Breast milk is the best food for your baby. But the crumb is growing, and the child's body needs more and more nutrients and vitamins that breast milk can no longer provide in full. Therefore, from about 3-4 months of age, complementary foods should be gradually introduced.
Instructions
Step 1
Start with juices, then move on to fruit and vegetable purees, cereals, cottage cheese, and later try to give meat and fish. Introduce new products to the children's menu gradually: from one to two teaspoons. If the baby accepts the new food with pleasure and without complications, the next day, increase the amount of complementary foods slightly, and then bring it to a full portion within one to two weeks.
Step 2
Give complementary foods before breastfeeding. Switch to a new product only after the baby gets used to the previous one. The main thing is to do everything carefully and gradually. Carefully monitor the reaction of the child's body to new food, if you introduce complementary foods too early and in large quantities, you can provoke allergies and problems with the stomach and intestines.
Step 3
When introducing juices into the baby's menu, start with apple juice. From about three months old, try carrot, orange, cherry, and tomato juices. If a child has a rash on a certain juice, immediately cancel this product. Babies who are prone to constipation should not be given cherry, blueberry and pomegranate juices because they act as a fixative. On the contrary, beetroot, plum and cabbage juices are laxatives.
Step 4
Begin to give vegetable and fruit purees from 4-5 months. Now in stores there is a very large assortment of baby food. Buying ready-made mashed potatoes in jars, or cooking yourself is just your choice. Vegetable puree is easy to make yourself. Wash the vegetables well and dip them in boiling salted water. Boil until tender, and then rub through a sieve or grind with a blender, adding a little vegetable broth. The puree is ready to eat.
Step 5
From about 5 months, introduce your child to porridge. As well as baby puree, porridge can be made by yourself or bought ready-made in the store. First, give buckwheat or rice porridge, later move on to oatmeal and corn. The first sample is one or two teaspoons. Then gradually increase the portion of complementary foods and over time completely replace one breastfeeding with porridge.
Step 6
Meat puree - the main source of protein, enter the children's menu from 6-7 months. Start your meat-based complementary food with ready-to-use puree. When the baby gets used to the meat, cook boiled chicken or rabbit fillets, chop and add to vegetables and cereals. It is better to introduce the crumbs to fish later, from 8-9 months. It contains many useful amino acids, phosphorus, calcium and vitamins. It is better for children with allergies to postpone the acquaintance with fish dishes for a while.
