As parents approach the five month mark, they should pay special attention to their baby's nutrition. Since this is the time when it is necessary to introduce complementary foods. Of course, vegetable and fruit purees are very important in a baby’s diet, but in our article we will talk about porridges. First of all, it should be noted that for infants, porridge begins to be cooked in water.
Separately, boil the cereal in water until half cooked, drain the water, add cow's milk to the resulting porridge (of course, only fresh and pre-diluted with water!) and cook the dish over low heat until it is fully cooked.
Porridges that are cooked only in water are not as nutritious. But this is the best option for “entry to eating regular food.” An important condition in preparing delicious porridge is, of course, water.
It must be soft. And if you do not have the opportunity to use such water, then you can use another option: boil the existing water (just leave it for at least 3 hours before boiling).
The advantages of milk porridges include the fact that they are quite close to the milk nutrition that you feed your baby (in particular liquid porridges), and allow you to gradually switch to a varied diet.
All porridges are prepared immediately before consumption!!
Initially, the child is fed with thin (5%) porridge, which is gradually replaced with thicker (10%) porridge. You can add fruits and vegetables to any porridge. The main rule for preparing porridge is to pour water over the cereal, do not stir, touch or open the lid.
As for the choice of porridges, you should give preference to mixed porridges made from buckwheat, oatmeal and rice flour. To prepare flour yourself, you need to thoroughly wash and dry the cereal, and then grind everything in a coffee grinder.
Starting from 5 months, porridge is prepared by adding ¼ tsp. butter and 5% sugar syrup. It’s also great to prepare complex dishes of vegetables or fruits and cereals by adding a little carrots, prunes, pumpkins, pears, apples, apricots, bananas, etc. Such additives will make the porridge much tastier and healthier.
Quite a few recipes you may come across mention granulated sugar and table salt as additional ingredients. But their use should be limited to a minimum amount. This is especially true for salt, because fruits, vegetables, dairy products and plants already contain the required amount of salt.
If a child enjoys eating non-sweet and non-salty foods, then it is better to exclude them altogether.
We offer you several recipes for making porridge.
Recipe No. 1. Rice porridge
For this you will need: 2 tbsp. rice flour, a glass of boiling water, ¼ glass of milk, ¼ tsp. butter, a teaspoon of sugar, a small pinch of table salt.
Preparation: Pour boiling water over rice flour and cook until tender, 30 minutes. Then pour the heated milk into the saucepan with the rice, add salt, sugar, and put it on the stove again, stirring continuously, let the porridge boil up to 3 times until it becomes thick. Add butter to the finished dish.
Recipe No. 2. Rice porridge with fruits
You will need: 2 tablespoons of rice (flour), a glass of boiling water, any medium-sized fruit (apple, pear), a teaspoon of sugar, a little salt (on the tip of a knife).
Preparation: pour boiling water over rice flour, add pre-washed, peeled and cut into small pieces fruits into a saucepan with rice. When the rice is completely cooked, add salt, sugar and stir.
Recipe No. 3. Hercules porridge
You will need: oatmeal (2 tbsp), a glass of boiling water, 200 ml of milk, ¼ tsp. butter, a teaspoon of sugar.
Preparation: rinse the oat flakes until the water is completely transparent, pour in boiling water, put on the stove and cook for up to 1 hour, until the flakes become softer. After everything, grind through a fine sieve or beat in a blender, and little by little, so that lumps do not form, pour in hot milk, add sugar and cook for another 3 minutes on the stove until the porridge becomes thick. Add butter to the finished dish.
Recipe No. 4. Buckwheat porridge
You will need: two tbsp. spoons of buckwheat flour, a glass of boiling water, half a glass of milk, ¼ tsp. butter, a little (on the tip of a knife) salt, you can add a teaspoon of sugar.
Preparation: pour boiling water over the buckwheat flour and cook for 20 minutes until fully cooked, then pour the heated milk into the saucepan with the porridge, add salt, sugar, put it back on the fire, stirring continuously, let the porridge boil twice until it thickens. Add butter to the finished dish.
We have provided you with the simplest and most common recipes for children's porridges. You are convinced that there is nothing complicated in their preparation. And with a little effort and spending a little time, you will feed your baby delicious, healthy, and most importantly homemade porridge. Enjoy your meal.
Most babies are ready to try something other than breast milk or formula by the age of five months. When the baby has grown up to complementary feeding, parents face a bunch of questions that we will try to answer in this article.
Many pediatricians recommend introducing complementary foods into a child's diet, starting from 5 months. What can be given to such a small child to taste, and what to avoid like fire - the main question for parents of 5-month-old babies. To see a smiling baby you should provide him with proper nutrition. Let's figure out what kind of diet a child needs at this age.
