Baby food: tips and tricks to diversify your meals
The time has come to diversify the diet of baby who was content until now with an exclusively milk diet. One question often comes up: how to diversify the diet of baby ? It is your first child and his coming can raise many questions even worries. What is food diversification? When to start? How to do it ? GirlsFromMainStreet.com will try to answer all these questions.
Food diversification: what is it?
Food diversification allows for the introduction of new foods into the diet of baby, first one by one and in small quantities. Parents should bear in mind, however, that milk is always essential to their diet: 500 ml a day until about a year and then 800 ml, including yogurt, cottage cheese ... until 18 months. It is essential for the development of taste and its growth
When to start dietary diversification?
The opinions are still divided but several experts believe that the good age is around six months. Food diversification can begin as soon as childhood begins to chew well and to swallow better. From this age, the digestive system of baby is also sufficiently developed to receive a more varied food. It is necessary to respect the rhythm and the tastes of the toddler. In case of refusal, do not insist or scold but start again later. Food diversification must not be too early. Why ? Because the number of food allergies in children is constantly increasing.
How to do ?
From 5-6 months
The great adventure of food diversification usually starts with cereals presented in the form of flour ... without gluten. It is then necessary to introduce fruits in compote or crushed. The fruits must be walls, cooked or raw. Small pots are a good alternative. You can also give him some unsweetened fruit juice.
Also place small amounts of vegetables (for example: a teaspoon of vegetable puree in the bottle of noon milk). As a first step, new foods should be offered in well-milled porridge or mash. Gradually, it will increase quantities while removing the equivalent amount of milk. Gradually, the bottle of noon will be replaced by the puree of vegetables. It is better to prefer steaming or water cooking and without salt.
From 7-8 months
You can add meat and fish to your meals. Baby will also be able to discover the dairy products (white cheese, Swiss petits, yoghurt).
From 10 months
Baby is allowed to eat an egg yolk. White is not given for a year. Fruits can in principle be eaten crushed and raw.
From 12 months
Between 12 and 18 months, baby must make four diversified meals: milk, meat or fish or egg, cereals or starchy foods as well as fruits and / or vegetables.
Food Diversification: The Foods to Focus on
The vegetables (Leek whites, carrots, green beans, spinach, zucchini ...): they must be boiled in water or steam and then mixed in milk, soup or introduced into mashed potatoes. From 8 to 12 months, the vegetables can finally be crushed with a spoon or cut into small pieces. Very important: vegetables should always be cooked until the age of 12 months. On the other hand, it is necessary to avoid the pulses (lentils or beans) before 18 months.
Cereals and starchy foods : from six months, you can grind and mix potatoes with vegetable soup. If you feel like it, you can put a tablespoon of baby cereals in a bottle. After seven months, baby can taste the biscuits "special baby", semolina or small pasta that can thicken the soups.
The fruits (apple, pear, banana, orange, peach, apricot ...): it can eat as compotes, without added sugar, or in jar until about 5 months. Between 6 and 8 months, the fruits can be served raw.As long as it does not chew, dried fruits (dates, figs, apricots, prunes) are not recommended.
Did you know ?
Pome fruits (strawberry, raspberry) can cause food allergies if they are introduced too early into the diet of baby.
Fatty substances : from 7 months, a dab of fresh butter or a drizzle of vegetable oil is allowed.
The meat (chicken, veal, ham), Fish (hake, sole, bream, whiting ...) and the eggs (mixed hard yellow or crushed) should be introduced in minute amounts. Meat and fish are advised respectively around seven to eight months. The introduction of eggs should not be done before ten months. For up to two years, these foods must be eaten in small amounts because excess protein is partly responsible forobesity. From 8 to 12 months, baby can finally chew small pieces. Meat and fish can be served in very small pieces. And fatter meats are finally allowed.
