Soups are extremely important for the health of any person, especially for a child. The first lure for the baby at six months should be: vegetables, then gluten-free and dairy-free cereals, then fruits (except citrus fruits) and juices. And from how many months can I give soup to a child? The first soup can be given from six months, it must be vegetarian and from vegetables familiar to the child. The first should be a cream soup, without salt and any other seasonings.
And since how many months to give your child soups in meat or fish broth? Gradually, closer to a year, you can introduce soups on meat broth or the first dish with meatballs into the children's diet, you can also try giving milk soup. Only after three years the child can be given a try fish soup. By two years, you can even give red borsch with beans or pea soup. But still you need to consider in more detail the question of when the child can be given soup. What are the rules of feeding, how to cook the first soups for very young and children a little older? Let's figure it out.
At what age can you give soups to your child?
Pediatricians recommend introducing soups from 6-7 months after the inclusion of vegetables. First courses must be as simple as possible and consist of no more than two ingredients. Zucchini, pumpkin, potatoes, carrots, cauliflower and broccoli are well suited for the first soup. Over time, new ingredients are introduced into the recipe and multicomponent dishes are already given. Vegetable soups have a lot of minerals and vitamins, the necessary organic acids and plant fibers. This kind of composition guarantees the full growth and true development of any baby.
What should be the first dish
The first soup must be creamy or have a consistency of mashed potatoes, for this all ingredients should be thoroughly chopped. The child should be comfortable eating him, because he has not yet learned how to chew. Since how many months can a child be given soup without mashed from it? Gradually, you need to increase the liquid of the dish. By the year the child’s soup should be liquid, with finely chopped vegetables.
When can I give first courses in meat or fish broth
Since how many months can a child give soup with meat? Starting from eight months, you can add a little chopped meat to the first dish or make small meatballs. From year to year you can add a little low-fat fish. Only the soup needs to be cooked in vegetable broth and only then add cooked meat or fish to it.
Among the meat products for babies, chicken and turkey, veal, rabbit are great for kids. From fish, children are primarily given non-fat varieties, for example, hake and pollock, pike perch or haddock. But the soup on the fish broth is not recommended for children up to three years. When cooking, the fish is able to secrete certain substances that are very difficult for the child’s body to digest, the fish broth negatively affects the digestive tract.
When can a child be given soup with added milk? When the baby turns one year old, he can start giving milk soups with cereals or noodles. Such first courses are rich in minerals and vitamins, they contain vegetable protein and starch. Noodle soup is very nutritious, if necessary, it will help the child gain the right weight. Experts recommend boiling noodles or pasta separately, only then pour them with boiled milk. It is worth clarifying that first milk should be diluted with baby water.
Many parents are interested in how much it is possible to give a child soup with the addition of mushrooms. Pediatricians do not recommend including mushrooms in the children's diet up to 7-8 years. They have a substance called chitin, which is very difficult to digest and is difficult to absorb by the child's body. If you start to eat mushrooms earlier, this can lead to upset stool and digestion. In addition, mushrooms very quickly and easily absorb all the poisons and toxins from the soil, which can cause poisoning.
How to properly add soups to lure
How many months old is the baby given soup? How to properly include it in the lure of the baby?
- The first soup should consist of one vegetable. You need to cook the vegetable puree, and then add the vegetable broth to it, as a result, the consistency of the puree should be obtained.
- The first time you need to give only one or two tablespoons of soup to look at the reaction of the body. You should see if there is an allergy or an upset stomach, if there is a negative reaction, then you should consult a pediatrician and remove the dish from the diet for at least two months and only then try re-eating the dish.
- If the body responded positively to the introduction of soup, then its portion should be gradually increased, at 7 months the baby should eat about 100 ml of soup. When the child is 8-9 months old, the serving should reach 150 ml, and by the year the baby should eat about 200 ml.
- Before cooking, the components are thoroughly selected, washed and cleaned. If you use meat, before cooking it must be left for an hour in cold water. Cereals must be sorted and washed.
- You cannot add salt or any other spices to the soup for up to a year. Only after a year you can salt a little, and then lightly pepper the lure. You can also add a little low-fat sour cream, and put a little butter in milk soups.
- Before making multi-component soups, it is necessary that the child first try each ingredient separately.
- You shouldn’t force a child to eat, nor can a child eat in front of the TV.
Vegetable Soup Recipe
For the first soup, cauliflower or broccoli is best. First you need to properly wash the vegetables, and then divide into inflorescences. Then pour inflorescences with cold water and hold in it for about an hour. Vegetables should be thrown into boiling water, cooked for about 7-8 minutes, until they become soft. Then the finished cabbage should be grated or passed through a blender, pour vegetable broth to obtain a consistency of mashed potatoes. Over time, you can gradually add potatoes and carrots to the soup.
