So, friends, talking about food, talking about first meal - actually this is complementary foods - this is an exciting topic for everyone. Probably, the pediatrician has several such topics - such as “We treat diarrhea”, “We treat snot”, “We treat cough”, “Lure” - wake up at night, we will tell how to live with it.
I ask you to write down 10 simple rules:
Rule number 1. When to start
The most important feeding rule - when to start? I used to say this: from 4 to 6 months, the baby does not need complementary foods, it is needed for mom.
Now I will say this: up to 6 months of feeding does not happen. You see, medical science does not stand still, and there is more and more evidence that these experiments are not necessary until the child reaches 6 months. Good?
Rule number 2. Independence of the type of feeding
It is very important to immediately forget that the feeding system has something to do with the timing of feeding:
- We are artificers, we need lure from 3 months!
- We are breastfeeding, we will begin in general a year. Up to a year - only mom!
My friends, regardless of the type of feeding, the optimal time to start feeding is 6 months.
Rule number 3. Do not experiment with a sick child
Complementary foods and generally new foods are given when the baby is healthy. If the child is sick, something is wrong - let's not experiment with the patient.
We already know three rules - well done!
Rule number 4. Calm atmosphere
Again, why do you need these experiments, if you went somewhere to visit, are going on a trip - tomorrow we'll go somewhere, and today let's give something, and we will treat diarrhea all night! Therefore, if we are going to give some new products, let's adapt to the circumstances and not conduct experiments when it is uncomfortable for any member of the family.
Rule number 5. First lure, then main food
What is very important? Nutrition, after all, is given when the child is really hungry, that is, they give him before feeding him the main food. It is clear that if you put it on your chest, then after he has eaten, it is already very difficult to conduct any experiments with new, unusual food. Therefore, once again, an important rule is first lure, then the main food.
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Rule number 6. If the child refuses new food
Another rule - if you refuse, do not be upset, but do not close this topic. Refuses - repeat after some time, offer, offer, offer.
What is also very important - if you really want him to eat it, but he does not eat it, eat it yourself in his presence. This is very conducive.
Rule number 7. The monocomponentness of new complementary foods
One more rule: everything new is monocomponent. That is, if we decided to give porridge, then we do not need to give porridge of 7 cereals, and then guess which of them did not suit us. Have you agreed? Well done.
Rule number 8. Gradual transition to complementary foods
If we replaced one of the feedings with complementary foods, then we will start experimenting with the other only after that. That is, it is not necessary to conduct each feeding experiment. Let's eat mom in the morning, second feeding - complementary foods, mom. And when we completely replace the second feeding, then we will conduct some experiments in the third, fourth. This is desirable. Have you agreed? Well done!
Rule number 9. The gradual expansion of the menu
There is still a rule to which it is advisable to listen - as a rule, new products that the child has never tried before (and there may be several such products at once) should not be given with an interval of less than 5 days. That is, do not need something new every day. Then again, it will be difficult to figure out who really is to blame.
Rule number 10. Complete feed replacement - week
By and large, I must tell you that, as a rule, for a complete replacement of feeding - for example, we decided to give the child oatmeal - as a rule, the optimal time to replace the mixture with oatmeal completely is about a week. Clear? That is, we know that the child eats this milk mixture. Today they gave 20 g, tomorrow 40, the day after tomorrow 80, etc. - a week to replace feeding.
The rules are over. Now there are very interesting things, since again medical science does not stand still.
Nutrition and Allergies
For example, in the USA a very acute problem is connected, for example, with peanuts. They have a very common - you probably know - peanut butter. They have a huge number of children allergic to peanuts. And they told mothers all their lives: “Never give peanuts to small children! This increases the likelihood of allergies! ”
And suddenly, literally a lot of recent studies prove that it turns out that if children from 6-8 months old are given a small amount of peanuts, then this dramatically reduces the likelihood of an allergy later, when it is older.
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That is, this is how things change. Another question is that if there are people with allergies in the house, if this topic is relevant for the family, it is better not to conduct such experiments.
What am I saying all this? Very often, right now your doctor can advise you that goes against what is written in many books. But science does not stand still and everything changes.
For example, fish. Many books write that fish is better after a year: we start feeding with meat, and then fish. And now, if a child receives fish soup or pieces of fish in the broth, starting from 8 months, it turns out that there will be nothing wrong with this - please, be healthy!
And one last tip to you.
Lure as a knowledge of the world
You know, it turns out that almost the most chic in complementary foods is the food process itself, when the child himself - hands, a spoon. But in our country, quite often, and next to it, complementary foods look like this: they sat them down, wrapped them, put in their horns, 2 horns, and then a bottle.
Guys, as early as 6 months, try to do so - complementary foods at 6 months, when he begins to eat this cottage cheese - this, as you know, has no relation to calories, food. Yes, this is actually a knowledge of the world, new ways of eating.
Therefore, they already seated such a little one, put a plate in front of him, gave them something similar to a spoon, and let him try to eat. Yes, he will be upside down in this spoon of cottage cheese. Sooner or later, it will get dirty, but, nevertheless, it is very healthy for its development, for motor skills, for intelligence.
We also read:
It is very cool when a child learns what he will eat himself. This is better than watching cartoons on TV together. I draw your attention to this. You want to give the child a cottage cheese - you put the child down, gave him a plate, sat opposite with exactly such a plate with cottage cheese, and eat this cottage cheese. He looks at you and repeats.
I really want your children to look at you, and not at the cartoons on TV. Explain to dad that he needs a personal example in the process of feeding much more than all Masha and the bears combined.
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Never in my life I thought about any rules, but did as my mother taught me, namely, to feed the child when he wants. The child is already 11 months old, there were no problems with bait at all.