Baby food

The baby's diet has to be balanced with the consumption of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, fish, meat and eggs so that children have all the nutrients, ensuring the proper functioning of the body and to grow in a healthy way.

Infant feeding up to 6 months of age should be carried out only with breast milk, or formula, and after that age, food starts to be introduced in small portions, sometimes new foods are also started to be fed after 4 months of age. life. After 1 year of age the child can already carry out the family diet, but it is essential to have a healthy infant diet.

Infant feeding menu

A good example of infant feeding is:

Breakfast - Whole grains with fruit and milk. Collation - 1 bread with Minas cheese and an orange juice. Lunch - 1 egg pouch with rice and salad and 1 fruit for dessert. Snack - 1 yogurt and 1 fruit. Dinner - Fish stew with mashed potatoes and vegetables and 1 fruit for dessert.

Throughout the day, it is important to drink about 1 liter of water a day. Sweets, sodas, cakes and candies can fill the children's diet, but they should be consumed in moderation, being allowed only 1 to 2 times a week.

Infant feeding from 6 months to 1 year

Infant feeding from 6 months to 1 year is a very important phase because before that the baby only feeds on milk and then switches from exclusive milk to semi-solid and solid food, in significant daily amounts.

What the baby can eat:

After 6 months of age, you can start giving your baby foods like:

gluten-free cereal porridge until 6 months of age and with gluten after 6 months; vegetable broth with pumpkin, potatoes, carrots; apple, pear, banana; rice, pasta, bread, crackers from 6 months; meat and fish: start with lean meat, initially just to make soup taste; yogurt; Egg: yolk at 9 months and white at 12 months; Legumes such as beans, beans, beans, lentils, peas: from 11 months.

How to start diverse baby feeding

There are several ways to start feeding the baby an example could be:

at 4 months start with gluten-free porridge; at 4 and a half months porridge with fruit; at 5 months vegetable broth; at 6 months vegetable puree with meat; at 7 months rice, pasta, bread, wafer; at 9 months fish, egg yolk, yogurt; at 11 months legumes such as beans, grain, broad beans, lentils, peas; at 12 months the baby can begin to eat that the rest of the family eats.

In order to know the best dietary regimen to follow during the first year, it is important to follow the guidelines of the pediatrician or nutritionist.

Here's what to do when your child doesn't want to eat: