Children's tea or compote seldom consider for a feeding up. Domestic pediatricians prefer everything that does not belong to mix or breast milk, to call a feeding up. Including dried fruits compote.
The child of the first year of life does not have need to get acquainted with sugar. Therefore at preparation of any dish for the kid it is worth refraining from it. Including during cooking of compote. Kids do not understand taste as adults, they do not need additional sweet in food. There is enough of fact that compote will differ from habitual mix or a maternal breast.
What dried fruits approach
Children who suffer from locks can offer prunes compote in drink. It has bright laxative effect. Prunes are not recommended to those children whose chair regular. Can cause diarrhea or indigestion.
Raisin which is often added to dried fruits compote is not recommended to children of 6 months. The risk is high to receive the increased gas generation and a meteorizm.
Dried apricots has light laxative effect, as well as prunes too. It to compote is added only when the child already was at least 8 months old. Before this age you should not offer as dried apricots is hard acquired, can cause discomfort to a children's stomach.
Dried apples and pears - ideal option for the first children's compote. Especially if it is the prepared independently home-made fruit, but the mixes which are not acquired in shop of unknown origin.
How to cook the first compote
Besides that it is not necessary to add sugar to drink, it is worth remembering some more basic rules. First, all dried fruits for compote are carefully washed out in flowing water. Secondly, it is necessary to presoak them in boiled water. Thirdly to cook long there is no need.
The first dried fruit compote is a weak dried fruits infusion. Check of reaction of the kid requires mono drink - at first one type of fruit. For example, apple.
Dried apples wash out, steam in boiled water for 10-15 minutes, cook on strong fire under a cover of 5-7 minutes, leave for the night. In the morning the concentrated infusion needs to be diluted with boiled warm water. Compote can be given through a small bottle or from a spoon.
Each new ingredient is entered according to such scheme. It is possible to mix several types of dried fruits only when all are checked separately. If the child reacts normally, and the organism well acquires such drink, then compote can be not limited, replacing usual water during the day.