Child's diet in 8 months

A newborn child at any age should receive a full and balanced diet that will provide his tiny organism with all the necessary vitamins and beneficial microelements. However, the digestive system of crumbs under the age of one year is imperfect, so it can not eat all the foods.

In this article, we will tell you what must necessarily enter the diet of a child at the age of 8 months, and how to properly organize a diet for GW and IV so that the baby is always healthy and well-behaved.

Features of a diet of the kid in 8 months

The feeding regime of the eight-month-old baby does not depend on whether his mother continues breastfeeding. To eat such a small child should, every 4 hours, however, early in the morning, immediately after awakening, and in the late evening, before going to bed, his menu should consist exclusively of mother's milk or an adapted milk formula.

Other meals, on the contrary, should not include these components. It is necessary to slowly begin to accustom crumbs to that mode of feeding, which he will later be offered in kindergarten. So, a child at this age should already understand that the main dish for dinner is soup, and for breakfast - porridge.

An approximate feeding regimen of a child of 8 months by the hour may look like this:

1. Immediately after awakening, at about 6 o'clock in the morning, the baby should have breakfast with maternal milk or drink a bottle of the mixture.
2. After 4 hours, about 10 am, offer your child useful and nutritious porridge. At this age it is already possible to boldly feed the child with corn, buckwheat and rice. If the crumb does not have allergies to cow protein, you can cook these kinds of cereals in milk, bisected with water, otherwise they are better generally cooked on water. In addition, it is time for artificial children to get acquainted with oats, barley and barley, with the introduction of these cereals in lactation for babies it is better to wait a little.
3. Lunch at an eight-month-old baby under such a regime of the day should be about 14 hours. At this time, the baby should be offered vegetable puree, broth or vegetarian soup, as well as a dish of meat, for example, soufflé. Eight-month baby, both natural and artificial, should receive meat products on a daily basis.
4. At about 18 o'clock your child is waiting for a light supper. Treat it with cottage cheese and fruit puree. If the crumb does not suffer from constipation, in this meal he can chew cracker, it is very useful for teeth and gums.
5. Finally, at about 22 pm the kid should be offered a bottle with a mixture or mother's breast, then put the crumbs to sleep at night.

The following table will help you learn more about the child's diet at 8 months: