Complementary feeding at 5 months with artificial feeding. Feeding a formula-fed baby

The child’s development is not progressing - it is moving rapidly and requiring more and more energy. The baby receives most of it from mother's milk, but every month his needs increase. Parents inevitably start thinking about complementary feeding as early as 5 months. However, introducing new products is a serious test for both the mother and the baby’s body. You need to approach it carefully and competently, closely monitoring the baby’s reaction to food that is unusual for him. The advice of a pediatrician is also important, who will help you avoid mistakes and choose the right products.

If parents think that the baby is not getting enough to eat, they can start complementary feeding very early.

Is it possible to start feeding at 5 months?

Pediatricians are of the same opinion and call the time to start complementary feeding – six months. With sufficient quantity breast milk and its high calorie content provides enough nutrition for the baby, he can easily do without complementary foods for up to 6 months. Dr. Komarovsky also insists on this breastfeeding regimen, believing the best product mother's milk for the baby. In addition, according to Komarovsky’s deep conviction, in order to keep a child on breast milk for up to 6 months without complementary feeding, the mother needs to eat well.

Complementary feeding at 5 months is justified and really necessary for babies artificial feeding and those who clearly do not have enough mother’s milk. If the baby is not gaining weight well and is lagging behind the norm in growth, the cause may be insufficient nutritional value of the mother’s milk (more details in the article:

Why does my child gain weight poorly and does not want to eat?

What signs determine a baby’s readiness for complementary feeding?

The age recommended by experts at 6 months for the first complementary feeding is an average figure. The development of each small organism takes place according to individual plan both in the field of psyche and in the field internal organs. It is obvious that the needs of children of the same age differ. Some signs will help you determine that your baby is ready for complementary feeding:

The baby's weight has doubled since birth. Premature baby gained 2.5 times in weight.
The ejection reflex has disappeared, when the baby’s tongue reflexively pushes out objects that fall into the mouth, playing the role of a protector. If you introduce complementary foods before this reflex goes away, the toddler will not be able to swallow food.
A confident “sitting” position when your treasure sits down without falling over or swaying.
The baby clearly does not have enough of his usual food, he diligently sucks the boob, after drinking a bottle of formula, asks for more, cries, feeling hungry.
The child turns away from the food in the spoon, showing his parents that he does not want to eat now.
Eruption of the first teeth.
Increased interest in the food that mother eats. The toddler may try to take a piece from his mother's plate.

Teething is a sign that the baby is ready to introduce complementary foods.

It would be wrong to talk about the presence of all signs, because children begin to sit down at different ages, and everyone’s teeth grow differently. It is clear that you need to monitor the overall development of your treasure and not delay the introduction of complementary foods if you do not find all the described signs in him. A mother's heart and constant monitoring of the baby will tell you when the time has come to introduce complementary foods.

What foods can you feed?

Breastfeeding or formula milk is the main food for a baby at 5 months. When preparing a 5-month-old child for complementary feeding, you should gradually introduce him to new foods without forcing the transition to adult foods. Any pediatrician will tell you that you need to introduce new foods in small portions. In addition, the choice of products should be careful and competent. What is suitable for feeding a 5-month-old baby? Experts unanimously agree on porridge without milk and vegetable purees.

However, Dr. Komarovsky, known to us, advises starting to feed the baby with fermented milk products. The famous pediatrician argues for his proposals by the fact that most fermented milk dishes are as close in composition as possible to breast milk and formulas. Komarovsky considers an important factor in favor of fermented milk food to be the ability of fermented milk bacteria to suppress various intestinal infections and destroy harmful microbes.

How to start the first feeding?

Based on the above signs and having received the go-ahead from the pediatrician, parents need to competently organize the child’s introduction to unusual foods. Remember the following rules:

introduce a new product only when your baby is absolutely healthy;
You cannot start complementary feeding if vaccination is planned or the vaccination was done the day before;
serve only freshly prepared food;
create a menu using one-component compositions;
the consistency of the dish should be homogeneous and semi-liquid;
The first complementary foods should be introduced in the morning feeding in order to monitor the reaction of the baby’s body (at what age should you start introducing complementary foods when artificial feeding?);
the amount of the new product should not exceed 1 teaspoon;
Having introduced your child to one product, introduce the next one no earlier than a week after the first.

Complementary feeding will become complete nutrition when a single serving reaches a size of 100-150 grams; until then, the mother should continue to feed the baby with milk or formula. The table will help you avoid mistakes:

The portion of complementary feeding should be increased, gradually bringing it to normal. Optimal complementary feeding regimen

The scheme for introducing new food is the same for all foods and ages. Only one new product can be given to the baby at one feeding. Pediatricians recommend feeding children meals from one group: porridge or vegetables. When your baby begins to eat a full portion of dishes from the first group, you can move on to feeding dishes from the second group. Step by step diagram complementary foods are:

A serving of 1 teaspoon of liquid porridge or puree is given to the baby at the beginning of the morning feeding, then the baby receives regular food (breast milk or formula).
The next morning feeding begins with two teaspoons of complementary foods, if the baby’s body has positively accepted the new product during the day.
The child is fed one product all week, doubling the portion at each morning feeding.
Having brought the quantity to a full portion, you can move on to another product, which should be given in the same proportions as the first.
When the child is a little accustomed to unfamiliar food, you can introduce it into the second feeding.
When doubling the portion of a new product, you need to halve the amount of an already familiar dish.
Make the transition from one product to another when the baby eats the full portion of the previous dish. After a while, when the child is quite accustomed to “adult” food, you can give him multi-ingredient dishes.

A new dish is introduced after the previous one has been fully masteredVegetables for the first complementary feeding

Experts recommend starting complementary feeding with vegetable purees. Vegetables contain a lot of useful substances and have a beneficial effect on the functioning of children's digestion. Use vegetables such as carrots, zucchini, different kinds cabbage, except white cabbage. How to properly introduce vegetable purees into your baby’s diet:

When choosing ready-made purees in jars, give preference to single-component homogenized types.
Take a teaspoon of puree, heat it a little until warm and give it to your baby before morning feeding. If your child tries the puree and immediately spits it out, don’t worry, the baby needs time to get used to the unusual food. Keep trying every morning by supplementing with breast milk or formula.
If the little one ate the food offered to him without any whims, double the portion for the next feeding. The serving breakdown for each day is as follows: 1,2,4,8 teaspoons. When their number reaches 150 grams, one feeding can be carried out only with vegetable puree.
Having mastered one vegetable with your baby, move on to getting to know another fruit. Remember that the introduction of a new fruit should take place no earlier than 2 weeks after the first product. Increase the serving size gradually.

To start complementary feeding, it is better to choose one-component purees. How to prepare purees at home?

Mothers who love to stand at the stove themselves and pamper their loved ones with home-cooked food will have to learn how to prepare dishes for the youngest member of the family. When planning to cook a dish yourself, adhere to the following rules:

Prepare puree from fresh, ripe, organic vegetables. Be sure to wash the fruit thoroughly and remove the peel before cooking.
Boil or bake vegetables for puree; you can cook them in a double boiler, placing the fruits in boiling water.
The consistency of the puree should be very tender, so carefully rub the boiled vegetables through a sieve or pass in a blender several times. Lumps and fibers are not allowed in a baby dish.
Dilute pureed vegetables with breast milk or vegetable broth.
Add to vegetable puree vegetable oil, starting with one drop in the first feeding, and gradually increase its amount to 1 teaspoon per serving.
Salting the dish is prohibited.
Ready-to-eat puree should be semi-liquid and warm; only in this form can it be offered to the child. The new kind Introduce vegetables after the baby is well accustomed to the previous one.

What porridges are suitable for babies?

Porridges are recommended for babies who are not gaining weight well. The ready-made porridges offered in stores contain sugar and are very popular with infants. Many little ones eat them with pleasure, but there is some danger hidden in such adoration. Having tasted the yummy food, the baby may refuse to eat bland vegetable puree, which is just as necessary for him as porridge. For this reason, pediatricians advise first introducing children to vegetables, and only then accustoming them to cereals.

Technically, feeding cereals looks the same as feeding vegetables. For starters, choose gluten-free grains. This protein can cause disturbances in the child’s digestion, including pain.

For a 5-month-old baby, cereals such as buckwheat, rice, and corn are suitable. Oatmeal and semolina porridge are offered to children to try from 8-9 months.

The new diet excludes the introduction of cereals made with milk. The fact is that milk contains amylase, but the baby has not yet developed enzymes capable of breaking it down. Milk porridge is given at the age of 7-8 months (more details in the article: when are milk porridges introduced for children?). Industrially prepared porridges rich in essential ingredients will help ensure a balanced diet. Porridge for babies should be:

warm and liquid;
better without sugar;
served in sterile containers and from a spoon;
portions equal to 1-2 teaspoons, with gradual increase;
It is better to feed porridge before bedtime so that the child is full and sleeps deeply, Dr. Komarovsky also insists on this.

Your child's first cereals should be dairy-free. Is it possible to have fruit puree?

Our grandmothers remember their youth, when they fed their babies fruit purees, and they felt great. Many pediatricians, including Komarovsky, disagree with them. Baby nutrition experts warn that fruits are not advisable as the first new food for babies 5-6 months old. Such recommendations are related to the fact that puree is made from raw fruits. A breastfed or bottle-fed baby is accustomed to milk or formula; his stomach is not yet prepared to digest raw foods. Fermented milk products, cereals and vegetable purees provide such preparation.

What does Dr. Komarovsky advise?

Our beloved children's TV doctor Komarovsky believes that the first dishes that are worth introducing infant at 5-6 months, should be from a range of fermented milk products. Kefir, cottage cheese, homemade yoghurts are close to the composition of mother’s milk and are well absorbed by the baby’s body. The only requirement for such products is based on their calorie content. A well-known pediatrician advises choosing low-fat dishes that are prepared in specialized dairy kitchens.

In addition, the doctor confidently states that starting complementary feeding with fermented milk foods will help children’s digestion quickly and easily get used to the new menu. An important argument in favor of cottage cheese and kefir is the fact that they contain fermented milk bacteria, which promote the development of microflora in the intestines and help the rapid absorption of food. If your treasure is on mixed feeding, his pancreas is under increased stress due to the processing of both milk and formula. Fermented milk food is perfect for such a baby as an initial addition to the menu.

According to Dr. Komarovsky, dairy products excellent for complementary feeding Komarovsky scheme

Besides useful tips, Dr. Komarovsky developed his own scheme. We invite you to familiarize yourself with the description of the daily regimen:

First day. We give the child 2-3 teaspoons of warm kefir before the second morning feeding, supplemented with milk or formula.
Second day. We double the portion and feed again with the usual food.
The third day. We increase the volume of complementary foods to 40-60 ml, give it from a spoon.
Fourth day. Add some variety and add 1-2 teaspoons of cottage cheese to the kefir. We make sure to monitor the baby’s body’s perception of new food and pay attention to the consistency of the stool.
Fifth day. We increase the portion of cottage cheese to 30 grams, leaving the amount of kefir the same. If the baby is not full, supplement him with breastfeeding or formula.
Sixth and seventh days. The amount of fermented milk food a child receives in one feeding reaches 150-180 ml, which corresponds to one full serving of food. We are expanding the number of replacements and gradually introducing a new product for one more feeding per day. Following the instructions of the complementary feeding table, we continue to change the child’s menu, which in a few months will be completely transformed.

Having found out that we cannot do without complementary feeding, and that it is very important for babies, we looked at its various types. If there is a need to give the child new products, parents must provide them, even if the baby is less than six months old. The choice of products for the first complementary feeding is made by parents, but only after consultation with a pediatrician. Take into account all the recommendations and focus on the body of your treasure.

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When feeding a baby with formula milk, complementary foods can be introduced at 5 months. By this time, the body needs additional nutrients for proper development - iron, phosphorus, calcium, natural vitamins.

Before changing your diet, consult a pediatrician. Qualified employees of the Daughters-Sons online market will tell you everything about ready-made baby food that can be used as complementary foods.

How to introduce complementary foods at 5 months on artificial feeding

The digestive system of a baby fed formula adapts more quickly to adult food than the gastrointestinal tract of a baby fed breast milk. The first portion of complementary foods should be no more than 5 g (1 tsp) of vegetable puree or porridge with a puree consistency. Over 7-10 days, the dosage should gradually increase to 100-150 g per day and ultimately replace one of the five full feedings with formula.

Proper feeding of a five-month-old baby will be facilitated by the following conditions:

It is better to give additional nutrition before daytime feedings with formula. This will allow you to monitor your body’s tolerance to a new dish;
It is necessary to prepare food for complementary feeding from one product in order to easily monitor them for allergenicity
if the dish is well tolerated, the dosage should be doubled every day to 140-150 g (for puree);
You can offer the next dish after two weeks of successful complementary feeding;
You cannot force him to eat an additional portion of food; it is better to try giving your baby this dish again in a few days.

Important!

The correct introduction of the first complementary foods determines the adaptation to dense nutrition and the effectiveness of the formation of the baby’s taste preferences. Therefore, you need to offer complementary foods in a minimal amount, monitoring the reaction to each intake of an unusual product.

Features of artificial feeding at 5 months

For children who are underweight, the best food for supplementary feeding is milk porridge. The main component should be gluten-free cereals - rice, corn or buckwheat. They do not destabilize the intestines and promote rapid weight gain.

For normally developing babies, you can offer pureed zucchini, broccoli, pumpkin, or baked green apple. This dish is absolutely anti-allergenic and helps replenish the body with vitamins and nutrients.

It is recommended to add up to 3 g of butter or vegetable oil to a serving of milk porridge or vegetable puree. Cottage cheese (up to 1% fat content), which is useful for the development of bone tissue and muscles, will help diversify the menu. Sugar, salt and other food additives should not be added to baby food. They provide additional stress on the pancreas and kidneys.

In our online market you will find ready-made complementary foods in the form of vegetable purees (Gerber pumpkin, cauliflower-potatoes, “FrutoNyanya” cauliflower-zucchini), as well as fruit purees (“Babushkino Lukoshko” apple-apricot, peach-cottage cheese, “ Sady Pridonya" apple-pear-plum, apple-peach), porridge made from rice, buckwheat, corn, wheat, cereals with various additives ("FrutoNyanya" buckwheat with apple, "Malyutka" wheat with banana).

Important!

Parents should not rush to give juice; it is too allergenic for a five-month-old baby's menu. It is better to replace juices with apple compote or other drink suggested by your pediatrician.

conclusions

The ideal complementary feeding option for a 5-month-old baby is baked green apple, zucchini or cauliflower puree, as well as more nutritious milk corn, buckwheat or rice porridge.

One dish is gradually introduced into the diet over 7-10 days. The daily portion of the new product increases to 150 g. Start with a minimum volume - half or one teaspoon. Juices, salt, sugar, as well as cereals containing gluten, which is harmful to the mucous membrane, should not be included in the menu of a child of this age.

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If a child is not fed breast milk, then complementary feeding begins at 4.5 months, and by 5 months they are completely replaced with one feeding.

What can you feed a formula-fed baby at 5 months?

If a mother is faced with the question of where she can start complementary feeding at 5 months with artificial feeding, then preference is usually given to dairy-free or milk-based (less often) cereals. But at this age, instead of porridge, you can start introducing vegetable puree.

How to introduce complementary foods from 5 months with artificial feeding?

If porridge is the complementary food for 5 months, then it is prepared with water and no sugar is added to it. Usually, instant dairy-free porridge is used - about a teaspoon on the first day. The amount of porridge is gradually increased, replacing one feeding with food if tolerated well.

If a mother prepares porridge with milk, then first the porridge should be 5% and only after 2 weeks 10% (5 or 10 g of cereal per 100 ml of milk). For the first complementary foods, choose buckwheat, corn or rice porridge.

If a formula-fed baby's complementary food at 5 months is vegetable puree, then only one vegetable is chosen for this new dish (usually potatoes or carrots). It is boiled until tender and ground with water to a homogeneous pasty consistency. On the first day, give no more than a teaspoon of puree, do not add salt.

When the child digests vegetables well, the amount of puree is gradually increased, and other vegetables can be added to it one at a time. You can’t force feed your child puree, but if the child doesn’t want to eat it, then you can add some to it for a familiar taste. a large number of milk formula for feeding.

At 5 months, the child should usually already receive fruit juice (up to 50 ml) and fruit puree (up to 50 ml), which, with artificial feeding, are introduced from 3 months. To properly introduce complementary foods, parents can use the special complementary feeding table that we offer below.

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Formula-fed children begin to be given complementary foods earlier than infants. The first complementary feeding for infants on breastfeeding is recommended no earlier than six months from the moment of birth; for children on IV, it is recommended at about four months. Artificial babies have a greater need for vitamins, minerals and beneficial elements, which only breast milk provides in full. Therefore, they need an early transition to adult food, which can saturate the child’s body as much as possible.

Among the main reasons for artificial feeding are the intake of antibiotics by a nursing woman and those that are dangerous for the baby. medicines, complete lack of breast milk, long separation of baby and mother. But even in such cases, doctors recommend not to stop breastfeeding completely. For example, when treating and taking medicines Breast milk can be expressed. In addition, breastfeeding can be resumed after a break.

When and why artificial feeding is introduced, how to properly feed your baby with formula, read here. And in this article we will look at the rules and features of complementary feeding during artificial feeding.

Rules for complementary feeding during artificial feeding

Formula-fed babies begin to be given complementary foods at 4 months (according to WHO recommendations). But sometimes complementary foods are introduced at 3 months;
Before introducing complementary foods, be sure to consult your doctor;
The introduction of complementary foods does not mean a complete transition to adult food. The baby should be supplemented with formula milk. How to choose the right milk formula, read the link
Complementary feeding can only be introduced if the baby is healthy. Postpone the entry if teething has begun or the child is experiencing stress (during prolonged separation from mother, when moving, etc.). It is also recommended to avoid complementary feeding in extreme heat;
Complementary feeding starts with apple juice or puree. First, fruit and then vegetable purees are introduced (for infants, vice versa);
The first portion is 5-10 grams (0.5-1 teaspoon). Then the dosage is gradually increased every day by 10 grams until it is brought to normal;
Do not force your baby to eat. If the baby does not eat a certain dish, offer a new one, and return to the old one in one or two weeks;
Don't force your child to eat the whole portion at once if he doesn't want to;

Take a break of 3-7 days between introducing new products to determine the body’s reaction;
If you notice allergy symptoms, remove the product from your diet and consult a doctor;
Re-introduction of the product is possible after one to two months and only under the supervision of a specialist;
It's better to cook your own meals. When cooking, do not use salt, sugar and various spices!;
Products are given to the baby only after heat treatment (boiled or steamed) in a liquid consistency. A slightly older baby can be given thicker food;
If you buy ready-made food, make sure it is appropriate for the baby's age. Check the expiration date, composition and integrity of the packaging before purchasing;
If the baby does not eat solid foods, add breast milk or formula to the dish to taste it. For an older baby, you can use vegetable or butter;
Give complementary foods on an empty stomach, and only then, if necessary, supplement the baby;
The consumption rate depends on the developmental characteristics and needs of the child. The complementary feeding table below will tell you more about the norms.

Table of introduction of complementary foods for children on IV

Dishes	4 months	5 months	6 months	7 months	8-9 months	10-12 months
Vegetable puree	5-30 gr	10-100 gr	150 gr	150-160 gr	170-180 gr	200 gr
Fruit puree	5-30 gr	40-50 gr	50-60 gr	60 gr	70-80 gr	90-100 gr
Fruit juice	5-30 ml	40-50 ml	50-60 ml	60 ml	70-80 ml	90-100 ml
Dairy-free porridge	10-100 ml	10-100 ml	-	-	-	-
Milk porridge	-	-	50-100 ml	150 ml	150-180 ml	200 ml
Vegetable oil	-	1-3 ml	3 ml	3 ml	5 ml	6 ml
Butter	-	-	1-4 g	4 g	5 g	6 g
Egg yolk	-	-	¼ pcs.	¼ pcs.	½ pcs.	½-1 pcs.
Kefir	-	-	10-30 ml	50-100 ml	100-200 ml	300-400 ml
Cottage cheese	-	-	10-30 gr	40 gr	40 gr	50 gr
Children's cookies	-	-	-	3-5 g	5 g	10-15 g
Meat puree	-	-	-	10-30 gr	50 gr	60-70 gr
Fish puree	-	-	-	-	10-30 gr	30-60 gr

Introduction of complementary foods by month

Complementary feeding at 3 months You can start only on the recommendations of a doctor. It is important that by the time complementary foods are introduced, colic has already ended and the child’s digestion has stabilized. Then the baby can be given natural fruit juice in small quantities, preferably from a green apple. Start with half a teaspoon and increase the portion to two tablespoons. The juice is made without pulp and is first diluted in half with drinking water. The drink should be warm. After apple juice, pear, apricot and peach juice are added.

Complementary feeding at 4 months involves the introduction of fruit juices, if they have not been introduced previously, and fruit purees. First, an apple is also introduced, then a pear and a banana, a peach and an apricot. Exotic and rare fruits, such as mango or kiwi, melon or watermelon, should not be given to your baby. Such products are very allergenic and dangerous. Fruits are boiled, stewed or steamed, then ground and diluted with water or fruit broth.

After applesauce, they begin to give vegetable puree from zucchini. Zucchini is the most valuable and safest vegetable for young children. Then broccoli and cauliflower are introduced, a little later - potatoes, carrots, pumpkin and green pea. And eggplants, tomatoes and cucumbers, beets and white cabbage should not be given to children under one year old.

At four months it is allowed to introduce gluten-free cereals with water. First of all, it is buckwheat and rice. But keep in mind that rice strengthens the stool, so this cereal is not recommended for children who suffer from constipation. Then corn porridge in water is introduced. At 3-4 months, complementary foods are given only for the second morning feeding around 9-11 o'clock. After this, the baby is fed with formula milk.

Complementary feeding at 5 months complements vegetable oil, which is added to baby purees and porridge. At this time, the food is prepared to be thicker and the second complementary food is included in the evening feeding. By the way, fruit juice can be replaced with dried fruit compote. Dried fruits have a lot of useful elements and vitamins, have a positive effect on the functioning of digestion, and are easily absorbed and digested. But in the first weeks, it is also better to dilute the compote with water until the baby gets used to it.

Complementary feeding at 6 months differs by increasing dosage. The baby is gradually transferred to milk porridge. First, the milk is half diluted with water, then gradually completely transferred to milk. In addition, the menu includes egg yolk. But pediatricians do not recommend consuming protein before one year, as it contains a strong allergen. By the way, if a child is allergic to chicken protein, you can use quail eggs.

The diet of a six-month-old baby includes butter, kefir and cottage cheese in minimal quantities. By the way, the famous pediatrician Komarovsky believes that complementary feeding should begin with cottage cheese and kefir, since dairy products are more similar in composition to formula or breast milk. Therefore, according to Komarovsky, adaptation to adult food will be easier. You can find your pediatrician's recommendations here. However, many doctors do not agree with this and advise starting complementary feeding with vegetable and fruit purees.

Complementary feeding at 7 months complemented with meat puree. For cooking, choose lean meat without fat, bones and veins. A suitable option would be chicken, turkey, rabbit or beef fillet. The fillet is cut into pieces, boiled, stewed or steamed. Then scroll in a meat grinder or beat in a blender. The resulting mass is mixed with porridge or prepared vegetable puree. The consistency of dishes for this age should be moderately thick. Meat broth is not recommended for children under two or three years of age!

Complementary feeding at 8 months can be supplemented with gluten porridges, including oatmeal and barley, millet and barley cereals. But it’s better not to rush with semolina porridge; pediatricians do not recommend introducing such a dish to children earlier than one year. The fact is that this is a very high-calorie, allergenic and least healthy porridge. Semolina contains the largest amount of gluten compared to other gluten cereals. This negatively affects digestion and often leads to allergies. In addition, semolina porridge provokes the appearance of excess weight.

At this age, meat can no longer be given only in the consistency of puree. Steamed meatballs are prepared for children. A first course in the form of vegetable broth or light vegetable soup is also added to the daily feeding. The dish should contain well-cooked and finely chopped vegetables, which are already included in the child’s diet.

Complementary feeding at 9 months expanded to include fish puree. Fish starts with low-fat varieties (hake, cod, perch). It should be boneless fillet, steamed, boiled or stewed. At first, fish puree is given instead of meat puree once a week, then twice. Fish and meat feeding You can’t give it in one day! Fish broth or soup, like meat broth, is not recommended for children under three years of age.

Artificial complementary feeding at 4-9 months will look like this:

Approximate feeding time	Sample menu
Approximate feeding time	4-5 months	6-7 months	8-9 months
6:00-7:00	formula milk
9:00-11:00	buckwheat, rice or corn porridge with water (100 ml) + fruit juice (30-50 ml) + supplementary food mixture	milk buckwheat, corn or rice porridge with butter (100-150 ml) + egg yolk (¼ pcs.) + fruit juice (60 ml)	Milk porridge with butter (150-200 ml) + egg yolk (0.5 pcs.) + fruit puree (40 g)
12:00-14:00	formula feeding	vegetable puree with vegetable oil (150 g) + meat puree (10-30 g) + supplementary food mixture	soup or broth with vegetables (150-200 g); vegetable puree with vegetable oil (170-180 g) + meat (50 g)
17:00-19:00	vegetable or fruit puree (50-100 g) + supplementary feeding with mixture	fruit puree (60 g) + cottage cheese (10-30 g) + kefir (50-100 ml) + cookies (3-5 g)	fruit puree (40 g) + kefir (150-200 ml) + cottage cheese (40 g) + cookies (5 g)
21:00-22:00	formula milk

Complementary feeding at 10-12 months implies an increase in portions. In addition, the last feeding is replaced with whole milk or kefir. Be prepared that the introduction of complementary foods can cause a number of negative phenomena, including stool and digestion disorders and food allergies. In addition, the baby may refuse complementary feeding. Be patient and carefully monitor your body's reaction. Do not yell at your child or force him to eat!

We looked at complementary feeding by month with artificial feeding. The introduction of complementary foods for infants is significantly different. You will find the rules at the link. The article discusses the procedure and features of introducing products, the monthly diet for each age of a breastfed child.

When should the first complementary foods be introduced during artificial feeding? How to respond to advice from older relatives about using new products as early as 3 months? What products to start with, in what quantities? How to reduce the amount of formula in your baby's diet? Recommendations from pediatricians on introducing complementary foods into the diet of an artificial baby.

There are many speculations regarding the introduction of complementary foods to bottle-fed babies. Who among us has not heard the stories of grandmothers and neighbors that already at five months their child was devouring borscht on both cheeks, and they gave him juice from the age of two months, and nothing, they grew up...

There is no point in blaming relatives for being “behind the times.” Indeed, thirty to forty years ago there were completely different recommendations, on which several generations of children and pediatricians were raised. A global revision of the standards that govern the introduction of complementary foods during artificial feeding occurred quite recently - around the beginning of the two thousandth.

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The World Health Organization initiated the revision of outdated standards. Recommendations that artificial feeding should be given early, that babies should be fed porridge with butter as early as 4 months, that fruit purees should be given even earlier, were recognized as not meeting the real needs of the child’s body.

How did such recommendations arise, and why did pediatrics obey them for so long? The fact is that in the twentieth century there was a massive transition of the population of civilized countries to artificial mixtures. However, the technology that would make it possible to produce more or less decent food did not exist.

The first mixture was powdered cow's milk, which a child's body cannot digest until eight months due to the lack of appropriate enzymes. Children were also fed using finely ground cereals (and the finest, as is known, semolina), and kefir. Such a diet could not meet the needs of the child’s body, so doctors advised enriching it with other products.

That is why the start of complementary feeding during artificial feeding was for a period of three to four months, and already at 5 months it was recommended to include porridge, fruits, vegetables, cottage cheese in the diet... Also for this reason, a contradictory stereotype developed about the preparedness of the digestive system of the artificial baby for “foreign products”.

The opinion that a formula-fed child needs complementary feeding earlier because his digestive system is familiar with “foreign products” is fundamentally wrong. The transition to a new type of nutrition is easier for infants, since enzymes from mother's milk help them in the digestion process. Artificial animals do not receive these enzymes. Their digestive system matures later than that of infants.

Optimal timing

Change modern ideas The timing of the introduction of complementary foods was prompted by the development of artificial nutrition. In the last fifteen years, adapted artificial formulas have been developed, which, although they could not come close to the composition of breast milk, have become its completely acceptable analogue.

The essence of the adapted mixture is the breakdown of the protein component in its composition, which allows the child’s body to absorb it fully. The mixtures are also enriched with a whole range of essential substances: microelements, fatty acids, vitamins. The composition of high-quality products clearly corresponds to the basic needs of the child’s body. This eliminates the need for early introduction of complementary foods.

WHO experts recommend the introduction of complementary foods during artificial feeding in the middle of the first year of life. The guideline for the mother should be the age of six months, until which the baby receiving the adapted formula does not need other products.

The deadlines can be shifted in one direction or another. New foods in the diet from about five and a half months are needed if the baby is very active, mobile, and requires more high-calorie food to compensate for energy costs.

It is necessary to wait before switching to an unusual diet if the child is sick, experiencing painful teething, or is restless as a result of an uncomfortable psychological environment at home. How easily new “meals” will be absorbed by the baby’s body directly depends on his physical and emotional state.

Principles

In the question of how and when to introduce complementary foods to an artificial baby, adhere to the following rules.

The mixture is important up to a year. In the first year of life, a child needs a whole range of nutrients. Adapted mixtures are prepared taking them into account. Therefore, the composition of the product for a newborn differs significantly from the composition of the formula for a child older than six months. At the same time, it is impossible to say for sure that by receiving cereal porridge and puree instead of a mixture, the child will be provided with everything necessary for proper development. And it’s not just that the diet is not easy to balance, especially when the little one refuses a number of foods. The problem is that nutrients from food are absorbed differently. For example, adapted formulas contain a huge amount of iron, to a significantly greater extent than the baby’s body needs. Manufacturers saturate them with a “reserve”, because the iron from the mixture is not completely absorbed, but in a volume of approximately 20-25%. For comparison, from red meat or liver, which are considered the main source of iron in the diet, this microelement is absorbed only in a volume of 5-10%.
The products do not displace the mixture. Of course, as the volume of new food in the child’s diet increases, the volume of the formula will decrease. But it is precisely to decrease, and not to eliminate completely. This essential nutritional element for the baby must be preserved at every feeding.
Five meals a day. Typically, artificial babies adhere to a feeding schedule by the age of six months. If you followed a free feeding schedule or until now fed your baby more often and in smaller quantities, now you can easily switch to five meals a day. This will be facilitated by increasing the calorie content of feedings.
New product - once a week. The body of an artificial baby is not at all adapted to food that is “alien” to it. Moreover, his digestive tract is even more vulnerable than that of an infant. Therefore, the introduction of new nutritional components cannot be rushed. One week - one product - Golden Rule healthy complementary foods. At the same time, it is important for the mother to observe the body’s reaction: if a rash appears, or indigestion occurs, it is necessary to remove this product from the diet.

The task of complementary feeding in the first year of life is not at all to displace the main component of nutrition, which for an artificial child remains a mixture. It introduces texture, tastes, creates conditions for the functioning of the chewing apparatus, teaches table manners and the ability to handle cutlery.

Therefore, do not force your child to eat the product, even if you spent a lot of time preparing it. Don't insist, don't distract him by quietly putting a spoon in his mouth. A more correct approach would be to teach food in the usual conditions of your family: at a common table, when the baby watches his loved ones eat and tries to imitate them. This approach creates right attitude to food, in which there is no violence from adults.

Introducing new foods

The scheme for introducing complementary foods during artificial feeding may include products from different groups. The most popular first feeding options:

milk - kefir;
cereal - porridge;
vegetable - puree from hypoallergenic vegetables.

Pediatricians pay attention to the fact that the choice of regimen should take into account the health status and developmental characteristics of the baby. But in each case, dairy components cannot be the product of choice, since they contain milk protein in an undigested form. Until eight months, it is not absorbed by the child’s body, since the digestive system does not produce the necessary enzyme. Therefore, fermented milk ingredients should be introduced into the diet later.

