Every mom wants the best for her baby. And that he was healthy, you need to eat right - this is the most important until six months. It's no secret that the best food for the baby is Mom's milk. But not always a woman can feed, for various reasons, she has to feed a child. Now on sale a large amount of food for babies, and many mothers do not know what to choose. In this case, it is important to know how to choose the right mixture for newborns.
It is very important that baby nutrition is as close as possible to breast milk. The mixture should not also cause allergic reactions and contain undesirable components, for example, starch.
In recent years, baby food manufacturers have tried to meet quality standards and as close as possible to breast milk. Therefore, in fact, all mixtures have almost the same composition. But each child is individual, and what has come to one can cause a digestive disorder in another.
The choice of a mixture for newborns depends on the characteristics of pregnancy and childbirth, the presence of regurgitation and allergic reactions, on the weight of the baby and his state of health. Therefore, before buying a mom should consult a doctor. A huge variety of producers and names puts many women in front of the problem: what mixture to choose for a newborn. In this matter, one can not rely on advice from acquaintances or on the price.
Types of mixtures
1. Nutrition for healthy children. Before buying, be sure to read the makeup on the box. In a quality mixture should be:
- prebiotics, for example, lactulose;
- probiotics - lacto and bifidobacteria;
- nucleotides;
- milk serum;
- taurine, carnitine and lipoic acid.
2. Mixtures for babies with special nutritional needs , for example, with allergy or lactose intolerance. Such mixtures are made on the basis of soy.
3. Therapeutic nourishment. The choice of such a mixture for a newborn should be only on the recommendation of a doctor. This food can not replace medicines, and it is impossible to feed constantly. When medicinal mixtures are used:
- with regurgitation;
- at a dysbacteriosis ;
- for premature infants ;
- with anemia.
How to choose a mixture for a newborn?
Be guided by such criteria:
- See that it corresponds to the age of the child - the number 1 on the box indicates that the food is suitable for children up to six months.
- When buying, pay attention to the composition and shelf life.
- Choose a mixture that is affordable, and you must be sure that you buy the same at any time, since changing it to a newborn is undesirable.
- Before using any food, be sure to consult a doctor.
Even if the mother decided on what mixture for newborns to choose for her baby, do not rejoice - he may not accept it.
How to understand that this food does not suit your child:
- his problems with digestion began: diarrhea or constipation;
- the baby often spits up;
- he has a rumbling in the abdomen, bloating and colic;
- he becomes restless, cries, does not sleep well;
- an allergic reaction appears on the skin.
Therefore, in addition to knowing which mixture to choose a newborn, women should represent how to properly feed the child. When preparing baby food, you must strictly follow the instructions, do not exceed the concentration of the powder and the amount of the finished mixture.
To enter a new food it is necessary gradually, within several days if in 3 days the kid feels well, feed it or this by it or this. Do not change the mixture without special need. If you follow these recommendations, your child will be healthy and cheerful, and the mixture that you have chosen is the ideal food for him.