Losing breast milk with age and switching to more solid foods, the baby begins to feel the need to replenish the body with fluid. Thanks to drinks, he receives additional vitamins, trace elements and simply quenches his thirst. What is useful to give to a baby?
Healthy drinks for children
From the age of six months, babies begin to assimilate natural juices, various fruit drinks and boils. Over time, the child's diet is replenished with kefir, jelly, compotes and other children's drinks.
Fresh natural juices are used for the first fruit foods. Most often it is apple juice. To avoid diathesis, the baby is initially given only half a teaspoon. The dose is gradually increased.
Many ready-made baby juices are available commercially. Children usually drink them with great pleasure. But each such drink is acceptable for a certain age.
When buying ready-made fruit juices or fermented milk drinks, you should strictly follow the production date and age category.
The best and healthiest drinks for young children can and should be prepared at home. It can be delicious fruit and milk jelly, mousse, compotes.
Carrot orange drink
Vitamin-rich and very healthy drink can be prepared from carrots and oranges in winter. For cooking you need to take:
- 1 orange;
- 3-4 carrots;
- 20 g of sugar;
- 100 mg of water.
Remove the peel from the orange, pour water over the fruit and boil, adding sugar. Put the pulp on the juice. Grate raw carrots and squeeze out the juice or use a juicer. Cool the broth rind and add juices to it. Your child can receive such a vitamin drink after a year.
Milk kissel
This milk drink can be given to babies after six months. It is nutritious and delicious. To prepare it, you need to take:
- a glass of milk;
- 15 g of sugar;
- 10 g of potato starch.
For older children, vanilla or cinnamon can be added to the jelly for flavor.
Boil milk and add sugar. In a separate part of cold milk, dilute the starch until completely dissolved. Pour the starch mass into boiling milk and, stirring constantly, bring the jelly to a boil, cool. Give a drink to a small child while warm.
Rosehip infusion with honey
During colds, the child needs to drink plenty of fluids. To make a little whim drink a healthy and healthy drink more, you must also make it tasty.
To do this, separately prepare the rosehip infusion. You need to take:
- 20 g of rose hips;
- glass of water.
Rosehip can be crushed with a rolling pin or in a mortar. Pour boiling water over the mass and boil for 10 minutes under a tightly closed lid. Then leave to infuse for 3 hours. Strain the infusion.
Rosehip infusion can be consumed independently as a tea, adding sugar to it and diluting with boiled water.
For further preparation of a healthy drink, you should take:
- 200 ml of ready-made rosehip infusion;
- 15 g of natural honey;
- 50 ml of water.
Dissolve honey in warm water. Combine the solution with rosehip tincture, stir. You can drink a healthy drink during a cold in a warm state.
In addition to fruit juices, vegetable juices can be a wonderful addition to the diet: carrot, cabbage, tomato and pumpkin juices. These drinks are prepared directly with the pulp and can serve as an alternative to vegetable salads.