Baby's diet at 5 months
At 5 months, the child still receives basic nutrition in the form of mother's milk. During this period, you can also add a few spoons of vegetable puree. You need to feed the baby 5 times a day - every 4 hours.
We provide a sample menu that you can use as instructions:
- Second breakfast – puree with fruits or vegetables, half an egg yolk
- Lunch – breastfeeding, 10 g cottage cheese, 30 g natural juice
- Dinner – breastfeeding, 30 g juice
Second menu option could be like this:
- Breakfast - breastfeeding
- Second breakfast - porridge, which needs to be cooked in milk, juice and cottage cheese in a ratio of 3:1
- Lunch – breastfeeding, mashed apples or pears
- Late dinner - breastfeeding
If the child is on IV, then the diet will be as follows: - Breakfast – a glass of kefir
- Second breakfast – porridge cooked in milk, cottage cheese and fruit puree 1:1.5
- Lunch – a glass of kefir or mixture, 30 g of juice
- Dinner – vegetable puree, half an yolk, 30 g juice
- Late dinner – a glass of kefir or mixture
At this age, it is time to feed the child milk porridges - buckwheat, semolina or rice. You can also mix these cereals, thus increasing the usefulness of your meal. It will be useful to add vegetables and fruits to cereals. In 2 weeks you will need to increase the initial portion from 30 g to 150 g.
Video: 5 mistakes in introducing complementary foods
How to properly introduce complementary foods at 5 months while breastfeeding?
Complementary foods for a breastfed baby should be from 6 months. But if you think that already at 5 your baby meets the following criteria, then you can introduce complementary foods into the diet a little earlier:
- Baby asks to eat more often
- The baby's weight has doubled since birth
- The baby sits with the help of an adult and holds his head well
- Baby won't push solid food out of mouth
- The child is not sick for more than 14 days
Give complementary foods to your baby during breastfeeding according to these rules:
- Feed your baby only with a teaspoon (not a metal one)
- Do not give your baby large portions and do not force him to eat what is offered if he resists.
- Give a new product very little, because the child may have an allergic reaction. In addition, small portions, with their gradual increase, will allow the baby’s stomach to get used to previously unknown food.
- Write down in a notebook all the foods you give your baby, as well as the body’s reaction to new foods.
- Place your baby in a high chair during feeding
- After a new product, introduce the next one no earlier than 3 days later, so that the child’s stomach gets used to the food gradually
- During complementary feeding, also supplement your baby with breast milk.
How to properly introduce complementary foods at 5 months on artificial feeding?
When IV, introduce complementary foods according to a certain scheme. Doctors advise introducing complementary foods during IV no earlier than at 4.5 months. Let's look at all the nuances of introducing complementary foods:
- The child should not be sick during the introduction of complementary foods
- Start with apple juice, no more than ½ tsp.
- First feed the usual formula, and then a new product.
- The baby should only eat while sitting
- Grind foods until your child can chew well
- After juice, continue feeding with fruit puree, first also with applesauce
- Next, add vegetables - broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini and pumpkin
- A child on IV should drink boiled water
- Give your child boiled or baked fruits and vegetables. At first, give only fruits, after 10-14 days you can add vegetables. Fruits should be given in the morning and evening, vegetables - in the afternoon.
Video: Complementary feeding. Komarovsky E.O.
How much vegetable puree should a 5 month old baby eat?
The best option for feeding your baby first is fruit and vegetable puree, as well as porridge. Fruit puree should be given last, since after a sweet mixture the child is unlikely to want to taste tasteless porridge or vegetables.
Initially, it is necessary to introduce completely a little vegetable puree, literally ½ tsp, gradually increasing the portion. A great place to start is zucchini puree; this product should be given to the child for at least 7 days, and then switch to a new vegetable.
Vegetable puree precedes fruit puree in a child’s diet. After a week, add 1 tsp of puree to the zucchini. broccoli or cauliflower. The next product could be pumpkin. After the child gets used to each vegetable, the best option would be a combination of three ingredients.
The optimal portion of vegetable puree for a child is 3 tsp 1-2 r. day.
What kind of porridge and how can you give it at 5 months?
For children on breastfeeding, introduce porridge into the diet no earlier than 5 months; for children on IV – 4.5 months. The rules for introducing porridge into complementary feeding are as follows:
- First, introduce porridge gluten free. Firstly, such cereals are better digested, and secondly, there is a very rare disease - gluten allergy. Therefore, first, give rice, corn or buckwheat porridge
- If the child is used to every porridge, then you can start mixing them, after all, rice contains a lot of vegetable protein, buckwheat contains useful mineral salts and iron, and corn porridge contains vitamins and microelements and fiber
You can also use a special quick-to-prepare porridge as complementary food, of which a huge amount is now produced. - To begin with, do not add any fruits, honey, or other additives to the porridge. This can be done when does a child get used to grains?
