By 4-5 months of life of the kid most of young mothers begin to think of introduction to its diet of firm food. It is very difficult to make a choice for any given product, shelves of shops are filled by numerous jars and boxes with the most various baby food. This and fruit or vegetable puree, and porridges nonmilk or on a dairy basis, cookies, etc.
With what porridges to begin a feeding up
Experts do not recommend to begin acquaintance of the baby to adult food with fruit purees, according to them, much more usefully vegetable. Do not concede them some porridge in it at all, they are one of the main sources of carbohydrates, iron, food fibers, selenium, various vitamins, fats and proteins.
Porridges for the first feeding up should not contain gluten, i.e. protein of food gluten in cereals since he is not always well had by children. Rice, buckwheat and corn do not contain gluten.
The most useful of the listed grain is rice. It contains many food fibers. Its only shortcoming is a tendency to cause locks. It is possible to avoid it if to choose rice porridge of industrial production for the first feeding up – it is made of rice flour at which preparation broken rice is not used. Corn contains slightly less food fibers, but is much richer than some rice with proteins, iron and cellulose. Buckwheat is considered one of the safest porridges for a feeding up. It easily is digested, loads an organism with energy, is vitamin-rich groups B, does not cause allergies, contains many proteins, mineral substances, it is especially shown to the children suffering from anemia.
How to prepare and when to give
In porridges of industrial production for assimilation simplification complex carbohydrates are split to simpler, besides, it allows to keep sweet of grain. Buying such porridges, it is possible not to be afraid that at them there are pesticides or salts of heavy metals. However they can cause unexpected reaction of a children's organism, especially it concerns some porridges with addition of milk and fruit. It is the best of all to cook porridge on water, without adding salt and sugar. If the child is on breastfeeding, it is possible to add to it a little mother's milk if on artificial – then its favourite mix. It is the best of all to acquaint the kid with new food since morning – ahead activity time, and cereals load with energy. Besides, it gives the chance to observe reaction of an organism of the child to a new product. It is the best of all to offer a feeding up to the kid at the end of feeding not to cause in it a stress, allowing to wash down with milk or mix.
"Dangerous" porridges
Porridges, as well as any other product, can cause allergies. The rye, oats and wheat are considered as the most allergenic. Similar reactions can cause proteins: gluten which is contained in wheat and rye, gordein in barley and avenin in oats. Powdered milk and various fruit additives in porridges of industrial production therefore for the first feeding up it is necessary to buy porridges on a nonmilk basis and without additives can also cause allergies. Besides, you should not prepare for children about a year of porridge on cow's milk. Milk contains sodium which is hardly acquired by a children's organism, loading kidneys. Porridges on cow's milk can contribute to the development in the child of anemia, and sometimes cause small bleeding in intestines.