Infants on artificial feeding, in contrast to their peers "natural scientists", unfortunately do not receive a fully balanced diet. Therefore, they begin to introduce complementary foods earlier. This allows you to bring the necessary vitamins and microelements to the child's menu, and make the food itself more varied. As a result, the child will have adequate weight gain, excellent health and good mood.
Instructions
Step 1
You can start introducing complementary foods to a bottle-fed baby from four to five months. At first, a small portion (1-2 teaspoons) of one product is introduced. Then the portion is increased and completely replaced by one feeding. New dishes are gradually introduced into the diet. You need to offer complementary foods to the baby with a spoon, before feeding with milk mixture.
Step 2
The first days of complementary foods are introduced during the daytime feeding. Each subsequent new product is introduced at intervals of at least one week. It is categorically impossible to start introducing complementary foods if the child is sick or he received a preventive vaccination. All complementary foods should be pureed. Otherwise, the baby will have difficulty swallowing food.
Step 3
Vegetable puree is ideal for the first feeding. It contains many vitamins and fiber, does not cause allergies and is easily absorbed. Start with broccoli or zucchini. Show patience - the vegetables are not yet familiar to the baby, he needs to get used to new dishes.
Step 4
From six months, you can offer your child porridge - first buckwheat, corn or rice. From eight months, you can give oatmeal or semolina porridge, porridge with vegetable or butter (3-4 grams). The introduction of complementary foods with porridge should be started only if the child is not gaining weight or has loose stools.
Step 5
The next step will be the introduction of fruit puree and juice into the diet.
Step 6
Avoid mashed exotic fruits and berries. Remember that after trying a sweet dish, your little one may refuse to eat rather bland vegetables. Try to introduce sugar and salt into your child's diet as late as possible.
Step 7
Cottage cheese, eggs, dairy products, and meats should also be introduced gradually. Cottage cheese and dairy products - from six months, hard-boiled eggs and meat (rabbit, turkey, lean pork) - from 7-8 months, fish and milk - no earlier than 9-10 months. The amount of cottage cheese by the end of the first year of a child's life should not exceed 50 g per day, yolk is given no more than twice a week, fish - one or two times a week.
Step 8
The scheme for the introduction of complementary foods must be agreed with the pediatrician, taking into account the individual characteristics of the child's development. It is necessary to carefully monitor the condition of the child's skin and stool. If allergic reactions appear or the quality of the child's stool changes, it is worth immediately canceling the injected product and contacting a specialist.