Cream soup with chicken on vegetable broth
Since how many months can a child add chicken soup? Pediatricians recommend adding a bird to the baby’s diet not earlier than eight months old. Ingredients for Chicken Soup:
- Half a potato.
- Half carrots.
- Chicken fillet - 20 grams.
- Pumpkin pulp - 10 grams.
- Chopped dill - 1 teaspoon.
- Boiled quail egg yolk - 1 piece.
- Sunflower oil - 1 teaspoon.
Rinse the potatoes and pumpkin well, peel them and boil until cooked. Carrots are not boiled, but stewed on low heat for about three minutes. Separately, you need to boil the chicken fillet, then it must be cut into tiny pieces. Next, you need to pass the potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, chicken and boiled yolk through a blender. It will turn out a thick mass, a little vegetable stock should be added to it. In the resulting cream soup add sunflower oil and sprinkle with chopped dill.
First milk soup
Many parents have a question about how old soups are for children with milk. Pediatricians unanimously answer that such a soup can be entered into the children's menu immediately after a year. To prepare the dish you will need:
- Nonfat milk - 1.5 liters.
- Children's specialized water - 0.5 liters.
- Preferably homemade noodles or vermicelli - 50 grams.
In order to cook such a soup, homemade noodles are best suited. To cook it yourself, you will need one chicken egg and about 100 grams of premium wheat flour. Of these two ingredients, you need to knead a cool dough, wrap it in cling film and put in the refrigerator for about thirty minutes. After the refrigerator, the dough is cut into small pieces, then it needs to be rolled well and left to dry completely. The result should be flat and dry cakes that can be cut into noodles.
In order to prepare milk soup with noodles, it is thrown into boiling water and boiled for 8-10 minutes. Finished pasta should be thrown into a colander. Meanwhile, milk must be brought to a boil. Put the noodles in boiling milk and cook for about three more minutes. In the finished soup, you can add half a teaspoon of butter.
Rice milk soup
Also, mothers are worried about the time they give children soup with the addition of cereals. Specialists in baby food assure that such first courses should be given to a one-year-old child. The recipe for making milk rice soup:
Ingredients:
- Steamed rice - 150 grams.
- Children's water - 0.5 liters.
- Low-fat milk - 1.5 liters.
First you need to sort and rinse the rice well. Then it is cooked on low heat until cooked. Ready rice should be put in boiling milk and cook for another twenty minutes. Soup must be constantly stirred so that it does not sink to the bottom. By the way, rice can be replaced with oat, corn or barley groats. Pediatricians do not recommend boiling milk soup with buckwheat, since it is considered difficult for the child's body, it is digested for a long time.
Soup with Vermicelli and Meatballs
Who doesn’t like meatball soup? There are probably no such people. But especially children like this soup. What time can a child be given a soup that will contain both meat and noodles? Pediatricians advise introducing this first dish into the children's menu no earlier than the child turns 1.5 years old.
Ingredients:
- Short vermicelli - 50 grams.
- Low-fat minced meat -200 grams.
- Onion - 1 piece.
- Potato - 2 small tubers.
- Carrots - 1 piece.
Rinse and peel vegetables, put finely chopped potatoes and a whole onion in boiling water. Carrots need to be finely chopped and stewed for about 3 minutes, then add it to the potatoes and onions. Make minced meatballs and toss into the soup, you can already add a little salt. Vermicelli or homemade noodles are added 7-10 minutes before cooking. When the first dish is ready, you need to remove the whole onion from it. In a plate, you can pour fresh chopped greens, such as dill or parsley.
Meat and Pea Soup
Pea soup is quite heavy. Therefore, it is better to give it after 2 years, so as not to harm the baby's yet unformed body.
Soup Ingredients:
- Veal - 100 grams.
- Green peas - 1 cup.
- Potato - 3 pieces.
- Onion - 1 piece.
- Carrot - 1 piece.
Before you cook the soup, you need to sort out all the peas and soak it overnight in cold water. The first to pour peas in boiling water and cook it for an hour and a half. Soup meat should also be boiled for 1.5 hours in a separate container. Peas need to add peeled and chopped potatoes. In a pan, you need to stew finely chopped onions and carrots, 5 minutes before being ready to add them to peas and potatoes. Cut the meat very finely and add to the finished soup.
Summary
The main conclusion is this: there is no need to rush, all the ingredients are introduced gradually and little by little, watching the reaction of the child's body. It is imperative to ensure that the child does not have allergies or disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. The first easy one-component soup is given to the child only after six months, and gradually, as the child grows, other components can be added to it. But the most important thing in children's feeding is to cook all the food with love and care.