Dairy products : once a day, Baby has the right to milk from about 7 and 8 months. Around 7 months, soft cheese can be introduced into the diet of baby. Be careful, raw milk cheeses should not be introduced for at least 3 years.
Ask your advice pediatrician or doctor for more security.
Food diversification: what is it?
Food diversification allows for the introduction of new foods into the diet of baby, first one by one and in small quantities. Parents should bear in mind, however, that milk is always essential to their diet: 500 ml a day until about a year and then 800 ml, including yogurt, cottage cheese ... until 18 months. It is essential for the development of taste and its growth
When to start dietary diversification?
The opinions are still divided but several experts believe that the good age is around six months. Food diversification can begin as soon as childhood begins to chew well and to swallow better. From this age, the digestive system of baby is also sufficiently developed to receive a more varied food. It is necessary to respect the rhythm and the tastes of the toddler. In case of refusal, do not insist or scold but start again later. Food diversification must not be too early. Why ? Because the number of food allergies in children is constantly increasing.
How to do ?
From 5-6 months
The great adventure of food diversification usually starts with cereals presented in the form of flour ... without gluten. It is then necessary to introduce fruits in compote or crushed. The fruits must be walls, cooked or raw. Small pots are a good alternative. You can also give him some unsweetened fruit juice.
Also place small amounts of vegetables (for example: a teaspoon of vegetable puree in the bottle of noon milk). As a first step, new foods should be offered in well-milled porridge or mash. Gradually, it will increase quantities while removing the equivalent amount of milk. Gradually, the bottle of noon will be replaced by the puree of vegetables. It is better to prefer steaming or water cooking and without salt.
From 7-8 months
You can add meat and fish to your meals. Baby will also be able to discover the dairy products (white cheese, Swiss petits, yoghurt).
From 10 months
Baby is allowed to eat an egg yolk. White is not given for a year. Fruits can in principle be eaten crushed and raw.
From 12 months
Between 12 and 18 months, baby must make four diversified meals: milk, meat or fish or egg, cereals or starchy foods as well as fruits and / or vegetables.
Food Diversification: The Foods to Focus on
The vegetables (Leek whites, carrots, green beans, spinach, zucchini ...): they must be boiled in water or steam and then mixed in milk, soup or introduced into mashed potatoes. From 8 to 12 months, the vegetables can finally be crushed with a spoon or cut into small pieces. Very important: vegetables should always be cooked until the age of 12 months. On the other hand, it is necessary to avoid the pulses (lentils or beans) before 18 months.
Cereals and starchy foods : from six months, you can grind and mix potatoes with vegetable soup. If you feel like it, you can put a tablespoon of baby cereals in a bottle. After seven months, baby can taste the biscuits "special baby", semolina or small pasta that can thicken the soups.
The fruits (apple, pear, banana, orange, peach, apricot ...): it can eat as compotes, without added sugar, or in jar until about 5 months. Between 6 and 8 months, the fruits can be served raw.As long as it does not chew, dried fruits (dates, figs, apricots, prunes) are not recommended.
Did you know ?
Pome fruits (strawberry, raspberry) can cause food allergies if they are introduced too early into the diet of baby.
Fatty substances : from 7 months, a dab of fresh butter or a drizzle of vegetable oil is allowed.
The meat (chicken, veal, ham), Fish (hake, sole, bream, whiting ...) and the eggs (mixed hard yellow or crushed) should be introduced in minute amounts. Meat and fish are advised respectively around seven to eight months. The introduction of eggs should not be done before ten months. For up to two years, these foods must be eaten in small amounts because excess protein is partly responsible forobesity. From 8 to 12 months, baby can finally chew small pieces. Meat and fish can be served in very small pieces. And fatter meats are finally allowed.
Dairy products : once a day, Baby has the right to milk from about 7 and 8 months. Around 7 months, soft cheese can be introduced into the diet of baby. Be careful, raw milk cheeses should not be introduced for at least 3 years.
Ask your advice pediatrician or doctor for more security.