- To help your child get used to porridge better, first introduce porridge cooked in water. From the first days, give 1 tsp of porridge, then over 10 days gradually increase the portion to 150 g
- If the child feels well, then increase the amount of porridge to 10 g
- Give porridge in the morning before breastfeeding or formula
- From the first to the fourth day, increase the portion by 5 g, then by 30 g and from the fifth by 50 g. On day 7 you should succeed required 150 g
Porridges can be of three types:
- ordinary cereals, which are ground at home using a coffee grinder. They need to be boiled
- instant porridges that do not require cooking
- ready-made canned cereals containing fruits, vegetables or milk
Diet for a 5 month old baby
If a baby at 5 months does not have enough mother's milk, then you should try introduce complementary foods into the diet. Start with vegetable puree, then add juices with fruit pulp, then try fruit purees.
Apple pulp is also an excellent option for complementary feeding - peel and carefully scrape out some of the pulp with a spoon for your baby.
The next products should be bananas and pears. When the child gets used to each fruit separately, you can combine them.
Nowadays there is a huge selection in stores. puree in jars. But still, if you have the opportunity to purchase ripe fruits, then it is better to make the puree yourself using a blender. In this case, there will be more benefits and vitamins in the finished product.
You can also give your baby store-bought fruit purees. At the same time, pay special attention to the expiration date of the product and the integrity of the packaging. Children under one year old It is not recommended to give grape juice, since he often experiences allergies and intestinal problems. The remaining fruit juices should be given starting from ½ tsp, gradually increasing the portion up to 4 tsp.
Baby's menu at 5 months: complementary feeding scheme by day
We offer you an approximate optimal option for complementary feeding at 5 months. In the first week start with zucchini:
- Monday – 5 g zucchini and GV
- Tuesday – 10 g zucchini and GW
- Wednesday – 20 g zucchini and GW
- Thursday – 50 g zucchini and GV
- Friday – 80 g zucchini and GV
- Saturday – 120 g zucchini and GW
- Sunday – 150 g zucchini
Once you introduce complementary foods, never give up breastfeeding In the second week, start add cauliflower:
- Monday – 5 g zucchini and 140 g cabbage
- Tuesday – 10 g zucchini and 130 g cabbage
- Wednesday – 20 g zucchini and 110 g cabbage
- Thursday – 50 g zucchini and 50 g cabbage
- Friday – 70 g zucchini and 80 g cabbage
- Saturday – 150 g cabbage
- Sunday – 150 g cabbage
From the third week It's time for broccoli:
- Monday – 5 g broccoli 140 g cauliflower
- Tuesday – 130 g zucchini and 10 g broccoli
- Wednesday – 20 g broccoli and 130 g cauliflower
- Thursday – 50 g broccoli and 100 g zucchini
- Friday – 80 g broccoli and 70 g cauliflower
- Saturday – 150 g broccoli
- Sunday – 150 g zucchini
In the last week introduce pumpkin:
- Monday – 5 g pumpkin 140 g broccoli
- Tuesday – 10 g pumpkin and 140 g cauliflower
- Wednesday – 20 g pumpkin and 130 g zucchini
- Thursday – 50 g pumpkin and 100 g broccoli
- Friday – 80 g pumpkin and 70 g cauliflower
- Saturday – 150 g pumpkin
- Sunday – 150 g broccoli
Don't force the child if he refuses to eat broccoli or pumpkin now. Divide meals into several times or try feeding him in a playful way.
If a child refuses to try food that is new to him, then you should not insist - postpone the tasting for a while Important: Before introducing complementary foods, be sure to consult your pediatrician.
If your child completely ready for feeding at the age of five months, then try to give the child the best, because the safer and healthier the products offered, the Your baby will grow healthier. If your pediatrician insists that you take your time with complementary feeding, then follow his instructions and continue to enjoy your breastfeeding period.
Video: Baby development at 5 months
By the fifth month of life, the basis of a child’s nutrition is milk: mother’s milk or an adapted formula. Only now, with each feeding, the baby is given a portion of vegetable puree, cottage cheese or porridge. Although at this age some children already have teeth, it is too early to offer them solid food, so the food must be thoroughly crushed - grind it through a sieve or use a blender for this purpose.
Dishes
Get your baby a set of his own dishes. Of course, it’s too early to offer him a fork, but his own set of plates, a drinking cup and spoons will be very useful. It is best to choose dishes with a bright design so that it evokes pleasant emotions in the baby. Sometimes mothers boast that they give soup or thin porridge from a bottle - this should not be done. It is better to teach your child to eat with cutlery from an early age.
For each feeding, two spoons are needed - the mother feeds the baby with one, and he holds the second in his hands. Over time, you will notice that the child tries to take food on his own. Even if some part of it ends up on the floor or table, it’s okay; over time, your daughter or son will get used to eating carefully, without scattering food all over the dining room.
