What you need to know about the scheme of feeding with artificial feeding
If there are special cases - anemia, a small increase in weight or delay in development, then start feeding with 4 months.
The formula of feeding with artificial feeding is selected individually. Photo: Getty To determine the desired amount of food, use the calculation:
- from 4 months to half a year - 1/7 of the child's weight;
- from 6 months to 1 year - 1/8 of weight.
Add extra food with 0.5 tsp. mashed potatoes and 5 ml of juice. Give the juice after the main feeding, and mashed potatoes and porridge - before. The scheme should be discussed with the district pediatrician - he knows the characteristics of the development of the crumbs and selects proper nutrition.
Artificial feeding
Consider the menu for the baby for months. In the morning, feed the basic mixture, regardless of the age of the child. 4-5 months:
- multicomponent puree from vegetables and fruits or porridge without milk;
- normal feeding mixture.
5-6 months:
- porridge - 200 ml;
- vegetable and fruit puree (200 ml).
6-9 months:
- during the day - porridge, mashed potatoes, yolk, cottage cheese;
- in the evening - a mixture.
Starting from 9 months, feed adult food all day. Drive 1 product per week. Features of the introduction of complementary foods:
- introduce new food if the baby is healthy;
- do not start feeding in the period of teething or immediately after vaccination;
- one new product at a time;
- start with apple juice - it does not cause allergies;
- increase the amount of food gradually;
- for breakfast and dinner, feed the mixture;
- water, let's just boiled.
Enter the new ingredient only whenbaby's stomach will get used to the previous one. The scheme is simple - start feeding with vegetable purees - the baby will not have problems with the intestines, the weight is normalized. Cook it first from 1 ingredient - zucchini or cauliflower. If the child refuses to eat it, in a few days, offer him mashed potatoes from other products - potatoes, broccoli. Give 1 tsp., Gradually increasing the dose. If there is no negative reaction, enter new vegetables - carrots, pumpkin. After vegetables, enter porridge - this is the next stage of feeding. Cook them on the main mixture, which the child ate. Cook the first porridge from buckwheat. The dose is the same - 1 tsp. A week later, try other varieties of cereals. The next stage - juices and mashed potatoes from the store. This is followed by meat (beef, rabbit, chicken), low-fat fish, yolk. The first lure is important for the baby. Take your time, introduce the baby with adult food gradually. Do not impose a product if the pussy refuses it. See also:
