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Menu of the child at 6 months: the basis of the diet and nutritional principles

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By the age of six months the food that a baby gets in the form of mom's milk or an adapted mixture becomes insufficient for all the needs of an older toddler. It is time to get acquainted with the new food, that is, with complementary food. Let's look at what new products can be given to try a six-month baby.

What foods are already available?

Six months is the time for the first feeding of an infant who was previously exclusively breastfed. The gastrointestinal tract is already ready to taste vegetables, cereals and fruits.

What product to introduce first, parents should decide together with the pediatrician. Poorly gaining weight, babies are recommended to start with cereals, and well-fed babies with frequent constipation should start feeding with vegetable dishes. Check out feeding table for breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding at 6 months
After the introduction of complementary foods in 6 months, breast milk or the mixture will still remain the main one in the diet of the baby.

Consider the following features:

  • Vegetables are given in the form of mashed potatoes of one type of vegetables, offering crumbs for the first time 5 grams. Then the dose is carefully increased to the age dosage - 100 grams per day. When the baby is used to one vegetable, they begin to offer the second kind of vegetables, again starting at 5 grams.
  • Porridge in 6 months is prepared without milk, but can be diluted with women's milk or a mixture. The first portion of porridge will be 10 grams, after which the total amount of cereals eaten per day is adjusted to 150 grams.
  • Addicted to vegetables and cereals babies begin to offer fruit. They are also given in the form of a one-component puree - first, 5 grams per first sample, and then every day more than a daily dose of 30 grams.

There are also quite a few adherents of using for the first feeding of fermented milk products. Among them is the famous pediatrician Komarovsky. A popular doctor recommends that you start giving kefir to a healthy 6-month-old baby. The product is offered in the second feeding, gradually increasing the portion to 160 ml. From the fifth day of introduction to the diet of kefir baby Komarovsky advises to start adding cottage cheese to it. Its daily portion for a 6-month-old crumb is 30 g. Learn more about input feed for Komarovsky read in another article.

In situations where the mother has little breast milk, or there is no opportunity to feed the crumbs with an adapted mixture, familiarity with vegetables and cereals is transferred to an earlier period - 4-5 months (we advise to stick to our feeding table for feeding). At an earlier age begin feeding and kiddies-artificials. Such children for 6 months have long tasted fruit puree and cereal (non-dairy), as well as vegetable puree with vegetable oil. At 6 months of age, they only increase the portions of these dishes and begin to add butter.

Complementary baby - eating porridge
At 6 months old, artificial children are often familiar with many complementary foods.

Complementary feeding rules

  • It should start with a single product, and each new product can be entered only after getting used (on average 3-5 days) and the absence of allergic reactions.
  • You cannot give two products at the same time that the child was not familiar with before, because when a reaction appears, you will not be able to understand what product provoked it.
  • The volume of product for the first sample is half a teaspoon.
  • A new product should be given with milk from her mother's breast or with a mixture.
  • Giving a new dish is in the morning feeding, then by the end of the day it will be noticeable whether the child is normally tolerating it.
  • It is recommended to keep a diary in which to mark all products eaten crumbs.
  • Acquaintance with the new food should be postponed if the baby is sick, as well as for the time of vaccination (three days before vaccination and several days after it).
  • If the crumb refuses to try a new dish, do not insist.
  • In a situation when the product caused an allergy or other negative reaction, new dishes do not give up to the disappearance of painful manifestations.
Lure first baby
Introduce products into the lure should be gradually, while you need to monitor the condition of the baby

How much should a baby eat?

The total amount of food per day for a six-month-old baby is calculated based on the data of his body weight. Children older than 6 months should eat a day in the amount of 1/8 to 1/9 of their weight.

Recommendations for complementary foods:

Product

Maximum consumption in 6 months

Breast-feeding

Artificial feeding

Vegetable puree

100 g

120 g

Dairy free porridge

150 g

180 g

Fruit puree

30 g

60 g

Vegetable oil

-

3 g

Butter

-

1 g

Diet

At six months of age, a child has an average of 5 meals per day, and breaks between them take between three and a half to four hours.

The child took a spoon in his mouth when feeding
Each child is an individual; dietary patterns may differ from generally accepted norms.

Sample menu

In a child who was breastfed only for 6 months, at 6 months after the introduction of new products, the menu would look like this:

Meal

Products and dishes

The first

Mother's milk

Second

Porridge to 150 g

Third

Vegetable puree up to 100 g

Fourth

Fruit puree up to 30 g and mother's milk

Fifth

Mother's milk

The baby, whose mother due to the lack of milk began to lure from 4-5 months, the day menu will be as follows:

Meal

Products and dishes

The first

Mother's milk

Second

Porridge to 180 g and butter to 1 g

Third

Vegetable puree up to 120 g and vegetable oil up to 3 g

Fourth

Puree of fruit up to 60 g and mother's milk

Fifth

Mother's milk

A child who was fed a mixture, the diet at 6 months is as follows:

Meal

Products and dishes

The first

Adapted mix

Second

Porridge to 180 g and butter to 1 g

Third

Vegetable puree up to 120 g and vegetable oil up to 3 g

Fourth

Fruit puree up to 60 g and adapted mixture

Fifth

Adapted mix

Tips

  • Any new product must be given before feeding.
  • A 6-month-old baby should use a sieve, mixer or blender for cooking, as it is important to achieve a homogeneous structure. A very thick dish is diluted with milk (my mom's or mixture), vegetable broth or boiled water.

Among vegetables, the most suitable for the first feeding consider zucchini, cauliflower, potatoes and turnips. The first porridge that a six-month-old tot can taste is rice, corn and buckwheat. From fruit to a child of this age can be given apples, pears and bananas.

Many parents think about the introduction of vitamins for infants. Should I do this, read our article.

First feeding baby
To make the taste of an unfamiliar dish more familiar, you can add a bit of my mother's milk or a mixture
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