What drinks are good for five months?
The list of drinks available to children has expanded significantly. Compotes from fruits, fresh and dried, juices, teas, including herbal. Try to diversify your child's menu. You can also supplement it with an evening portion of kefir; yoghurt will also be useful, just be sure to buy special products for babies or prepare them yourself, for which you need to buy sourdough at the pharmacy.
Important! Do not prepare compotes or juices several days in advance - they are only useful if they are made on the day of use. Please note that in addition to a variety of drinks, your baby must be given water - preferably bottled with a neutral mineral composition. It can be purchased at a pharmacy or baby food store. It should also be used for preparing milk formulas.
A five-month-old baby can be given up to 50 ml of juice per day. This portion should not be exceeded, so as not to create unnecessary stress on the baby’s body. Be very careful when introducing juices that often cause allergies: orange, strawberry, raspberry or others. At the slightest manifestation of diathesis, remove all suspicious foods from the baby’s diet.
Introduction of cereals
Now that your baby is already happily eating vegetable and fruit purees, it’s time to introduce porridge into his diet. Let's look at this question in more detail:
- Buckwheat. One of the healthiest porridges, which contains a lot of iron and copper, as well as B vitamins. It does not cause allergies and is perfectly absorbed by babies. It is noteworthy that abroad it can only be bought at a pharmacy - there it is equated to a medicine.
- Rice. It is valued for its high nutritional value and the presence of active dietary fiber, which helps normalize stool.
- Oatmeal. When boiled, it is extremely tasty, especially if you add a little butter to it. Children love it, in addition, this cereal is rich in fiber, and is also ideal for underweight babies.
- Semolina. Nourishing, but not suitable for every child, as it can cause allergies. It's better not to give it.
- Millet cereal- It is better to refrain from using it at 5 months.
Video recipe for the occasion:
Nowadays they write a lot about combined cereals. They shouldn’t be included in your baby’s menu just yet.
It is advisable to give porridge in the morning, since breakfast is the key meal of the day; the baby’s mood and condition throughout the day depend on the energy supply. Check out our recommendations:
- For the first time, give no more than 1 teaspoon of porridge.
- Using certain cereals you can regulate your child’s stool. So, if it is liquid, the baby should be given rice porridge, it is necessary to activate the intestines - you cannot do without oatmeal.
- Monitor the body's reaction to a new product - if diathesis or loose stools appear, it is better to postpone the introduction of complementary foods for 5–7 days.
- Do not prepare porridge in advance - this will save more nutrients.
- During the period of introducing a new porridge, remove other cereals from the menu - this will make it easier to track the baby’s reaction to the product.
Don't forget to lightly add salt to the porridge and add a small piece of butter to it. When buying products for preparing children's meals, never take spreads or other substitutes - they are harmful even for adults, let alone children.
How to cook porridge
You can purchase ready-made porridges that need to be diluted with warm milk or water. But this, perhaps, is not the best option; after all, processed food will never replace regular food. Another way is to grind the cereal in a coffee grinder. For one serving you will need about 2 tbsp. spoons of buckwheat, rice or oatmeal. This porridge is cooked for 10–15 minutes. If you don’t have a coffee grinder, then cook the porridge as you would for yourself, and then pass it through a sieve.
Do I need to sweeten the porridge? It is not necessary. It is better to accustom your child to the taste of natural products. The consistency of the porridge should not be very liquid - a little thicker than store-bought sour cream. Always check before feeding to ensure the food is not too hot. In the first weeks, it is better to cook porridge with milk diluted in half with water - the child’s body is not yet able to digest whole cow’s milk.
Is it acceptable to feed a 5-month-old baby soups with meat broth?
This question is often asked on women's forums. And although the temptation to cook your child with meat broth as early as possible is great, it is better not to do this. Even tender veal or turkey meat will put a serious burden on the baby’s digestive system - it is not yet ready to process these products. Vegetable purees and soups are much easier to digest, and children eat them with pleasure.
It takes at least three weeks to introduce each new product. If you decide to add beets or, for example, carrots to vegetable soup, then you will have to observe the child’s reaction for 20–21 days. If a rash on your cheeks or an upset stomach suddenly appears, you should return to your usual menu. You can often notice undigested food residues in your baby's stool - during the period of adaptation to new foods, this is a completely normal phenomenon. You should be concerned when diarrhea appears - in this case, you should urgently consult a doctor who will prescribe appropriate treatment.
The correct introduction of complementary foods should be carried out according to a scheme developed by pediatricians specifically for five-month-old children. When taking additional food in accordance with the dosage prescribed for each day, the risk of digestive problems in the baby is minimized.
Employees of the online store “Daughters-Sons” will introduce parents to the range of formulas that can be used to feed children at 5 months.
Standard scheme for introducing complementary foods from 5 months
The first dish for feeding children of this age would be pureed zucchini, broccoli, pumpkin or green apples. The scheme for introducing complementary foods from 5 months involves taking half a teaspoon of puree on the first day of introducing a new diet. A successful start of introducing a nutritious product into the diet allows you to increase the volume throughout the week.
A detailed feeding schedule from 5 months and the volume of portions for each day in the first week looks like this:
- first day – 2.5 g (1/2 teaspoon);
- second day – 5 g (1 teaspoon);
- third day – 10 g (1 dessert spoon);
- fourth day – 20-30 g;
- fifth day – 40-60 g;
- sixth day – 70-75 g;
- seventh day – 140-150 g.
It is better to offer your baby to eat unusual foods not after, but before the second or third day feeding with formula or breast milk. This will allow you to avoid food refusal and monitor your tolerance to new food until the evening. After 10 days, the daily volume of complementary foods will replace one standard feeding.
Introduction of complementary foods from 5 months. Table
At the age of five months, corn, rice or buckwheat milk porridges and cottage cheese also appear on the baby’s menu. The complementary feeding table for children from 5 months is replenished with corn, sunflower or butter, which 1-4 g can be added to purees or porridge. The consumption rate for each dish was developed by specialists taking into account the calorie content and nutrient content of the product.
The table for introducing complementary foods from 5 months includes exclusively one-component meals. A scheme that involves gradual introduction to only one food product has a significant advantage - it is easy for parents to determine what causes an allergic reaction.
Expert opinion
“The feeding regimen for an infant with insufficient body weight at 5 months is adjusted in favor of additional feeding not with vegetable purees, but with cereals. Buckwheat, corn milk porridge and cottage cheese promote weight gain, development of muscle tissue and bones.
In our online store you can choose for complementary feeding of five-month-old children both single-component purees (“Spelenok” zucchini, “FrutoNyanya” cauliflower, broccoli, “Babushkino Lukoshko” pumpkin, apple, broccoli) and dishes consisting of several products (Hipp rice milk dessert with apples and pears, Gerber rosehip apple, apple with wild berries).”
Specialist of the online store “Daughters and Sons”
Antonova Ekaterina
conclusions
The complementary feeding scheme for a five-month-old baby is characterized by the gradual introduction of fruit and vegetable purees and various cereals into the baby’s diet. Acquaintance with the new product begins with 2.5 g of vegetable puree on the first day.
Complementary feeding scheme
Signs of readiness to introduce complementary foods
Complementary feeding is not introduced upon reaching a certain age - age is only one of the factors. Readiness can only be judged by the presence of a combination of factors:
1. At least 4 months old. (for babies born prematurely, gestational age is taken as a basis).
2. The child has doubled his weight since birth. For premature babies, the coefficient is x2.5.
3. The child’s tongue thrust reflex has disappeared. If you give him something to drink from a spoon, then its contents will not end up on the chin (and we give complementary foods EXCLUSIVELY from a spoon so that it is treated with saliva).
4. The child knows how to sit. May lean the body towards the spoon or lean back, refusing to eat. Able to control the turn of his head - he can turn away in case of refusal. Or tilt your head.
5. If he is artificial, then he eats more than a liter of formula a day and does not get enough. If she is breastfed, she eats both breasts at each feeding and really wants more.
6. A child can hold something in his fist and purposefully put it in his mouth.
7. And most importantly, children show a HUGE interest in their parents’ food and are eager to try it. Nature itself lets you know when the child’s body is already able to accept food other than the adapted one (formula or mother’s milk).
For each child, this period, when ALL readiness factors have already been demonstrated, comes individually. On average between 5 and 9 months. By the way, even twins can show signs differently. There are situations when a child shows all signs of readiness already at 4 months, and there are situations when a child can wait up to a year - but these are more extreme situations, although they are also a variant of the norm.
Therefore, DO NOT Rush with complementary foods. It’s better to be “a little” late than to rush. If the child has good adequate nutrition (breast milk or a good adapted formula), he will not be deprived of a source of nutrients.
What a mother needs to know so that her baby doesn’t get a tummy ache when introducing complementary foods
Basic rules for introducing complementary foods
· Start introducing complementary foods only to a healthy child or, as a last resort, during the recovery period, with normal stool;
· complementary foods are introduced warm before breastfeeding or formula feeding;
· complementary foods are given from a spoon, vegetable puree can be first added to a bottle of milk so that the child gets used to the new taste more easily;
· each complementary feeding dish is introduced gradually, from small quantities (1-2 teaspoons) and is brought up to the age-appropriate dose within two weeks;
· they switch to a new type of complementary feeding 1.5-2 weeks after the introduction of the previous one;
· the density of complementary foods should gradually increase;
Complementary foods - vegetables
Important point!!! The first vegetable should be “typical of the family and area.” A baby from Egypt will be sickened by peas as complementary food, but will tolerate an orange perfectly. For which the “average Ukrainian” will be treated for years.
