First lure with breastfeeding

author: doctor Samoilova MA

What kind of mother does not want to give her child all the best? Especially if it concerns food. The first six months of life for a child is the single most valuable and indispensable is breast milk.

Many doctors do not recommend even dopaivat baby water, because breast milk is 80% water. Moreover, offering you water or tea, you risk provoking a decrease in the production of breast milk.

But your karapuz grows, and his needs for protein, fat and carbohydrates increase. And by six months, breast milk can not remain the only food. At this time, it's time to start introducing the baby to adult food. For this, the first lure was created. But first of all, it is necessary to make sure that your child is ready to introduce complementary foods.

Signs of the baby's readiness for

introduction of the first complementary foods

1. The child is sitting almost without support,

2. Doubled weight after birth in half,

3. Gradually the extinction of the reflex of "pushing" food or spoon with the tongue,

4. The child opens his mouth when you offer a spoon with food,

5. The first two teeth were cut,

6. The child is actively interested in adult food, trying to take a piece from the table and put it in his mouth,

7. Unreasonable increase in the frequency of application to the chest,

8. Low hemoglobin in an infant .

Thus, if you are convinced that your baby is ready for culinary discoveries, you can proceed. With what to begin? First of all, you need to know that there are two kinds of complementary foods - pediatric and pedagogical. About pediatric speech will go later. Pedagogical complementary feeding is not a novelty in pediatrics, but rather an old, well-forgotten "grandfather" way of introducing complementary foods. Imagine a family of 150 years ago, in which at least 8-9 children.

It is clear that to prepare separately for the youngest mother simply physically did not have time. And there were no such devices, like a steamer and a blender. Children were given small pieces of food from a common table (bread, vegetables from soup, boiled meat). If you choose this type of complementary foods, please note that you must start the introduction of a new product with a microdose. The microdose is the minimum amount of food, the size of a match head. After the introduction of each new product, you need to closely monitor the reaction of the baby to it, so as not to miss an allergy. At one time you can give no more than three microdoses, do not overfeed the child. Of course, it is necessary to revise the diet of the whole family. And if your dad agrees to eat steamed vegetables and boiled meat, then you can safely choose this type of complementary foods. If you listen to the recommendations of doctors, then choose a classic pediatric lure.

Basic rules for the introduction of pediatric complementary foods

1. Lure is introduced against a background of complete health,
2. It is best to give the first lure in the second feeding,
3. First, a new product is given, then the baby is breastfed,
4. Food should be warm.
5. The lure is introduced from the spoon,
6. For the first feeding one fourth teaspoon is given, within two weeks the volume is brought to the age norm,
7. The condition of the baby's skin and the baby's chair are closely monitored.
8. The complementary feeding must be monocomponent, i.e. one vegetable (necessarily "typical for your family and locality"!) or one kind of cereal, if the first meal is introduced porridge.
9. The new type of complementary food passes 2 weeks after the introduction of the first,
10. Food should be homogeneous, ideally prepared with a blender,
11. Gradually, the density of the product increases.

As the first complementary foods, it is recommended to introduce either vegetable puree or gluten-free porridge (buckwheat, rice, corn). Salt, sugar and oil are excluded when preparing complementary foods. Vegetables can be cooked or steamed, then chopped in a blender. Porridge may be cooked in breast milk or on water. If the baby has excess weight it is better to start with vegetable puree. Fruit puree is not recommended to give first, so that your gourmet in the future did not give up less sweet vegetables.
Also, read about the principles of complementary feeding during breastfeeding according to another doctor. And the main advice: food cooked with maternal love, the most delicious and useful!