Table - introduction of complementary foods when bottle-feeding babies from six months

Products	6 months	7 months	8 months	9 months	10 months	11 months	12 months
Vegetables, g	150	170	180	180	180	200	200
Porridge, g	150	170	180	180	180	200	200
Fruits, g		60	70	80	100	100	100
Meat, g		50	60	60	70	70	70
Cottage cheese, g			30	40	40	50	50
Yolk			1/4	1/4	1/2	1/2	1/2
Fish, g					30	50	60
Vegetable oil, ml	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Butter, g	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Based on the complementary feeding table for artificial infants, determine your baby’s feeding regimen.

Administer the product in the morning. To see the baby's first reaction, give it the second morning feeding. If diarrhea occurs, it will not happen at night.
Keep the numbers roughly. The indicated number of products is the maximum for each age. To avoid overfeeding, the baby should not be given more. If he ate less, this is not a cause for concern.
Reduce the volume of the mixture gradually. Give the mixture after complementary foods. Its volume will decrease from 200 ml to 50 ml at each feeding.
The consistency of the dishes should be puree. At the first stage, dishes are offered more liquid; by the year the consistency becomes thick, with pieces, and crumbly. The volume for the first acquaintance is half a teaspoon; daily, in the absence of a negative reaction, this volume is doubled. In a week it is brought to the recommended norm.

Vegetables are the first complementary food

It is recommended to use pureed vegetables in the first feeding at six months. They are optimally suited for children with normal development and children with a tendency to constipation. They are offered in the form of monocomponent purees, to which a second product is then added, and a third is gradually introduced. Thus, within one month the baby receives a multi-component puree.

Add vegetable oil to the dish, a little less than a teaspoon. It is important to consider that it is also a new product, and it must be introduced like other nutritional components.

For vegetables, choose zucchini, pumpkin, cauliflower and broccoli, green peas, and potatoes.

Porridge

Cereal dishes are often used as first complementary foods. The reason for this is the love of almost all kids without exception. However, pediatricians recommend starting with them if the child is behind in weight gain or is too active.

At the first stage, the baby’s diet includes dairy-free cereals homemade or factory ones. The latter are more convenient, since they only need to be dissolved in the specified volume of water. Homemade cereal should be ground to flour in a coffee grinder and boiled in water in a ratio of 1:4. As the child grows older, the ratio of water to cereal changes to 1:2 per year.

One-ingredient porridges must contain rice, buckwheat or corn cereals. After eight months, oatmeal and semolina are introduced. Add butter to the dish. Milk is used as an ingredient after eight months, diluting it with water.

Fruits

It is better to start getting acquainted with fruits in the form of purees rather than juices. They contain valuable fiber that improves intestinal function. And they are not supplemented with sugar, like most industrially produced juices. The latter are rich fruit acids, which have an aggressive effect on the fragile digestive tract, so it is necessary to include them in the diet after a year.

Choose fruits from your region, such as apple, plum, apricot, peach, pear. Use seasonal fruits and monitor the reaction. Banana can be offered as a hypoallergenic complementary food in winter. Fruits are well digestible, so they are suitable both for an independent “snack” and for dessert after porridge.

Meat

A valuable component of nutrition, which most children come to only at the age of eight months. Considering that vegetables and cereals are introduced before this period, there is simply no time left for meat. There is nothing wrong with this, especially since kids are not very willing to accept this product. Grind the meat thoroughly in a blender or pass through a meat grinder twice, and then add it to the vegetable puree when boiled.

Use varieties such as turkey, rabbit, lean pork. Then, according to the degree of allergenicity, choose beef and chicken. When the baby learns to chew well, the meat component is not mixed with puree, but offered in its pure form - as a cutlet or meatball. Meat broth should not be given for up to a year.

Fish

It is administered after meat in the same way. Served with vegetable puree. The types of fish chosen are low-fat and hypoallergenic. Such distinguishes White color pulp. Choose hake, pollock, cod. For baby food Sea fish is more suitable than river fish, since the latter has a specific smell. Boil the product and chop with a fork. When the baby grows up, it is enough to disassemble the fish into small pieces.

Cottage cheese

As a source of calcium, it is less relevant for children on a well-adapted formula. It should be introduced into the diet after eight months. Can be mixed with fruit puree. Use low-fat industrial cottage cheese for baby food, the quality of which you can be more confident than in a homemade product from the market.

Yolk

A difficult ingredient to children's diet, hard for digestive tract. It is allergic, so it should be handled with care. In terms of allergenicity, the yolk of a quail egg is lower than that of a chicken egg.

Mandatory introduction at four to five months, as required by the recommendations of previous years, is no longer relevant when feeding a child with a high-quality formula. Add the yolk, starting with the crumbs, to the vegetable puree. Do not combine it in one feeding with a meat or fish dish.

From about seven to eight months, the baby can be given hard snacks, baby cookies, and crusts of bread. These products are not complete complementary foods; they are used as “snacks” and are good for stimulating the development of the chewing apparatus.

The technique for introducing complementary foods to a bottle-fed baby largely coincides with the recommendations for infants. Modern pediatrics does not make significant differences between them, since the quality of artificial nutrition today has increased significantly compared to formulas twenty years ago. Do not rush to introduce new products, pay attention to the reaction and desire of the baby. If your baby enjoys eating them, you won’t have problems with his nutrition when he’s older.

Breastfeeding is promoted everywhere; it has many benefits, is good for the baby, helps solve digestive problems and delay the introduction of solid food for a long time. When artificial feeding, complementary foods are introduced earlier, but the baby's digestive system is not always ready to accept adult food, so you should act carefully, in accordance with the rules of complementary feeding.

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Age to start complementary feeding

Modern adapted formulas are ideal for a child, but cannot fully meet the needs of a growing, developing organism, as breast milk does. Its composition changes as the baby develops; it is individual for each nursing woman. It is for this reason that when artificial feeding, complementary foods are introduced a little earlier.

In fact, even pediatricians have differing opinions. According to the modern World Health Organization, early complementary feeding from 3 months is dangerous for a child’s health. The necessary enzymes for digesting solid food begin to be produced at 4 months. Consequently, introduction to new food is delayed until the age of 4.5-5 months.

Attention! Solid food– this is not something hard, dry, requiring chewing. This term refers to all baby products, except breast milk and adapted formula. The transition to normal food (porridge, mashed potatoes, even kefir) is the introduction of solid food.

Signs your baby is ready

Despite the established deadlines, each child needs individual approach. One baby will be ready to eat solid food already at 4 months, the second at 5-6 months may not understand what they want from him. This does not mean a developmental delay, there is no negative key here, there is no need to concentrate on this point. It is better to carefully monitor the child so as not to miss the right moment to start complementary feeding during artificial feeding.

Signs of readiness:

The child sits with the help of his parents. At 5 months, you can put a pillow so that the baby is in a reclining state. Food should not be given in a horizontal position. You should not grind or dilute complementary foods to give them from a bottle, this is wrong. Food should only be offered from a spoon.
An interest in food appeared. The baby reaches for his parents' food, tries to grab it and bring it to his mouth. He actively reacts to cutlery and drools.
The ejection reflex, which protects the newborn baby from being hit, has disappeared foreign objects in the first months of life.
The daily amount of the adapted mixture reached 800-1000 ml.
The baby's weight has doubled since birth. If the baby was born premature, then 2.5 times.

When breastfeeding indirect sign The child's readiness is the eruption of the first teeth. But for children on artificial nutrition it is irrelevant, since in most babies this happens closer to 6 months.

Video: Doctor Komarovsky about complementary feeding

General principles for introducing new products

The first complementary feeding during artificial feeding should not coincide with other changes in the child’s life: teething, diseases, vaccinations. Otherwise, getting to know a new product can result in a lot of trouble. You need to choose the most comfortable time.

Basic Rules:

Complementary feeding is given in the first half of the day before one of the main meals.
Regardless of the type of product, the first portion should not exceed 0.5 tsp. If no negative reactions appear within 24 hours, then the amount can be doubled.
For each type of product, at least 7-10 days should be allocated. Only after this they begin to get acquainted with other foods.
You cannot mix several unfamiliar products at the same time. But you can add a new ingredient to a dish that is already suitable for the child; he eats it with pleasure.
Up to 8 months, all products should have a homogeneous consistency, since swallowing and chewing reflexes are not yet sufficiently developed.

It is important to pay Special attention cleanliness of dishes. It is advisable to use a separate pan, get a children's plate and spoon. If you prepare a dish yourself, choose high-quality vegetables, fruits, and meat. After cooking, food must be cooled. The optimal temperature is 36-37°C, that is, it corresponds to body temperature.

Advice! To determine the temperature of a dish, it is not necessary to purchase a food thermometer. It is enough to drop a small amount of puree on the inside of your wrist, everything will immediately become clear.

Possible problems and solutions

There is a lot of information about artificial feeding and the transition to adult food, but it does not always help to avoid problems that arise not only in young people, but also in experienced parents. Some things cannot be influenced. The main thing is not to panic. If trouble happens, you need to pull yourself together, calm down, and help the child.

Common problems:

The child refuses the product. New tastes and unusual textures are not always received with enthusiasm. After 1-2 days, complementary foods are offered again. Sometimes it takes up to 10 attempts.
The child pushes out the spoon with his tongue. Most likely, he is not yet ready for the first feeding. It is worth waiting a few days or weeks until the reflex disappears.
Allergy. It can manifest itself in different ways: rash, itching, redness of the cheeks, buttocks, groin areas, abdominal pain. You need to stop introducing complementary foods, use an antihistamine, and consult a doctor.
Stool disorder. This problem may indicate that the digestive system is not ready, and may also indicate intolerance to the product. Postpone the first complementary feeding for another 1-2 weeks, then look at the situation and the child’s well-being.

You cannot increase portions of complementary foods, even if the child is not averse to eating more. After the prescribed norm, the baby is fed with formula. If you immediately offer a lot of new food, the body will not be able to process the product, and the risk of developing an allergy will increase several times.

How to introduce basic products

All complementary feeding products can be divided into basic and additional. The first group includes purees, which will completely replace meals, that is, served in full portions. Additional products include eggs, butter, spices, herbs, baked goods and crackers. They are offered to the child to improve the taste of the dish, diversify the menu, enrich the dish with valuable substances, but only after the introduction of the main food.

Product Introduction Table

Vegetables

For the first complementary foods, choose hypoallergenic, light-colored types of vegetables with a low starch content: zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, pumpkin. Later carrots and soaked potatoes are added. All products combine perfectly together in vegetable puree. But you need to offer a duet or trio only after an individual acquaintance with each species.

