"When and how to start breast-feeding babies?" - This question is starting to interest parents of a few matured babies.
Indeed, the incorrect, as well as too early or late introduction of new products can entail certain consequences. This article will describe at what age and how you can feed babies, what are the main misconceptions, and also gives useful tips and tricks.
The main mistakes in introducing complementary foods
Many of them came to us from Soviet times. This is explained by the fact that the country was in a difficult post-war situation, and there was an acute shortage of labor. Therefore, most of the recommendations came down to the rapid disappearance of milk, as well as accustoming the child to "adult" food. This made it possible for the mother to go to work faster. When feeding children on breastfeeding, the following errors cannot be made:
- Early introduction of complementary foods. Many grandmothers strive to milk the baby with water almost from birth, and it is advised to give droplets of fruit juice from several weeks. However, because of this, children develop diathesis, digestion is disturbed, and gastric disorders occur. In addition, the juice contains an excessive amount of calories for the baby, which can lead to obesity in the future.
- Liquid semolina, as the first lure of breast-fed children. Danish scientists have established that it is the "path to death." Studies were conducted in which it was found that children who use semolina in significant quantities grew weak, susceptible to colds, diarrhea, rickets, and skin rashes.
Breastfeeding
Mommyβs milk contains all the necessary vitamins, minerals, calories, proteins, carbohydrates and fats in the right amount for the full growth and development of the baby. It has been established that a healthy infant is ready to introduce new products into its diet by about six months. There is also a specific feeding scheme, which will be given in the table below.
Criteria for the readiness of the baby to introduce new food into the diet
For a breastfed baby, she is determined by the following criteria:
- he is older than six months;
- the weight of the crumbs is 2 or 2.5 times more than at birth;
- the baby knows how to sit;
- He is interested in the food that adults eat, tries to eat himself, imitating them, and feed others;
- knows how and wants to eat from a spoon;
- the baby does not spit out food;
- he does not have enough breast milk, the child does not eat up ;
- the first teeth appeared (if this did not happen too early).
Infant feeding table
Food Names | VI months | VII months
| VIII months
| IX months | X months | XI-XII months |
Porridge (oatmeal, buckwheat, rice, etc.), | no more than 150 | 150 | 180 | 190 | 200 | 200 |
Vegetable puree, g. | no more than 150 | 160 | 170 | 190 | 200 | 200 |
Fruit puree, g. | within 60 | 70 | 80 | one hundred | one hundred | one hundred |
Butter, g. | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Vegetable oil, g. | no more than 0.5 | 0.5 | within 1 | one | one | one |
Cottage cheese and products from it, g. | | from 5 to 40 | 40 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
Mashed potatoes, g. | from 10 to 40 | fifty | 70 | 70 | 70 |
Chicken yolk, pcs | fourth | half | half | half | half |
Bagels, crackers, g. | within 10 | within 15 | no more than 20 | twenty | twenty |
Fruit juice, ml. | no more than 60 | 70 | 80 | within 100 | one hundred |
Fish puree, g. | | from 5 to 30 | from 30 to 60 | 60 | 60 |
Fermented milk products, ml. | from 100 to 150 | 200 | within 200 | 200 |
Bread | 5 | ten | ten | ten |
Daily amount of food, g. | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | from 1000 to 1200 | 1200 | 1200 |