Neither nutritionists nor pediatricians can answer unequivocally to their mother about the question of where to start the first feeding of a child. However, there are several generally accepted options that are most common. Let's try to understand.
Age for introduction of complementary foods
If the baby is on artificial, and also mixed feeding, the first "adult" food can be offered to him in 4-5 months. Mom should feel how many months to start luring, because some children show interest in food at the age of four months. But remember that at first the goal is not to feed the baby, but to acquaint him with tastes different from the mixture. After determining when to start luring an artificial person, take into account the date of vaccination and the state of health of the child. A week before the vaccination and a week after it can not offer the child new products. The child, of course, should be absolutely healthy.
Separately, it is worth noting the timing, when you should start feeding a premature baby whose weight at birth did not exceed 2.5 kilograms. In most cases, low body weight dictates its rules - lure is needed in 2-3 months. And remember, it is administered only under the supervision of a pediatrician!
Babies who are on natural feeding, until the age of six months of mother's milk is enough, so the need for complementary feeding is absent.
We learn the "adult" table
Having ascertained the age limits, we determine where it is best to start lure, so that new products bring only benefit to the kid. There are not so many options:
- puree from vegetables;
- dairy products;
- dairy and cereal cereals;
- meat, eggs.
Vegetables contain more microelements and vitamins than in fermented milk products, so moms prefer to start lure with mashed potatoes. On the one hand, this is true, but the likelihood of unwanted reactions of the body (dysbacteriosis, constipation, diarrhea) is higher than with the use of fermented milk products. So, the famous pediatrician E. Komarovsky believes that it will be right to start lure with kefir for children (as from low-fat milk, and with kefir, purchased in dairy children's kitchen). Give for the first time should not more than three teaspoons, and to supplement the breast milk habitual for the child. If the body normally responded to kefir, the next day you can already give one teaspoon of kefir more. After a week, you can add cottage cheese to kefir (also on the spoon). If earlier, in the discussions of pediatricians about which foods to start feeding, the cottage cheese was not in the first place, but today the myth of its harm is debunked. The fact is that to the early overgrowing of the fontanel, it has nothing to do with. In addition, in human milk, the calcium content is higher than in the cottage cheese.
After the introduction of yogurt and cottage cheese, it's time to start vegetable lure with an introduction to potato and mashed potatoes. Do not try
Important rules
For the introduction of complementary foods to bring joy to both mother and child, one must approach it wisely. First, remember the microdoses. Secondly, be careful with foods that can cause allergic reactions. And most importantly, continue to feed the baby with mother's milk!