For example, carrots in Germany are considered a hypoallergenic product. The "bright color" theory is considered a myth. It is not recommended to give squash and turnips until one is a year old... and celery and carrots are considered the best solution for first complementary feeding. The same pumpkin - the best variety is considered to be "Hokaido" - a bright red small pumpkin.
Be sure to look at the label to ensure that no spices, salt, or rice starch have been added to the puree. It is very important! The first puree (and subsequent ones, by the way, too) should contain nothing except vegetables and water
Table with vegetable purees: http://www.pregnancy.h1.ru/baby/kormlenie/veget.htm
How to give:
· Gradually the volume is increased to 50-100 ml, making sure that everything is in order, you can try giving another vegetable. The rules for administration are the same, starting with a small amount, the volume of puree offered to the child is gradually increased.
· do not give two new vegetables at once, only mono puree. About a couple of months after introducing vegetables, you can start giving your child vegetable oil, adding a small amount to vegetable puree. It is very useful to give oils obtained by the “cold” method, as they contain polyunsaturated fatty acids that have a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin. Flaxseed oil is rich in such acids.
· To reduce a possible allergic or other reaction to vegetables to a minimum, you need to introduce vegetables (and any other product) as carefully as possible, especially if the baby is prone to diathesis, allergies, constipation, diarrhea, etc.
· Offer a new vegetable at the end of feeding, if possible mix it with old familiar food to the child. If you are breastfeeding, then let your baby take each new complementary food with the breast (at his request, of course), this will help the baby digest and assimilate a new product for his gastrointestinal tract. If the baby is bottle-fed, then it is optimal to give a little familiar mixture after introducing a new product. If this is not the baby’s first complementary food, then mix the vegetable with “old” (familiar to the child) food.
· The smaller doses you start with complementary feeding, the better. The smaller the initial amount of vegetables, the slower it increases, the less likely it is for diathesis to occur.
Homemade vegetables
If you don’t have enough money for store-bought jars, or you have some kind of prejudice against them, you can prepare vegetable puree for your baby yourself - either from frozen vegetables or from fresh vegetables. It depends on the time of year - if it’s autumn, the season of vegetables, then you will certainly prepare puree from fresh market vegetables, if there are no vegetables on sale, then buy frozen vegetables in bags and prepare puree from them.
If you have a blender, that’s great! Prepare cauliflower, zucchini, pumpkin or turnips as usual and cook for yourself (the only difference is that for yourself you add salt and spices, and for your baby you simply cook vegetables in water). Then cool the vegetables a little and grind them in a blender. The only exception is potatoes - it is not recommended to grind them in a blender, because the starch in them will turn the puree into a sticky paste, not much like tender mashed potatoes.
When you introduce mono-puree from fresh or frozen vegetables, you can make a variety of variations from the puree, depending on the baby’s taste and his discretion: cook carrots, potatoes, cauliflower. Cook together peas, peppers, tomatoes and potatoes, etc. There are many options!
As your baby gets older, you don’t have to grind vegetable puree in a blender - it will be enough to simply mash soft boiled vegetables with a fork (the baby will learn to eat in pieces, and since vegetables are usually soft, it will be easier for the baby to get used to eating in pieces).
If you don’t trust not only jarred baby food, but also frozen vegetables, then you can freeze the vegetables yourself for future use. They can be stored at a temperature of – 6°C for a week, at – 12° C for 1 month, at – 18° C for 3 months.
· the second complementary food - cereal porridges - you need to start introducing them with gluten-free porridges (rice, corn, buckwheat) and cook them with the milk or formula that the child receives;
· baby food in jars contains the optimal amount of salt and sugar and therefore should not be added.
Complementary foods - porridge.
The first porridge for a baby must be gluten-free - rice, buckwheat or corn porridge (by the way, one of the components of ordinary corn porridge is corn starch, which is 80% gluten). Therefore, when we talk about corn porridge, we mean industrially produced porridge specifically for children, and not ground corn, which is also called “polenta”). Other porridges: oatmeal, semolina, millet, barley, etc. – contain gluten and are not suitable as a first complementary food.
It is best to cook porridge in water, but it is allowed, if the baby is breastfed, to cook porridge with expressed mother’s milk. The same applies to artificial ones - it is permissible to cook porridge with the mixture that the baby usually consumes.
If your baby has a tendency to constipation, then it is advisable to start complementary feeding not with rice porridge. Best with buckwheat. Although they say that buckwheat is very allergenic, this needs to be determined by the child. If you are prone to allergies, then start complementary feeding with rice; if you have constipation, then start with buckwheat. If you are prone to allergies and constipation at the same time, then start complementary feeding with corn, and then introduce oatmeal.
If the baby does not have any problems, then it can be administered in this order - rice, buckwheat, corn or buckwheat, rice, corn. After these porridges are introduced, you can try oatmeal porridge. Semolina porridge, due to its high nutritional value, but low vitamin content and usefulness, is better to postpone until later and offer it to the baby after a year
Table with dairy-free, milk and fruit-grain porridges: http://www.pregnancy.h1.ru/baby/kormlenie/cereals.htm
How to give?
Under no circumstances should you give even the smallest child porridge from a bottle. It’s better to make thin porridge and give it from a spoon, let the baby eat a little, but eat it right! For a baby, the amount of food at the first feeding is not so important; for him, it is still only an introductory, trial, and not satiating. When feeding from a bottle, food does not undergo enzymatic processing of saliva, which negatively affects the digestive process. The fact is that the baby’s saliva contains special enzymes – amylase and lysozyme. When food enters the baby’s mouth from a spoon, it manages to be completely, so to speak, saturated with saliva, and enters the stomach already thoroughly “soaked” with saliva. And amylase greatly promotes digestion and breakdown of food. Already in the stomach, it helps to quickly break down food into smaller components and thereby promotes faster digestion. When a baby is given food from a bottle, it does not have time to become saturated with saliva and almost immediately goes into the throat, without lingering in the mouth. Thus, it enters the stomach without primary treatment with amylase.
To reduce a possible allergic or other reaction to porridge to a minimum, you need to introduce porridge (and any other product) as carefully as possible, especially if the baby is prone to diathesis, allergies, constipation, diarrhea, etc.
Offer a new porridge at the end of feeding, if possible mix it with old familiar food to the child. If you are breastfeeding, then let your baby take each new complementary food with the breast (at his request, of course), this will help the baby digest and assimilate a new product for his gastrointestinal tract. If the baby is bottle-fed, then it is optimal to give a little familiar mixture after introducing a new product. If this is not the baby’s first complementary food, then mix the porridge with “old” (familiar to the child) food.
This is done to prepare the gastrointestinal tract for new food, so that it is easier for the enzymatic systems, intestines, and stomach to work, digesting “familiar food.” By introducing complementary foods at the end of feeding, you will not “take the child by surprise” and will not harm him.
The smaller doses you start with complementary feeding, the better. The smaller the initial amount of porridge, the slower it increases, the less likely it is for diathesis to occur.
When to give?
The introduction of porridge into a baby’s diet depends only on the baby himself and his mother. Traditionally, if the baby is underweight, if the baby is thin, then it is advisable to start complementary feeding with cereals. If the baby is chubby, if he has a slight (or large) excess weight, then it is best to start complementary feeding for such a baby with mono-vegetable puree.
The time of day for introducing porridge is not of fundamental importance. Traditionally, porridge is given either in the morning or for dinner. But for the first feeding it is better to choose the morning time in order to see during the day what the baby’s reaction to the new product will be. If you give a new product at night, you may not notice it. When you have already introduced porridge into your child’s diet and are sure that the baby reacts normally to it, you can give the porridge at night (or leave it like that in the morning).
Fruits
Fruit purees are best administered after cereals and vegetables. If you have already introduced porridge and vegetables to your baby, then it’s time to let your child try fruit puree.
For the first complementary feeding, it is necessary to take foods with a low degree of allergenicity - these are green apples, white cherries, white currants, gooseberries, plums. When low-allergenic vegetables are introduced, you can introduce “medium-allergenic” vegetables, such as peaches, apricots, red currants, bananas, and cranberries. And you need to leave highly allergenic foods, such as strawberries, raspberries, wild strawberries, black currants, blackberries, pineapple, grapes, melon, persimmon, pomegranate, citrus fruits and others, until the very end.
After the first complementary feeding with mono-fruits has been introduced, you can offer the child an assorted puree of different fruits. There are a lot of such purees!
Table with fruit purees: http://pregnancy.h1.ru/baby/kormlenie/fruits.htm
How to give?
· Complementary foods are introduced starting with a quarter teaspoon once a day, preferably in the first half of the day. Every day the volume increases gradually, approximately 2 times. It is brought up to the age norm in 7 – 10 days. The condition of the child’s skin and digestive problems are assessed daily; if any changes appear, the introduction of complementary foods is suspended.
· Gradually the volume is increased to 50-100 ml (on average 70 grams in the first feeding, then increases to 100 g, and then to 180 g), after making sure that everything is in order, you can try giving another fruit. The rules for administration are the same, starting with a small amount, the volume of puree offered to the child is gradually increased.
· The general rule for ANY complementary foods is no more than one product every 1-2 weeks!
· Do not give two new fruits at once, only mono puree.
· To reduce a possible allergic or other reaction to fruits to a minimum, you need to introduce fruits (and any other product) as carefully as possible, especially if the baby is prone to diathesis, allergies, constipation, diarrhea, etc.