Fruits

From 5 months, complementary foods are introduced to apples, pears, and prunes. Next, apricots, peaches, bananas, and kiwi are added. By 7-8 months you can add berries with a low degree of allergenicity. Children like fruit purees because they have a pleasant taste and sweetness. They will solve the problem with the stool. For example, a pear will help cope with diarrhea, and prunes will relieve constipation.

Meat, poultry

Lean meats are used for complementary feeding: beef, rabbit, turkey, horse meat. Chicken should be administered with caution, as it is an allergenic product. Meat can be combined with vegetables familiar to the child. Do not introduce egg yolk at the same time, so as not to complicate the work of the stomach.

Fish

For complementary feeding, low-fat varieties of river and sea fish are used: pollock, hake, cod, perch. As you approach the year, you can add seafood to your diet. A puree is prepared from them, which is combined with familiar vegetables. Any fish has a high degree of allergenicity; if a problem is identified, the product is postponed for up to a year, sometimes up to 2 years.

Cottage cheese, kefir

Fermented milk products will help normalize and improve intestinal function, but it is important to consider expiration dates. It's easy to get poisoned with cottage cheese. There is also a possibility of buying a low-quality product. It is for this reason that you need to choose a baby food manufacturer. Many parents prefer to cook cottage cheese themselves.

Porridge

You should start complementary feeding with grains that do not contain gluten: buckwheat, rice, corn. You can add other grains later. Porridge for a child is prepared with milk or diluted with a suitable mixture. If you are overweight, the introduction of cereals is postponed for 1-2 months.

Store-bought and homemade food: pros and cons

You can argue endlessly about store-bought and home-made food. In fact, everything is very simple: both ready-made and home-cooked baby food has a place in a child’s diet. It all depends on the time of year, the availability of quality products, and the baby’s taste. For example, there is no need to deprive your child of healthy cauliflower or rabbit meat if it is not possible to cook them, but it is easy to buy puree in the store. But if the first feeding came at the end of summer and autumn, when high-quality vegetables are available, then it is better to prepare the dishes yourself.

Pros of purchased baby food:

Convenience. Especially at the very beginning of the transition from artificial feeding to solid food. At this time, the baby eats only a few spoons, sometimes refuses, and time is wasted on cooking and food.
Diversity. Regardless of the time of year, you can buy absolutely any baby food, including rare meats and out-of-season vegetables.
Consistency. The puree is prepared taking into account age characteristics. For the first complementary foods from 4 months, these are delicate masses, gradually manufacturers increase the density, add lumps and small grains.
Quality. Not so long ago, natural products were more valuable. Now the situation has changed. A lot of attention is paid to the production of baby food and strict control is carried out.
Taste. In ready-made food, it is the same or similar to each other. In homemade dishes it varies, depending on the original raw materials, the amount of spices, and cooking time.

The disadvantages include the cost. The price of one jar is often equal to a whole kilogram of vegetables or 0.3-0.5 kg of meat, and there is also a big difference between cereals and ready-made porridges. In order to save money, you can gradually switch to normal food. The only thing that does not need to be changed is children's dairy products. Finding high-quality mass-produced cottage cheese or kefir in a store is really difficult; children's brands benefit from this.

General principles for preparing baby puree

Since when artificially feeding a child does not receive enough vital substances, it is necessary to make his diet as varied as possible. You can prepare any first complementary food at home if you have quality products. Puree is prepared from vegetables, meat, fish, fruits. A blender or strainer is used for grinding.

General principles making puree:

The product must be washed, cleaned, meat and fish should preferably be soaked. Cut into pieces and place in a saucepan.
Pour in water until it barely covers the product and place on the stove.
After boiling, the broth from the fish and meat is drained and replaced with clean boiling water. Vegetables are cooked in one water without replacement.
As soon as the product is cooked and becomes soft, pour the excess liquid into a bowl and chop the pieces.
For children on artificial nutrition, an adapted mixture and milk are added to vegetable purees. Fruit and meat dishes are diluted with the previously removed broth, bringing it to the desired consistency.

It is advisable to consume home-cooked food immediately after preparation. You can place part of the dish in a sterile container, close it, and store it in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours.

Advice! It is convenient to use glass baby food jars to store purees. They are easy to wash, sterilize, close tightly, and have a small volume.

General principles for choosing ready-made foods for complementary feeding

Baby food packages indicate not only the characteristics of the product, but also the age range. For complementary feeding, you need to choose appropriate purees and cereals. It is important to study the composition, which should be from one main product. It is allowed to add salt, butter, and milk is added to ready-made porridges.

What to pay attention to:

Best before date. Canned meat and fish should be as fresh as possible, as should dairy products.
Production date. You should not choose applesauce released in March or January. It is better to give preference to summer and autumn products, when the fruits are fresh and full of vitamins.
Packaging integrity. If the lid on the jar is swollen, the box is torn, the dry porridge mixture spills out, this product cannot be used for complementary feeding and for baby food in general.

As for cost, the quality of the product is not always related to it. The price is determined by many factors: transportation, packaging, storage, brand awareness, advertising. Often, baby food from local manufacturers is in no way inferior to expensive analogues.

Video: Doctor Komarovsky about eating from jars

By 4–6 months, mothers begin to think that it’s time for their baby to introduce complementary foods. Let's find out when and how this should be done if the child is on artificial or mixed feeding?

Some say that complementary foods should be introduced no earlier than 6 months, others - when the first teeth appear. Still others claim that previously children were introduced to complementary foods from almost 2 months, and everything was fine. When is it right to do this?

In fact, there is no universal answer. In each specific case, the age of introduction of complementary foods is determined individually. Much depends on how quickly the child gains weight and how he develops. The type of food also plays a role.

The first complementary foods with artificial feeding are introduced, as a rule, earlier than with breastfeeding. This is primarily due to the fact that the digestive system of such babies quickly adapts to foreign food. The mixture itself has many impurities that prepare the child’s intestines for new food. In addition, such children usually gain weight quite quickly; introducing vegetables instead of formula will help normalize this process.

On average, complementary foods are introduced from 4 to 6 months. Late introduction of complementary feeding is fraught with developmental delays. The child will later learn to chew and swallow thick and dense food.

Where to begin?

The introduction of complementary foods during artificial feeding is recommended to begin with puree . Why exactly from them, and not from cereals, which is more familiar to many? Porridge, like formula milk, promotes rapid weight gain, so they are recommended for breastfed children and those who are underweight. Artificial people usually don’t have this problem. Quite often, on the contrary, there is excess weight.

In addition, vegetable purees are easily digestible by the child’s stomach, and at the same time contain vitamins and carbohydrates, which are so necessary for development.

However, not every vegetable is suitable for the first feeding. Experts advise giving preference to vegetables Green colour: zucchini, potatoes, squash, peas, cauliflower. Yellow, orange and especially red vegetables can lead to the development of an allergic reaction.

Many mothers are interested in what is better: homemade purees or industrial ones? Here everyone decides for themselves. If you plan to make puree from vegetables grown by yourself, you are absolutely sure about safety, then this is completely acceptable. However, vegetables in stores are often treated with various chemicals, which means they are not suitable for children to eat. In industrial conditions, specially grown vegetables are used to prepare baby food.

Remember one important thing: never introduce 2 products at the same time. It is very important to monitor the child’s condition after introducing a new product. Irritation, rash, and colic may appear. And then it is better to abandon the problematic product for a while, replacing it with another. How can you find out which of the two new foods your baby reacts to if you introduced them at the same time?

If your child does not take a certain product: he develops a rash, colic or other disorders, this does not mean that the baby will never be able to eat it. We are just talking about the unpreparedness of the digestive system at this stage. Most likely, within a month you will be able to calmly introduce the problematic dish into your baby’s diet without any complications.

There is no need to rush with volumes. The child’s body must get used to the new food so that it does not cause rejection. Therefore, the first time the puree is given literally half a teaspoon. Then gradually the amount of puree is increased to a full meal.

When artificially feeding, complementary foods are given before formula. It is advisable to choose one of the daily feedings for this. This will allow you to track the baby's reaction. To prevent the child from finding the taste of a new dish too unpleasant or unfamiliar, it can be mixed with a familiar mixture. When the amount of puree reaches 150 g, you can no longer feed the baby with the mixture during this feeding.

When one feeding has already been replaced with complementary foods, you can begin replacing the second. In another 2 weeks it will be completely replaced. Thus, the child’s morning and evening feedings will be switched to complementary foods, and during the day he will receive formula, as before.

Let's start. What's next?

In what order should I introduce the products? The complementary feeding regimen for artificial feeding is determined as individually as the age of onset. It is better to discuss it with your local pediatrician, who is well aware of the child’s developmental characteristics and will advise what and when to administer.

First porridge Formula-fed children are introduced no earlier than six months. However, they must be gluten-free. It can be buckwheat, rice or corn porridge. Cereals containing gluten (oatmeal or semolina) can be introduced only after 8 months. The general scheme of administration is the same as for puree: start with a teaspoon and gradually increase to 180–200 g. Remember that porridge can only be cooked in water for up to a year. Milk can cause allergies.

Cottage cheese - an essential source of calcium and some amino acids. You can introduce cottage cheese into your baby’s diet starting from 5–6 months, but remember that the daily intake of cottage cheese for children under one year of age does not exceed 50 g. Otherwise, the child’s liver will be subject to excessive salt and protein load.

After six months, you can and should include a child in the menu yolk . It must be well cooked and thoroughly crushed. The first time the child is given just a little yolk, literally on the tip of a spoon. Over time, the amount can be increased to 12. There is no need to give the yolk every day. Rather, on the contrary, chicken eggs are very allergenic. 2 times a week will be enough.

By seven months, the baby's stomach is quite ready to accept meat . Naturally, you should start with store-bought puree. You are unlikely to be able to prepare a dish of the desired consistency on your own. Please note that if your child has an allergic reaction to cow's milk, then beef and veal are contraindicated for him. It's better to start with turkey, rabbit or chicken. By 9 months, meat puree is replaced with meatballs, and by one year you can feed the baby with steamed cutlets.

Around the same time you can add it to your diet. sea fish meat . For example, such as cod, sea bass or hake. You can replace meat with fish 1-2 times a week. Fish is good because it is perfectly balanced and easier to digest than meat. In addition, fish contains a lot of vitamin B and minerals necessary for development.

Fermented milk Products can be consumed from 7 months. But it’s better to put off whole milk for up to a year. Until one year of age, you should not give your child fruit juices. Instead, it is better to cook him compotes from fresh or dried fruits.

In order for the child to begin to learn to chew and train his muscles, from 7 months you can start feeding him with crackers, slightly soaked in kefir or compote.

The complementary feeding table for artificial feeding will help you navigate the choice of products for a particular age.

