Baby feeding

A guide to starting baby feeding!

Baby feeding guide : If you are newborn at home and worried about how proper baby nutrition plus breast milk, stay with us. In this article, we will briefly refer to the principles that are important in infant feeding.

Baby feedingDoctors mentioned the recommended time to start feeding the baby with non-breastfeeding foods is 4-6 months. Scientifically, at this age of development, the child’s digestive is prepare to use other foods.
In addition, at this age the baby starts to teethe and can sit.

Of course, this age is not decisive and is different depending on the physical condition of the infants.

Starting a meal with other foods does not mean finishing the lactation, and other foods should be used as a supplement. 

Baby feeding

Baby feeding 1: Start with mashed grains

At the beginning of feeding a baby with solid foods, it’s best to use soft foods that look like milk and make digestion easy. You can first mix the food with breast milk.

Baby feeding 2: Eating solid foods requires practice

It may be normal for you to eat solid foods, but it’s new to your child. He was dealing with a liquid diet until today.

Your child needs training to get used to having a spoon of solid food. So do not expect to eat everything easily.It’s best to start with one or two teaspoons and try to enjoy this experience. 

Baby feeding 3: Using vegetables and fruits

Baby feedingUsing fruits and vegetables and even meat extract can be in your child’s diet.

You should want to use a few flavors to see how your child responds to the tastes. To know what your child does not like.

Do not force the child to swallow food.

Baby feeding 4: Do not other milks or honey in your child’s diet

Do not use other milks or honey for children under the age one. Because of the risk of botulism in these foods is high and the child’s immune system cannot defend itself against pathogens. 

Baby feeding 5: Stop feeding if your child neglect to continue eating

The children will allow us to feed them when they are hungry. So, do not force them for eating.

Baby feedingBaby feeding 6: You should tolerate the clutter

Eating foods is a new experience for the baby. So let him try this experience as he likes and enjoy the touch and play with food. Note that this stage of life and growth will not last forever.

Baby feeding 7: Use finger foods to feed

After 9 months, your baby will generally be able to sit and balance more.

Baby feeding

At this time, you can more easily allow him to eat with his hands. Some food that are also called fingers food can be appealing to the baby. For example, banana pieces or cooked carrots, cooked pasta, cooked eggs and eggs.

Avoid causing harm to your baby from candy, chips, raw vegetables, grapes, harsh cheese, sausages and other industrial foods in your child’s diet.

Reference
WebMD

Collected by
Dr. Sara Bakhshaei

About Sara Bakhshaei

Dr Sara Bakhshaei ParsiTeb Company Researcher
Dr Sara Bakhshaei is a PhD. graduate Agroecologist from the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. She has done researches in some agricultural and health fields such as Plant Ecology, Agroecology, Data Analysis, Crop production, LCA and Pharmaceutical effects of medicinal plants. She completed her researches as an Internship period in IFF institute(Institute of Social Ecology) in Vienna, Austria. Since 2016 she works as a senior researcher at Parsiteb herbal pharmaceutical company. She has 8 years of work experience as a university lecturer in Iran and published more than 100 articles in her research fields. Now she continues her study in the field of Phytomedicine at the Boku University of Vienna.

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