For children under 1 year old, a balanced milk formula is an alternative to cow's milk, which is not recommended by pediatricians. Moreover, with the help of it you can easily cook tasty and healthy porridge for your baby.
It is necessary
- - water;
- - cereal flour or groats;
- - infant formula for children over 6 months old.
Instructions
Step 1
Infant milk formula should not under any circumstances be exposed to much heating, and even more so - to boiling. After that, firstly, it loses all the useful vitamins and microelements it contains, and secondly, it becomes completely tasteless. Therefore, you need to add the mixture to the ready-made and slightly cooled porridge, boiled in water.
Step 2
Buy cereal flour from the store or make it yourself at home using a blender. It is better not to give porridge from ordinary cereals to the crumbs at first, since it can be poorly digested by the stomach. It is better to start complementary foods with buckwheat or rice groats, and then you can switch to oatmeal. Semolina is heavier and should only be given after the first year.
Step 3
Fold the cereal flour into a saucepan and pour boiling water over it at the rate of 1 part cereal to 3 parts water. Buckwheat requires two parts of water. Be sure to observe the proportion, otherwise the porridge will turn out to be undercooked or, conversely, overcooked.
Step 4
Put the porridge on fire and boil for a few minutes, stirring occasionally with a spoon. It is not recommended to add salt, sugar and butter to porridge for babies. After this time, remove the saucepan from the heat and let the porridge cool slightly.
Step 5
Add infant formula to the porridge. To keep it not too thick, add half of the serving that is usually required for feeding. If, for example, you diluted 3 tablespoons per 100 ml of liquid, then only 1, 5 tablespoons need to be added to the porridge for the same volume. After that, mix the resulting dish well and boldly give it to the baby.
Step 6
Another option for preparing porridge for a baby is to boil it from whole cereal, grind it in a blender until it becomes mousse, and then add the right amount of infant formula to it. Some crumbs like this porridge more because of its unusual structure.