Product, gram	Child's age, month
Product, gram	0–1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9–12
Formula milk	700–800	800–900	88–900	700	400	300–400	350	200–400	200–400	200–400
Fruit puree				5–30	40–50	50–60	60	70	80	80–100
Vegetable puree					10–100	150	150	170	180	180–200
Milk porridge							50–150	170	180	180–200
Cottage cheese						40	40	40	40	40–50
Cookie						3–5	5	5	10	10–15
Yolk							0,25	0,5	0,5	0,5
Meat puree							5–30	50	50	60–70
Kefir, fermented milk products								200	200–400	200–400
Fish puree									5–30	30–60

Free feeding of a formula-fed baby is an investment in the health of your baby in the future. But how do you know if you're doing everything right? Here the child himself will tell you. If there are no negative reactions, and he is steadily gaining weight and developing harmoniously, then everything is going as it should.

If you are in doubt about weight gain, then refer to the weight gain chart, but remember that all children are different and gain weight at their own pace.

Age, month	Weight gain per month, grams	Weight gain over the period, grams	Increase in growth behind month, centimeter	Increase in growth during the period, centimeter
1	600	600	3	3
2	800	1400	3	6
3	800	2200	2,5	8,5
4	750	2950	2,5	11
5	700	3650	2	13
6	650	4300	2	15
7	600	4900	2	17
8	550	5450	2	19
9	500	5950	1,5	20,5
10	450	6400	1,5	22
11	400	6800	1,5	23,5
12	350	7150	1,5	25

Be attentive to your child, follow the doctor’s recommendations and monitor the quality of the products. Then the introduction of complementary foods will go smoothly and easily. Your baby will explore the world with interest, try new tastes, dishes and products. And you will have peace of mind for your child, knowing that he is developing correctly.

If parents think that the baby is not getting enough to eat, they can start complementary feeding very early.

Is it possible to start feeding at 5 months?

Pediatricians are of the same opinion and call the time to start complementary feeding – six months. With a sufficient amount of breast milk and its high calorie content, the baby has enough nutrition, he can easily do without complementary feeding for up to 6 months. Dr. Komarovsky also insists on this breastfeeding regimen, considering breast milk to be the best product for babies. In addition, according to Komarovsky’s deep conviction, in order to keep a child on breast milk for up to 6 months without complementary feeding, the mother needs to eat well.

What signs determine a baby’s readiness for complementary feeding?

The age recommended by experts at 6 months for the first complementary feeding is an average figure. The development of each small organism takes place according to an individual plan, both in the sphere of the psyche and in the field of internal organs. It is obvious that the needs of children of the same age differ. Some signs will help you determine that your baby is ready for complementary feeding:

The baby's weight has doubled since birth. The premature baby gained 2.5 times his weight.
The ejection reflex has disappeared, when the baby’s tongue reflexively pushes out objects that fall into the mouth, playing the role of a protector. If you introduce complementary foods before this reflex goes away, the toddler will not be able to swallow food.
A confident “sitting” position when your treasure sits down without falling over or swaying.
The baby clearly does not have enough of his usual food, he diligently sucks the boob, after drinking a bottle of formula, asks for more, cries, feeling hungry.
The child turns away from the food in the spoon, showing his parents that he does not want to eat now.
Eruption of the first teeth.
Increased interest in the food that mother eats. The toddler may try to take a piece from his mother's plate.

Teething is a sign that the baby is ready to introduce complementary foods.

It would be wrong to talk about the presence of all signs, because children begin to sit at different ages, and everyone’s teeth grow differently. It is clear that you need to monitor the overall development of your treasure and not delay the introduction of complementary foods if you do not find all the described signs in him. A mother's heart and constant monitoring of the baby will tell you when the time has come to introduce complementary foods.

What foods can you feed?

How to start the first feeding?

Based on the above signs and having received the go-ahead from the pediatrician, parents need to competently organize the child’s introduction to unusual foods. Remember the following rules:

introduce a new product only when your baby is absolutely healthy;
You cannot start complementary feeding if vaccination is planned or the vaccination was done the day before;
serve only freshly prepared food;
create a menu using one-component compositions;
the consistency of the dish should be homogeneous and semi-liquid;
The first complementary foods should be introduced in the morning feeding to monitor the reaction of the baby’s body;
the amount of the new product should not exceed 1 teaspoon;
Having introduced your child to one product, introduce the next one no earlier than a week after the first.

The portion of complementary foods should be increased, gradually bringing it to normal

Optimal complementary feeding scheme

A serving of 1 teaspoon of liquid porridge or puree is given to the baby at the beginning of the morning feeding, then the baby receives regular food (breast milk or formula).
The next morning feeding begins with two teaspoons of complementary foods, if the baby’s body has positively accepted the new product during the day.
The child is fed one product all week, doubling the portion at each morning feeding.
Having brought the quantity to a full portion, you can move on to another product, which should be given in the same proportions as the first.
When the child is a little accustomed to unfamiliar food, you can introduce it into the second feeding.
When doubling the portion of a new product, you need to halve the amount of an already familiar dish.
Make the transition from one product to another when the baby eats the full portion of the previous dish. After a while, when the child is quite accustomed to “adult” food, you can give him multi-ingredient dishes.

A new dish is introduced after the previous one has been fully mastered

Vegetables for first feeding

Experts recommend starting complementary feeding with vegetable purees. Vegetables contain a lot of useful substances and have a beneficial effect on the functioning of children's digestion. Use vegetables such as carrots, zucchini, and various types of cabbage, except white cabbage. How to properly introduce vegetable purees into your baby’s diet:

When choosing ready-made purees in jars, give preference to single-component homogenized types.
Take a teaspoon of puree, heat it a little until warm and give it to your baby before morning feeding. If your child tries the puree and immediately spits it out, don’t worry, the baby needs time to get used to the unusual food. Keep trying every morning by supplementing with breast milk or formula.
If the little one ate the food offered to him without any whims, double the portion for the next feeding. The serving breakdown for each day is as follows: 1,2,4,8 teaspoons. When their number reaches 150 grams, one feeding can be carried out only with vegetable puree.
Having mastered one vegetable with your baby, move on to getting to know another fruit. Remember that the introduction of a new fruit should take place no earlier than 2 weeks after the first product. Increase the serving size gradually.

To start complementary feeding, it is better to choose one-component purees

How to make puree at home?

Prepare puree from fresh, ripe, organic vegetables. Be sure to wash the fruit thoroughly and remove the peel before cooking.
Boil or bake vegetables for puree; you can cook them in a double boiler, placing the fruits in boiling water.
The consistency of the puree should be very tender, so carefully rub the boiled vegetables through a sieve or pass in a blender several times. Lumps and fibers are not allowed in a baby dish.
Dilute pureed vegetables with breast milk or vegetable broth.
Add vegetable oil to vegetable puree, starting with one drop in the first feeding, and gradually increase its amount to 1 teaspoon per serving.
Salting the dish is prohibited.
Ready-to-eat puree should be semi-liquid and warm; only in this form can it be offered to the child. Introduce a new type of vegetable after the baby gets used to the previous one well.

What porridges are suitable for babies?

For a 5-month-old baby, cereals such as buckwheat, rice, and corn are suitable. Oatmeal and semolina porridge are offered to children to try from 8-9 months.

The new diet excludes the introduction of cereals made with milk. The fact is that milk contains amylase, but the baby has not yet developed enzymes capable of breaking it down. Milk porridge is given at the age of 7-8 months. Industrially prepared porridges rich in essential ingredients will help ensure a balanced diet. Porridge for babies should be:

warm and liquid;
better without sugar;
served in sterile containers and from a spoon;
portions equal to 1-2 teaspoons, with gradual increase;
It is better to feed porridge before bedtime so that the child is full and sleeps deeply, Dr. Komarovsky also insists on this.

Your child's first cereal should be dairy-free.

Can I have fruit puree?

READ IN DETAIL: how to introduce fruit puree into complementary foods?

Our favorite children's TV doctor, Komarovsky, believes that the first dishes that should be introduced to an infant at 5-6 months should be from a range of fermented milk products. Kefir, cottage cheese, homemade yoghurts are close to the composition of mother’s milk and are well absorbed by the baby’s body. The only requirement for such products is based on their calorie content. A well-known pediatrician advises choosing low-fat dishes that are prepared in specialized dairy kitchens.

In addition, the doctor confidently states that starting complementary feeding with fermented milk foods will help children’s digestion quickly and easily get used to the new menu. An important argument in favor of cottage cheese and kefir is the fact that they contain fermented milk bacteria, which promote the development of microflora in the intestines and help the rapid absorption of food. If your treasure is mixed-fed, his pancreas is under increased stress due to the processing of both milk and formula. Fermented milk food is perfect for such a baby as an initial addition to the menu.

According to Dr. Komarovsky, fermented milk products are excellent for complementary feeding

Scheme according to Komarovsky

In addition to useful advice, Dr. Komarovsky also developed his own scheme. We invite you to familiarize yourself with the description of the daily regimen:

First day. We give the child 2-3 teaspoons of warm kefir before the second morning feeding, supplemented with milk or formula.
Second day. We double the portion and feed again with the usual food.
The third day. We increase the volume of complementary foods to 40-60 ml, give it from a spoon.
Fourth day. Add some variety and add 1-2 teaspoons of cottage cheese to the kefir. We make sure to monitor the baby’s body’s perception of new food and pay attention to the consistency of the stool.
Fifth day. We increase the portion of cottage cheese to 30 grams, leaving the amount of kefir the same. If the baby is not full, supplement him with breastfeeding or formula.
Sixth and seventh days. The amount of fermented milk food a child receives in one feeding reaches 150-180 ml, which corresponds to one full serving of food. We are expanding the number of replacements and gradually introducing a new product for one more feeding per day. Following the instructions of the complementary feeding table, we continue to change the child’s menu, which in a few months will be completely transformed.

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Complementary feeding table for 5 months with artificial feeding

If a child is not fed breast milk, then complementary feeding begins at 4.5 months, and by 5 months they are completely replaced with one feeding.

What can you feed a formula-fed baby at 5 months?

How to introduce complementary foods from 5 months with artificial feeding?

When the child digests vegetables well, the amount of puree is gradually increased, and other vegetables can be added to it one at a time. You cannot force feed your child puree, but if the child does not want to eat it, then for a familiar taste you can add a small amount of milk formula for feeding.

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Scheme for introducing complementary foods at 5 months, table of foods that can be given

With the birth of a baby, parents have many questions. For example, how to start complementary feeding at 5 months or at another age. After all, the child grows and develops quickly. And to satisfy his nutritional and energy needs, unlike at one month of age, there is no longer enough breast milk or an adapted formula. New products need to be introduced. But this must be done carefully, carefully observing the baby’s reaction. Not all foods are suitable as first food. In order not to harm the baby, it is important to follow the recommendations of pediatricians.

When to introduce complementary foods?

