It is not necessary to rush especially with the introduction of the first child, if it is fed with breast milk. On the question of when to introduce the first complementary feeding with breastfeeding , the world health organization has long answered. She recommends doing this not earlier than 6 months.
The introduction of the first complementary feeding with breastfeeding often begins after the onset of 4.5 - 5 months. Usually it is porridge or vegetable puree - at the choice of the mother. More common is the view that the first lactation of breastfeeding when breastfeeding is a cereal, dairy-free or 5% dairy homemade. If the recommended table of the first complementary feeding is used in breastfeeding, then by 4.5 months the baby is given buckwheat, rice or corn porridge cooked on water or puree from one constituent (carrots, potatoes). The first lure for breastfeeding is not recommended to start with sweet fruit juices and mashed potatoes, after which the child does not want to try vegetable puree or porridge.
How to prepare the first lure for breastfeeding?
Homemade cereals are most often used for home cooking, which do not contain gluten and do not cause allergic reactions (buckwheat, rice or corn), which are diluted with water and given to the child. If the child does not want to eat such a mess, several drops of breast milk can be added to it for a more familiar taste.
On the first day, give no more than one teaspoon of a homogeneous liquid porridge, gradually increase its amount and for one or two weeks completely replace the lactation with one breastfeeding. In the cereal do not add sugar or cow's milk.
If the mother prepares milk porridge, then the dry cereal first makes up 5% of the amount of porridge, and after 1-2 weeks - up to 10%, but no more. Porridge on cow's milk is cooked in the absence of allergic reactions to it. Gluten (cereal) porridge - wheat, barley or oatmeal, the child is given after six months with good tolerability of cereals. A manna - after a year of life, in the absence of rickets and excess weight and as rarely as possible.
If the first lure is vegetable puree, the vegetable is cooked until ready on water, and then grinded with a small amount of water in a homogeneous mass with the consistency of sour cream. Puree is made from one vegetable, without salt, and the second is added when the child has learned the first. Begin to inject the mashed potatoes at the tip of the spoon and gradually replace them with one feeding. The lure is not introduced if the child is sick or has recently had an infectious disease. If the child does not eat the full volume of food, it is fed with breast milk.