The amount of fat in dairy curd is reduced - it is well suited for children who are overweight. Creamy curd contains higher amounts of fat. Because it's nutritious enough, your baby shouldn't be served other high-calorie foods on the same day. Some mothers prepare cottage cheese for babies on their own - it is also quite possible, but hygiene rules should be observed. You can cook unleavened cottage cheese or sour - from kefir, which is prepared especially for children. In the diet of babies, you cannot use market cottage cheese, as well as the one made from sour milk.
To introduce cottage cheese into the child's diet, the appropriate time and amount should be determined by the pediatrician. In some situations, the doctor may limit the amount of cottage cheese or even exclude this product from the diet.
