A baby has appeared in the family. In order to understand whether he has enough necessary substances for normal development, there is a nutritional norm for infants, scheduled by month. The image of the mother and her breasts are the only thing that is familiar and dear; for the baby it is the whole world. Initially, the child receives colostrum, which has high nutritional value and contains fats. It includes vitamins, antioxidants and proteins. Then it goes into breast milk. Of course, it is not as nutritious, but it also provides protection for a weak body from infections.
At breastfeeding, from the moment of birth to six months, a breastfed baby does not need to be fed anything, because he has enough nutrients which he receives from his mother.
From the moment of birth, feeding on colostrum, the baby sucks no more than 8 milliliters at a time. Meals can be up to 12 times per day.
Important! The interval between feedings should be no more than 2 hours.
Calculation for a child up to 1 month
Every day, the intake is increased by 10 milliliters at a time.
There is a formula for correctly calculating the amount for 1 meal: how many days is the child *10 = required one-time meal.
Or weigh the baby before and after eating, the difference between the indicators will be required amount milk for one time. The breastfeeding process takes up to 40 minutes. When a child sucks poorly at the breast, refuses to breastfeed, or does not eat enough, baby food in the form of a formula is added to the diet.
Number of feedings for a child from six months to one year
With artificial feeding
The norm for a bottle-fed baby differs from the usual (breast milk). The regimen is 8 or 9 meals per day. The break between meals is up to 3 hours. As for the dose (how much a baby needs for 1 dose), its calculation is indicated in detail on the packaging of milk nutrition. Feeding takes an average of 15 minutes.
Calculation of norm
| Age | Nutritional norm |
| 10 days-1.5 months | 1/5 of weight |
| From 1.5 to 4 | 1/6 of weight |
| From 4 to 6 | 1/7 of weight |
| From 6 to 8 | 1/8 of weight |
| From 8 to 12 | 1/9 of weight |
The baby is 3.5 months old, weight – 6000 grams. Such a baby needs: 6000/6=1000 per day. Then divide 1000 by the number of meals per day: 1000/6 = 167 milliliters - the amount needed for 1 meal.
Features and menu options for children under 1 year
From six months onwards, complementary foods are introduced into the diet.
Nutrition table
| Name of dishes | Quantity | 5 months | 6 months | 7 months | 8-9 months | 10-12 months |
| Grated vegetables | from 100 to 150 | up to 150 | up to 170 | up to 180 | up to 200 | |
| Ground fruits | from40 to60 | 60 | 70 | 80 | from90 to100 | |
| Crackers, sweets | from 3 to 5 | 5 | 5 | up to 15 | ||
| Vegetable oil | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |
| Bread | – | – | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Fruit juice | from40 to60 | 60 | 70 | 80 | up to 100 | |
| Shredded meat | from 5 to 50 | 100 | 150 | |||
| Butter | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Milk Porridge with milk | 50-100 | 150 | 150 | 180 | 200 | |
| Kefir | ||||||
| Curd products | from 10 to 30 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 50 | |
| Yolk | quarter | quarter | half | |||
| Fish paste | from 5 to 30 | from 30 to 60 | ||||
| Sour milk | 200 | 200 | From 400 to 500 |
Features of the menu for babies from 5 months to 1 year:
- Complementary feeding begins with vegetable puree to eliminate diathesis, constipation and other digestive disorders. Moreover, you need to start by introducing one vegetable: zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots;
- food is boiled or steamed;
- It is better to start giving gluten-free porridge: rice, corn, buckwheat. First boil in water, it is better to serve for breakfast;
- introduction of fruit juices according to the formula: N x10, where N is the baby’s age in months;
- the yolk of a boiled egg is ground with breast milk, mixtures or pureed vegetables;
- It is undesirable to introduce chocolate, citrus fruits, and out-of-season fruits into the diet.
Approximate diet
Approximate diet for a baby under 1 year of age
| By month | |||||
| 6 | 6-7 | 7-8 | 8-9 | 10-12 | |
| at 6.00 o'clock | Breast milk or baby food 200 milliliters | ||||
| at 10.00 o'clock | Vegetables from 5 grams gradually increase to 100, breast milk | Gradually bring porridge with milk to 100 grams, fruit – 40-60, milk or mixture – 50 milliliters | Porridge with milk 150 grams, fruit – 80 | Porridge with milk 150 grams, fruit – up to 90 | Porridge with milk 150 grams, fruit – 100 |
| At 14.00 o'clock | Breast milk or formula – 200 milliliters | Cottage cheese start with 10 grams, gradually increase to 30 grams, milk or mixture 170 milliliters | Vegetables – 170 grams, meat start with 5 grams and increase to 50, egg yolk – ¼, crackers – 5 grams. | Vegetables – 150 grams, meat – 50, egg yolk – 1/2, crackers – 5 grams. | Vegetables – 140 grams, Meat – 60, egg yolk – 1/2, bread – up to 10 grams. |
| at 18.00 hours | Breastfeeding or baby food – 150 milliliters | Vegetables – 150 grams, milk or mixture – 50 milliliters | Cottage cheese – 40 grams, breastfeeding or formula feeding – 170 milliliters | Cottage cheese – 40 grams, fermented milk mixture for children – 160 milliliters or breastfeeding | Cottage cheese – 50 grams, fermented milk mixture for children – 150 milliliters |
| At 22.00 o'clock | Breastfeeding or formula feeding – 200 milliliters | Milk or baby food – 200 milliliters | Breastfeeding – 200 milliliters | Breast milk or formula – 200 milliliters | Breastfeeding or formula feeding – 200 milliliters, cookies – 15 grams |
| The remaining 4 breastfeedings, the first of which is partially replaced with vegetables | The remaining 3 breastfeedings | The remaining 3 are breastfeeding | The remaining 2 are breastfeeding | ||
Note:
- By baby food we mean an adapted formula;
- vegetables - meaning vegetable puree;
- meat – meaning meat puree;
- fruit – meaning fruit puree.