There is no consensus on the correct time to introduce complementary foods. Both too early and, conversely, late introduction can have negative consequences. In the first case, there is a risk that the child will consume less milk or formula and will not receive enough nutrients. Since the intestines are not yet ready for adult food, the likelihood of infection with pathogenic bacteria is higher. For the same reason, there is a greater likelihood of allergies. If the baby receives exclusively formula or milk for too long, then he simply will not have enough elements necessary for normal growth and development. Some diseases associated with element deficiency, such as rickets, may develop. In addition, sometimes difficulties arise with chewing, and an older toddler will not be able to adequately perceive the taste and texture of food.

What is the optimal time to start feeding babies? This is influenced by various factors. For a breastfed baby best time- six months. This is a recommendation from the World Health Organization based on research. If we are talking about children on artificial or mixed feeding, then it is better to introduce complementary foods at 5 months, since the mixture cannot replicate the unique composition of breast milk and satisfy all the needs of the baby.

But even with full breastfeeding, earlier introduction of complementary foods is sometimes recommended. Most often this happens when the child is not growing well and gaining weight. It happens that breast milk is not nutritious enough, so additional sources of energy are needed. Although the speed of weight gain does not always change with a change in menu. After all, it cannot be ruled out that this is simply an individual feature of the toddler, especially if the parents are miniature.

Also, a new diet will help solve some tummy problems. Vegetables have a beneficial effect on the intestines, so the baby stops suffering from constipation. Although this problem is more relevant for bottle-fed children.

How do you know when your baby is ready for complementary feeding?

It is worth remembering that the recommended age of six months for starting complementary feeding is quite arbitrary. After all, each baby develops at its own individual pace, and the same applies to internal organs. Therefore, you can focus on such signs to understand whether the child is ready for new food.

His weight has doubled since birth. If we are talking about premature babies, then 2.5 times.
The ejection reflex has disappeared. Reflexive movements of the child's tongue help protect him from random objects that fall into his mouth. If you give food too early, the little one simply won’t be able to take it from the spoon.
The baby sits confidently.
He may turn away from the spoon, showing his reluctance to eat this moment.
The little one doesn't eat enough of his usual food. He asks for mixture more than normal, sucks mother's milk from both breasts, cries because he remains hungry.
The first teeth have erupted.
The baby shows interest in adult food, tries to steal a piece from the parent's plate and try it.

Of course, you shouldn't expect all the signs at the same time. It is difficult to say at what time the baby will learn this or that. He can sit at 8 months, and the first tooth can erupt by the age of one year. This does not mean that complementary feeding should be postponed. It is necessary to look at overall development.

If parents decide to start feeding their child at 5 months, then they need to think about how this will happen. It is unlikely that the baby will be sitting, so you need to feed him either on your lap in a reclining position, or in a special chair designed for children under six months old. It is important that the little one is absolutely healthy at this moment. If signs of malaise appear, it is better to introduce new food later. The same applies to vaccinations - it is not recommended to give complementary foods a few days before and after them. Otherwise, it will be difficult to track the negative reaction. In addition, a weakened body may not accept the new product.

The time will be unsuccessful when changes occur in the life of the family: moving or the mother going to work. This is stress for a little person; it should not be aggravated by changing his diet.

A child's main diet at 5 months is milk or formula, depending on whether he is breastfed or bottle-fed. Complementary feeding at this age is more about getting to know other foods and preparing for a new menu. The diet should change gradually. That is why any table suggests that the first portions should be very small. And not all products are suitable.

When introducing complementary foods, the regimen should remain the same. The first feeding of the day is an adapted formula or milk. But on the second day, the baby is offered complementary foods. Moreover, first the baby eats a new product, and then he is fed with the usual food to the full amount. It is worth giving food from a spoon, teaching it to use cutlery. In addition, this is how convenient it is to measure the required portion.

There are several approaches to what can be given to a child. Depending on the characteristics of a five-month-old baby, dairy products, vegetables or cereals are recommended. The table will tell you which product is most suitable. It is important to introduce new food gradually, in the morning feeding, so as not to overload a child who is not yet ready for significant amounts. digestive system. In addition, this reduces the risk of allergies, and even if one occurs, it will be possible to notice it in time and remove the product that caused such a reaction. After a month, you can try to give it again - it is quite possible that the baby will already outgrow the problem.

Complementary feeding scheme

The scheme for introducing complementary feeding to an infant is always the same, it does not depend on the selected products. In addition, it is used both at 5 months and at six months. You can only give your baby one unfamiliar food at one feeding. In addition, it is recommended to first introduce several foods from the same group, such as cereals or vegetables. Only when the baby eats the full portion, move on to the next one.

Usually the complementary feeding scheme looks like this.

The product in the form of a liquid puree is given to the baby in the amount of one small spoon in the morning feeding (depending on what his regimen is). Then they are fed with the usual food - milk during breastfeeding or formula.
The next day, if no negative reaction was noticed, give two spoons.
For a week, double the volume every day until the baby eats the full portion.
After this, you can give the next product. It should also be introduced from one spoon during the second feeding, and supplemented with food that is already familiar.
Every day, double the portion, reducing the amount of the previous product.
Once the baby begins to receive the full amount, it will be possible to move on to a new food. In the future, you can mix the components.

Of course, not all foods are suitable for first feeding. A fragile body simply cannot digest many. Therefore, it is important to introduce new foods to a child’s menu at 5 months correctly. Previously, children were given juice from the age of three months. Modern pediatricians do not recommend doing this, because the risk of getting an allergic reaction is quite high. Many people do not recommend choosing dairy products as your first meal, as they are difficult to digest. But if parents still made a choice in its favor, then they should give preference to fermented milk products, such as kefir. Whole cow's milk is not suitable for this purpose. It contains protein that is poorly absorbed by the child's body. It is even better to feed the child vegetables and cereals; the scheme for their administration is the same.

Vegetables for complementary feeding

If the baby has no problems with weight gain, then it is correct if the first complementary foods consist of vegetables. They will help provide the growing body with a sufficient amount of vitamins and cope with constipation, which many infants experience. The table will tell you which vegetable is most suitable. The main thing is that it should not be brightly colored; the optimal color is green. Zucchini is considered the least allergenic. This is what is most often given first. Then cauliflower, broccoli and other vegetables are introduced. But you shouldn’t rush with potatoes - due to their high starch content, they can cause discomfort in a child’s tummy.

You can feed your baby either store-bought purees from jars or homemade purees. It should be of sufficiently liquid consistency so that a child, accustomed to very liquid food, can swallow it freely. Neither in the first nor in the second case do you need to add salt or vegetable oil.

Making your own puree is quite easy. You just need to boil the required amount of vegetable and grind with a blender until smooth. To do this, the water in which the zucchini or other vegetable was cooked is poured into a separate container and added during the grinding process to achieve the desired consistency.

If children were born in the summer or autumn, then obtaining fresh vegetables may be a problem. It’s worth thinking about this during the season when there is a large selection in stores, buy as much as you need and freeze. Of course, if you have a large enough freezer. To make the product take up less space, you can process it: boil it, make a puree, put it in small containers and freeze it in this form. Then it will be convenient to take a portion for every day.

Porridge for babies

Porridge is a good addition to the diet of a 5 month old baby. The table will give information about which ones and at what feeding times. Three types are suitable for a baby up to one year old: rice, corn and buckwheat. They do not contain gluten, therefore they are the safest. Rice is considered less allergenic. But it may well become permanent; this problem is especially relevant for bottle-fed children. Therefore, most often mothers choose buckwheat.

As in the case of puree, you can buy porridge ready-made, which you just need to dilute with water. Its advantage is that it takes very little time to prepare. The second option is to cook it yourself.

To do this, boil regular cereals that adults eat. After it is ready, grind it with a blender or grind it through a sieve. You can grind the cereal itself before cooking, then the dish will turn out especially tender. If the baby does not want to eat porridge for several days, it is worth improving its taste by adding fruit puree. But the right thing to do is to avoid sugar for now.

Unlike one month old baby, the grown-up toddler needs complementary foods. If there is a need or even just a desire from the parents, then it starts at 5 months. Adults decide what to feed the baby, vegetables or cereals, after consulting with the pediatrician. You need to know how and how much new food to introduce, what regimen to maintain. If everything is done correctly, complementary feeding will not cause any problems.

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Baby's first feeding at 5 months

First food at 5 months

If a baby who consumes breast milk is healthy, develops well and feels great, then the first complementary foods are recommended to be introduced at 6-7 months. If the baby is bottle-fed, then the first complementary feeding at 5 months will be just right, and perhaps even at 4.5 months. The fact is that formulas for artificial feeding are very similar in composition to breast milk, but there are still some components that a child needs, but it is impossible to produce them artificially, which means that formulas cannot contain them. In this regard, from 5 months, the complementary feeding menu is enriched with fruits and vegetables, or rather, juices and purees prepared from them, which are rich in vitamins and microelements.

Breast milk may have different fat content or it may simply not be enough to provide adequate nutrition to the baby. In such cases, pediatricians also recommend starting complementary feeding earlier than 6 months and most often advise preparing porridge for babies. Porridge helps the baby gain weight and saturates his body with proteins and carbohydrates.

Complementary feeding from 5 months menu

1. porridge;
2. puree;
3. curds;
4. chicken yolk.

It is better to start the first complementary feeding at 5 months with fruit or vegetable puree. This puree can be bought at a pharmacy or store, but it is better to prepare it yourself and give it fresh. In order to prepare puree, fruits and vegetables must be peeled and scalded with boiling water, then grated on a fine grater or chopped in a blender. The introduction of complementary foods should begin with one fruit, and gradually move on to assorted fruits.

After you are sure that the baby will be happy and without adverse consequences for the body uses puree, you can introduce curd masses and porridges into the baby’s menu. For the first feeding, oatmeal is ideal, which can be alternated with buckwheat. Porridge is prepared with cow's milk, if there is no allergy to it; if so, then with water or formula for artificial feeding. Before cooking, the cereals need to be crushed so that the porridge turns out homogeneous.

If you give a child just boiled chicken yolk, he is unlikely to eat it; most likely, he will take one bite and begin to choke. Therefore, you need to introduce yolk into your baby’s diet as follows: crush ¼ of the yolk and mix with fruit puree until a homogeneous mass is obtained. The yolk can be given only after the child gets used to the fruit and you are sure that there is no allergy to it. This is necessary so that if an allergic reaction to the yolk occurs, the mother can immediately identify it, without shifting suspicion to the fruit.

How to introduce complementary foods at 5 months

At 5 months, the child should be introduced to complementary foods very carefully, checking each product for allergic reactions. If you let your baby try, for example, applesauce, you should expect a reaction within 24 hours. If the child’s stool remains normal, and no skin rashes, shortness of breath or other signs of allergy appear, then you can try the next fruit or vegetable.

The first complementary foods should be introduced in the intervals between main feedings. For example, at the first morning feeding, the baby eats breast milk, the second feeding may consist of fruit puree, then breast milk again and so on. In this case, it will be better if the baby eats his usual formula or milk before going to bed.

