At three and a half months, your baby can eat not only breast milk and adapted milk formula, but also some other foods.
Instructions
Step 1
Complementary foods usually include three groups of products that will later replace breast milk or adapted milk formula for the baby. These products are cereals, meat, fish, and fruit and vegetable purees. Usually, pediatricians advise to start feeding a baby only when he reaches six months of age, however, due to some circumstances, you can start introducing complementary foods as early as 3.5 months.
Step 2
Do not forget that each child requires an individual approach due to the characteristics of his body. The first complementary food must necessarily be mashed potatoes made from vegetables. Fruit puree is also good for feeding your little one, but it is best to introduce it only after the little one gets used to the vegetables. The fact is that after sweet fruits, a child may begin to refuse fresh food, which contains many useful trace elements and vitamins.
Step 3
The first step is to introduce as a complementary food a one-component puree made from zucchini or another vegetable that is least likely to cause allergies. In addition, at 3, 5 months, you can give your child applesauce made from yellow-green non-acidic fruits. Fruit juices can also be included in your child's diet. Please note that it is best to use juices that you make at home; you must avoid adding sugar to the drink. At 3, 5 months, your baby can drink pear, apple or pumpkin juice.
Step 4
If your baby is underweight, your pediatrician may advise you to add buckwheat, rice or corn porridge to complementary foods, as they do not contain gluten. Eating porridge should be gradually increasing. It is necessary to start with one teaspoon, increasing the dose daily. Please note that in no case should you overfeed your child, as this will badly affect his body. Overfeeding threatens obesity, a decrease in the metabolic process, as well as a slowdown in the digestion of food. At 3, 5 months, the baby should eat about one-sixth of the total body weight per day.
Step 5
Before introducing complementary foods, you need to remember the most important thing: you can only give your baby a new product if the baby is healthy and well. You need to give up complementary foods during travel, acclimatization, in hot weather and after preventive vaccinations.
