At the child on artificial feeding in 8 months the food ration is slightly different from the approximate menu of peers who eat breast milk. Because such babies are introduced early, respectively, already at 8 months old children with artificial feeding have time to get acquainted with many products from an adult table. The reasons for which it is recommended to start introducing complementary foods to artificial people before, are a few:
- Firstly, as early as six months, the mixtures can not meet the needs of the growing organism;
- secondly, the children, who were initially fed with a mixture, are much better adapted to foreign food.
That the child, being on artificial feeding in 8 months, received all the most necessary nutrients, it is necessary to provide him with a full-fledged diet according to age.
Approximate menu for a week for a child of 8 months on artificial feeding
So, an infant in the eighth month of life can already have a sufficiently diverse menu. Typically, this vegetable mashed potatoes, fruit juices, meat, dairy and dairy-free cereals , liver, sour-milk products, lean fish. Many children at this age are allowed to eat crackers and cookies. Each mother can make a menu for an eight-month-old child on artificial feeding, focusing on the taste preferences of the baby, following the example:
- The first feeding around six in the morning is a mixture.
- The second - porridge (buckwheat, rice, oatmeal, corn) and fruit juice.
- Third - puree of vegetables and meat (once a week to vegetables you can add half an egg yolk).
- The fourth is a cottage cheese (you can alternate with kefir), biscuits and fruit juice.
- The fifth feeding at ten pm is an adapted mixture.
To ensure that the baby's diet at 8 months on artificial feeding was varied and full, it is necessary to alternate porridges, different types of meat, types of vegetables and fruits every day. Once a week, meat can be replaced with lean fish.
How to properly feed a baby in 8 months on artificial feeding?
It is still necessary to comply with the main rule of the introduction of complementary foods - a child at 8 months with artificial feeding new food is introduced gradually.
In this case, a five-time feeding regimen is already established, of which the first and last are necessarily adapted mixtures. Daily meals are completely replaced by other products. It is necessary to wait with the new dish immediately after the vaccination or during the period of illness. It is also not recommended to introduce several new products at the same time.