All daily complementary feeding at 5 months, together with breast milk or formula for artificial feeding, should be equal to 900 - 1100 grams, depending on physiological characteristics baby. In this case, the main part of the diet should be breast milk, and complementary foods should not exceed 350 grams.

It is very important that the child is healthy and feels great by the time of the first complementary feeding at 5 months. If a child is sick, then his body is weakened, and consequently the risk of allergic reactions increases. In addition, various symptoms of the disease can be regarded by the mother as a reaction to complementary feeding, as a result of which she will unreasonably refuse the false allergen, and therefore deprive the baby of the substances he needs.

Which is better fruits or vegetables

All fruits and vegetables contain various vitamins and microelements that are beneficial for baby's health. But at the same time, some fruits are absorbed better, and some worse. This is justified by the physiological characteristics of the child and his geographical location. The fact is that the body of a baby living, for example, in the harsh Siberian climate, adapts to the fruits and vegetables that grow in his region. It turns out that in Siberia the most common fruit is an apple, and a green one. That is why complementary feeding of a 5-month-old child should begin with green apples, which, by the way, are recommended in Siberian maternity hospitals. Other fruits should be given to the child with greater caution and in minimal quantities.

As for vegetables, Russia is very famous for them, which means that almost all of them are suitable for feeding a child of 5 months. The most useful and often found in store-bought purees are vegetables and fruits: carrots, apples, pumpkin, zucchini, cabbage, celery. You should be very careful when handling citrus fruits, as they often cause allergies. Beets have a laxative effect, and therefore are not recommended for daily consumption and can be recommended as a preventive measure for constipation in a baby.

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Making a menu for a five-month-old baby

Breastfeeding is very beneficial, but sooner or later the time comes to introduce your baby to “real” food. A child's menu at 5 months may include vegetable and fruit purees, egg yolk, juices and water. However, this rule does not apply to all children of this age. When introducing complementary foods, there are some nuances that must be taken into account when introducing your baby to foods other than breast milk.

Everything has its time

Some babies at 5 months already know the taste of vegetable and fruit purees and sip juices with pleasure, while others have not yet tried anything other than mother’s milk. In this case, the parents of the baby usually begin to worry whether it is time for their child to become accustomed to food other than breast milk. If the baby gets enough breast milk, he eats up, gains weight and feels great, there is no need to introduce complementary foods at 5 months. According to the World Health Organization, an infant should not try any new foods before the age of 6 months. Thus, the menu of a 5-month-old breastfed child can consist only of mother’s milk.

However, it also happens that a pediatrician may recommend introducing complementary foods from five months. This is usually caused by lack of weight. In this case, you can begin to introduce your child to new products, but this must be done gradually. As time passes and the baby gets used to the new food, his menu should be closer to the classic one, designed for a five-month-old baby. Feeding at 5 months will be described below.

Formula-fed children most often begin to try new foods from 4-4.5 months. As a rule, these are juices and purees, since adapted milk formulas cannot provide all the beneficial substances a child needs for full development. Therefore, upon reaching five months, artificial babies eat according to the norms described in the classic menu for a child of this age.

What can a 5 month old baby eat?

At the age of five months, the child eats five times a day. Meals start at 6 am and end at 10 pm. It is worth mentioning that this applies to children who are bottle-fed. Breastfed babies eat on demand at any time of the day, unless the mother adheres to the principle of feeding on a schedule.

Allowed products for a child aged 5 months, their norms and time of administration:

6:00 – 200 ml of breast milk or formula;
10:00 – 1/2 chicken egg yolk, then supplement with 200 ml of breast milk or formula;
13:00 – 150 grams of vegetable puree, then supplemented with 50 ml of breast milk or formula;
18:00 – 50 grams of fruit puree, then supplemented with 150 ml of breast milk or formula;
22:00 – 200 ml of breast milk or formula.

In between feedings, the baby should be given water and fruit juices.

This is a classic menu option for a child over five months old. This is the recommended diet for feeding a baby, however, the above does not mean that as soon as the child is 5 months old, you need to change the usual feeding option to the proposed one. You need to approach it gradually.

How to organize complementary feeding for a 5 month old baby

The menu described in the previous section includes several different products: egg yolk, vegetable and fruit purees, juices. If up to 5 months the child has not tried anything other than breast milk, new foods should be introduced into his diet gradually, starting with half a teaspoon. In this case, you should monitor the baby’s reaction to this or that product: whether a rash has appeared, red spots, or whether the character of the stool has changed. The date of introduction, the name of the product, its quantity, as well as the child’s reaction to them can be written down in a notebook or notebook specially created for this purpose.

The interval between new products should be 1-2 weeks. You should start with monocomponent vegetable purees, since if you introduce fruit ones into complementary foods first, the baby may subsequently refuse not so tasty vegetables. Purees should be thoroughly ground, and fruits and vegetables should be boiled or steamed. In addition to purees, the baby should be given egg yolk. It should be kneaded and a little breast milk or formula added.

Foods allowed for consumption at 5 months: zucchini, pumpkin, broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, apple, pear, egg yolk (Not white! It is not recommended to be given to children under one year old). If mom prepares puree herself, she should not add salt, sugar, or spices to it. Of course, it may seem that the child will find it bland and completely tasteless. However, this is not true: the baby does not know the aroma of spices, the sweetness of sugar and the taste of salt, so he will take any vegetable puree for granted. If mom buys ready-made puree in a store, you need to make sure that the list of ingredients does not contain the seasonings described above.

Be healthy, grow big!

Feeding a baby at 5 months is a preparatory stage for his subsequent weaning. No matter how long the mother feeds the baby with breast milk, every month more and more new products will be introduced into his diet. Starting to feed your child from five months, instill in him a love of healthy and tasty food, proper nutrition. Subsequently, this will play an important role in his diet and gastronomic preferences.

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We begin introducing complementary foods to an infant at 5 months.

As a rule, babies who are breastfed and receive an age-appropriate amount of breast milk do not require additional complementary feeding. As for children who are fed artificially adapted formulas, complementary feeding at 5 months may be quite justified for them. However, in order not to injure gastrointestinal tract Even though the child is already grown up, all new products should be treated with extreme caution, introduce them gradually and carefully study his reaction to all innovations.

If you can do without complementary foods, then the best option will wait until the child reaches 6 months of age, because this period, according to leading pediatricians, is the most optimal from the point of view of the physiological characteristics of infant development in order to begin to eat more adult foods, for example, porridge or purees.

First food at 5 months

Breastfed babies receive with mother's milk all the necessary components for their normal growth and development. As for modern artificial formulas, they are also balanced and fully capable of meeting the child’s need for vitamins and microelements.

However, as the baby grows and matures, the needs of his body constantly increase, and the nursing mother may experience unsatisfactory lactation and the amount of milk required will be insufficient.

In addition, the indications for introducing other foods and dishes into the child’s menu are the following:

a child being bottle-fed;
some problems with the baby’s development, poor weight gain, etc.;
the irreplaceable need of the child’s body for nutrients that are necessary for physical activity and growth;
gradually accustoming the baby to denser foods, developing chewing skills, and developing the child’s own taste preferences;
stimulating the baby’s gastrointestinal tract to function normally, without constipation and other bowel disorders.

The menu of a 5-month-old baby should consist of breast milk (with natural feeding), adapted artificial formula (with artificial feeding) and complementary foods. In terms of volume, the amount of food consumed per day should be about 1 kilogram. Eating occurs mainly 5 times a day.

The best option is to offer complementary foods during the second or third feeding, so as not to overload the digestive system too early in the morning and late in the evening.

At 5 months of age, you can begin to introduce the following new dishes into the baby’s menu:

juices and purees;
porridge;
cottage cheese.

Most the best option Vegetable purees rich in nutrients can be used for complementary feeding at 5 months. They help regulate the child’s gastrointestinal tract. To prepare vegetable puree, it is best to use cabbage (except white cabbage), zucchini or carrots.

In addition to the traditional vegetable and fruit juices and purees for complementary feeding, porridges, for example, buckwheat, rice, and corn, may appear on the menu at 5 months. As for oatmeal and semolina porridges, it is better to leave acquaintance with them for later. It is these porridges that contain the largest amount of vitamins, microelements and fiber that are useful for a growing body.

It is NOT recommended to cook porridge with milk; it is better to use plain water. There are two ways to prepare porridge. With the first one, dry cereal is first ground in a coffee grinder and then boiled. As for the other cooking method, first the porridge is cooked in the traditional form, and then the finished product is rubbed through a sieve or crushed with a blender. In both the first and second cases, a fairly homogeneous mass is obtained, which allows the child to eat it comfortably. You can sweeten the porridge by adding a little sweet fruit puree, since it is too early for a baby to become familiar with sugar at 5 months. The porridge will also taste better if you put a piece of high-quality butter in it.

A new menu item for a 5-month-old child may be cottage cheese, rich in calcium. It can be mixed with puree or milk. The daily dose for this age is about 20 grams.

Also, you should always have a supply of ready-made baby food on hand in the refrigerator. Today its diversity is quite large. These can be juices or various one-component homogenized purees in jars. If the mother does not have time to prepare complementary foods for the baby or he refuses it for certain reasons, you can always use the finished product. As a rule, children eat them with pleasure.

Complementary feeding chart at 5 months

How to organize complementary feeding?

Many parents are wondering how to properly organize complementary feeding for a child at 5 months so that it is as safe and beneficial for him as possible. For the correct introduction of complementary foods, there are special tables and diagrams developed by specialists taking into account the age indicators of the child’s development.

The amount of the first adult meal should not exceed half a teaspoon. If for several days the baby does not show any abnormalities in his condition and there are no manifestations of an allergic reaction, the norm can be adjusted to the optimal one, corresponding to the age of the child (here we talked about the norm eaten by a newborn). Getting used to each individual dish should take about a week, and only after that you can move on to getting acquainted with a new product or dish.

Of course, at 5 months a child cannot yet sit at the table to eat or use cutlery on his own. That's why in the best possible way feeding, you can consider sitting the baby on the mother’s lap and feeding him from a spoon with your own hands, while holding him with your free hand. For such feedings, there are also special children's tables where the child can be seated for a short time.

If a child begins to be capricious and does not like a particular dish, the mother should not indulge this. Using all sorts of tricks and tactics, it is necessary to feed the child a variety of foods, while praising him for every spoonful he eats. It is also very effective when a mother shows by her own example how she eats the same dish with her child, and how delicious it is. We should not forget that during this period the baby develops culinary preferences, so you should not completely ignore his food preferences.

It is best to organize additional feeding of the child before breastfeeding or formula feeding. Most often, during the first test, the baby may push some of the puree out of his mouth with his tongue. This happens because he has encountered a new taste and has not yet gotten used to it. After several such attempts by the little one to eat a new dish, you can offer him his usual food.

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