In process of growth of the child his needs for food change. At the age of 5-6 months, breast milk or mix cannot provide sufficient receipt in an organism of calories, vitamins and nutrients any more therefore at this time enter a feeding up. But if the kid is inclined to an allergy, new products should be offered him with care and to monitor reaction to any given type of food, it is necessary to keep a food diary.
It is required to you
- - notebook;
- - handle.
Instruction
1. The diary of food of the child is useful not only to mom, but also the pediatrician: with its help it is possible to define hypersensibility of the kid to various products, in due time to reveal allergens and to exclude them from a diet. If your child has symptoms of food allergy, keep a food diary constantly and do not forget to show it to the doctor.
2. Get a special notebook and line it on columns: date, time, type of a product, quantity, changes (skin, digestive organs, respiratory organs), notes. In the columns "Date" and "Time" fix each meal: a breakfast, a lunch, an afternoon snack, a dinner and also having a snack in breaks (apple, cookies, kefir, etc.).
3. "A type of a product" specify the name, structure and the producer in a cell. Children's cottage cheese or yogurt with various fruit and berry additives can be perceived by an organism of the kid differently. The situation is also with the products of different producers of the same name. In particular, both the sunflower, and rape oils giving different reaction can be added to meat, vegetable puree and second courses of industrial production, and the structure specified on the label can not correspond stated in the name. Do marks about structure and when you cook food to the child independently.
4. Specify in the Quantity column in grams the product volume eaten by the kid. You enter a new type of food about 0.5 teaspoons, gradually increasing quantity to age norm, and note it in the diary of food. Keep in mind that the portion in 10 g can not cause allergies, but at 60-70 g the reaction will be shown.
5. Divide the column "Changes" into 3 parts. In the first write down manifestations on skin: itch, rashes, hypostases, expressiveness degree, localization. In the second part note reaction to a product from digestive organs: vomiting, vomiting, belly-aches, diarrhea, features of these phenomena. Specify the reply of bodies of a respiratory system to introduction of new food in the third part: cold, cough, the complicated breath. Write down also time of manifestation of any given reaction of an organism for a product.
6. At the same time there is a variety of reasons which can mislead concerning presence at the kid of an allergy to food. For example, in day of input of food of a new type vaccination was done to it, he took medicines, put on the linen washed by new powder, etc. Therefore surely specify such circumstances in the section "Notes". It is possible that next time and under other conditions the child will apprehend a new product normally.