· Offer a new fruit at the end of feeding, if possible mix it with old familiar food to the child. If you are breastfeeding, then let your baby take each new complementary food with the breast (at his request, of course), this will help the baby digest and assimilate a new product for his gastrointestinal tract. If the baby is bottle-fed, then it is optimal to give a little familiar mixture after introducing a new product. If this is not the baby’s first complementary food, then mix the fruit with “old” (familiar to the child) food.
· This is done to prepare the gastrointestinal tract for new food, so that it is easier for the enzymatic systems, intestines, and stomach to work, digesting “familiar food.” By introducing complementary foods at the end of feeding, you will not “take the child by surprise” and will not harm him.
· The smaller doses you start with complementary feeding, the better. The smaller the initial amount of fruit, the slower it increases, the less likely it is for diathesis to occur.
COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING SCHEME FROM GASTROENTEROLOGIST
Give each new product for at least 7 days. Start with 1 tsp. and bring it back to normal within a week.
6 months
At about 12 noon (future lunch) - vegetables.
“Squash” (zucchini-pumpkin) is still a type of pumpkin, and not our stripe - don’t give it away.
Remove pumpkin and carrots.
Leave everything yellow for later. Start with green.
You can cook it yourself or make puree from frozen vegetables.
Zucchini – frozen. For example, the company "4 seasons"
Cauliflower – “Semper” or frozen
Broccoli – “Semper”, “Top-top” (not to be confused with “Tip-top”)
Green beans - make your own
Green peas – “Gerber”
Potatoes – “Gerber” ordinary, don’t give sweet ones, (also not our stripe), do it yourself (before soaking for 2 hours in boiled cold water, when starch is released, change the water)
Parsnips and spinach - after a year, because reduces the level of iron absorption in the child’s body by more than 76%
When you try everything, you can mix, but no more than 3 types.
Vegetable oil from 8 months.
7 months
Gradually completely replace one feeding.
Buckwheat, corn, rice without additives.
Oatmeal, semolina, milk and soy porridges are not included in the diet for up to a year. It is harmful.
The packaging should say: “no sugar, salt, gluten, milk, dyes.”
It is best to give it in water, since with the addition of milk there is a greater burden on the gastrointestinal tract.
“Gerber”, “Baby Sitter”, “Low-allergenic Baby”
7 months
At 17:00 (future afternoon snack) – fruits:
Green apple – “Semper”, “Top-top”. Bake it yourself.
Red later.
Pear - (if there is no constipation) “Semper”.
Banana - make it yourself.
Apricots, peaches - jars, do it yourself in the summer, do not water them with anything harmful,
As for cherries and cherries, do it yourself later in the summer.
Cottage cheese - after 8 months. For an afternoon snack, add to fruit puree.
For example, 0% cottage cheese “House in the Village”. Every day a new pack.
Strictly no more than the norm; if a child is overfed with cottage cheese, he will develop anorexia.
Meat - after 12 m. (load on the gastrointestinal tract) add to vegetable puree. Do not exceed the meat norm! Strictly prepared purees with vegetables.
“Gerber” – turkey, pig, lamb, beef.
Children should not be given meat broth until they are at least one year old. It contains too many carcinogens. They serve soup with vegetable broth.
Kefir - after 12 m (it has too high acidity, and in children with perinatal damage to the central nervous system (90% of children) there is already increased acidity of the gastrointestinal tract.
Kefir in children under one year of age causes micro-bleeding in the intestines, which leads to severe hypochromic anemia), given at night.
Beefy, Agusha without sugar. If the child refuses, do not insist.
It is better to drink before meals, do not wash it down.
Juices diluted with water (min. 1/1), after a year.
Salt after a year, sugar, in general, the later, the better.
Always feed your child at your table, so that there are no distractions.
Do not snack between feedings - apple, bread, snacks
Total:
7 m. Fruits – 60 gr., vegetables – 150 gr., porridge – 150 gr.
8 m. F. – 70, O. – 170, K. – 150
9 m. F. – 80, O. – 180, K. – 180
12 m. F. – 90-100, O. – 200, K. – 200,
Butter - 5 g, meat - start 5-30 g, then 70, cottage cheese 10-30, then 50 g, then 60
Table with meat purees: http://pregnancy.h1.ru/baby/kormlenie/meat.htm
Table with vegetable and meat purees http://pregnancy.h1.ru/baby/kormlenie/meat_veget.htm
Feeding your baby from a jar:
1. After opening the jar, select a portion for feeding, and put the rest in the refrigerator.
2. Strictly follow the instructions for storing opened jars of baby food.
3. Heat only the amount of food needed for one feeding.
4. Do not return uneaten portions to the jar - this will cause bacterial growth and saliva enzymes will dilute the mixture.
5. Do not freeze jarred baby food; it becomes inedible.
