In process of growth of the kid his needs for vitamins, minerals, useful substances increase. To it becomes insufficiently breast milk, and its diet is replenished with the first "adult" food.
Instruction
1. If there are no problems in development of the child, his growth and weight meet standards of its age, doctors recommend to begin to enter a feeding up from half a year. The feeding up of children bottle-fed babies is begun earlier: since 4-4.5 months. At the same time the frequency of developing of an allergy at such children is much higher. Indirect sign that the kid grew to normal food is his interest in how adults eat. He with curiosity observes, watches leave a spoon or a fork, tries to touch food.
2. What to begin a feeding up with – controversial issue. Some advise to begin with porridges, some – with vegetables. There is no special difference between them, but porridges promote the best set of weight. From grain buckwheat, rice, corn will approach. Choose the special children's porridges which are not containing some milk. If you decided to begin with vegetables, for the first time squash, a cauliflower or broccoli will approach.
3. In the first day of a feeding up give to the kid couple of teaspoons of food and finish feeding a breast. Watch reaction of a small organism carefully. At emergence of reddenings, rash, a loose stool or complaints to a sore stomach, refuse this dish and try another in 3-4 days. If the child reacted normally, next day increase a portion by one spoon. By the end of the week the kid has to eat 50 g of a feeding up, and in two weeks you for certain will manage to replace one meal of portion in 100 g. It is not necessary to dosalivat children's food. Let the child will feel natural tastes. And here butter can be entered, but not at once and in small amounts.
4. Change a dish in two weeks. Taste new porridge or other type of vegetables. After the child tries couple of dishes, it is possible to indulge him with fruit puree: apple or pear. It is not necessary to begin a feeding up with fruit at once. Many parents want to feed the kid with something tasty. However after sweet puree he can refuse vegetables and porridges. As option give to the child juice (apple or pear). It is necessary to begin also with couple of spoons.
5. It is more convenient to feed the child with a coffee or small silver spoon. Be not upset if the kid spits out food, cries and refuses to eat. Offer him several times, but do not force the child. He can be frightened, and in the future it will be difficult to you to accustom him to food. Also you should not replace specially feeding completely with a feeding up if the child even after a meal demands some milk.