When can a baby be introduced to complementary foods:
- learned to hold my head up;
- sits independently in a high chair;
- swallows food;
- turns away when not hungry.
The nutrition of a baby under 1 year of age must be treated responsibly. Children develop differently, and there are no universal standards that would suit everyone.
Babies are growing, and in addition to breastfeeding, they need to be given complementary foods. The complementary feeding table contains recommendations, and only the mother can decide whether to adhere to them. After all, she sees how her baby reacts to taking a new product.
It’s one thing to know about a child’s nutritional problems “theoretically” and quite another to face them in practice. How to organize? At what time, in what form and in what quantity should they be offered? These questions often confuse moms and dads. We hope that the sample menus for a growing child, which we are beginning to publish in this issue, will become a model that will help you create an individual menu for your baby.
TO 6 months baby He grew up noticeably and became more active and active. He is interested in objects that fall into his field of vision, looks at them carefully, and increasingly makes guttural, melodious sounds, repeating them with in different intonations. Significantly richer emotional reactions child: he smiles joyfully at his mother, father, and other people whom he often sees, and is wary at the sight of strangers, reacts to the intonation of adults. Of course, you are still breastfeeding your baby, but the composition of breast milk can no longer fully meet his needs. This means that it is time to think about complementary feeding.
Menu for a 6 month old baby: new dishes
If a breastfed baby develops normally, then until 4-6 months he does not need any additional food products, including fruit puree and juices. This also applies to those children who are breastfed prone to allergies: if the pediatrician does not identify any deficiency nutrition for a 6 month old baby, then complementary foods are introduced at the usual time, taking into account individual tolerance of the products.
Artificially-bred children quickly begin to experience a lack of a number of substances necessary for normal growth and development. Consequently, the need for additional nutrition for children 6 months old. Therefore, new products in the form of juices and then fruit purees are introduced into their diet at approximately 3.5 - 4 months. Children receiving formulas made from soy protein or protein hydrolysate (this happens in the case of protein allergies cow's milk), before others experience a lack of animal protein. Therefore, meat puree from twice-cooked meat is introduced into their diet already at 5 - 5.5 months. If you are intolerant to beef, veal, the proteins of which are similar in composition to cow's milk proteins, it is recommended to use lean pork, horse meat, rabbit, turkey or chicken, as well as baby food containing horse meat or pork. However, these products must be administered to children with allergies carefully, taking into account individual tolerance.
Menu for a 6 month old baby: new diet
On 5 months of baby's life should be fed not 6, but 5 times a day at intervals of 3.5 hours and a 10-hour night break. Complementary feeding is best given at lunch (about 13 hours), and if for some reason this is inconvenient, then at any other feeding except the first and last. In this case, it will be easier for the child to wean himself off the first feeding (at 6 a.m.), and overeating at night is just as harmful for children as it is for adults.
A non-dairy product should be offered before breastfeeding or formula feeding - while the baby is still hungry and attracted to food. Start with a small volume (a few drops of juice, half a teaspoon of puree or porridge). Over the course of 10 - 12 days, gradually increase the amount of food to the desired volume (for complementary foods, this volume is about 150 grams). In order for a child to learn to swallow thick food, he must be fed with a spoon patiently and carefully; It is advisable that the baby’s first spoon be soft (for example, silicone).
If the child does not like the dish, do not insist; Force feeding is unacceptable!
Let your child get used to one dish first and only then introduce him to another. Introducing the new kind complementary foods, try one product first, gradually increasing its quantity, and then gradually “dilute” this product with a new one. For example, vegetable complementary feeding can be started with half a teaspoon of zucchini puree. For a week, give your baby only this puree, gradually increasing its volume. After a week, add half a teaspoon of pea puree to the zucchini puree. Continue to gradually increase the volume of the zucchini-pea mixture, etc.
You should start complementary feeding with either porridge or vegetable puree. In cases where a child has signs of rickets, anemia, or food allergies, we recommend starting with vegetable puree. Part puree for children With food allergies It is necessary to include only green and white vegetables (zucchini, cabbage, green beans, peas, potatoes). Since potatoes have fairly high allergenic properties, their amount should not exceed 20% of the total volume of puree. To prepare puree, you can use both natural (including frozen) vegetables and canned vegetables for baby food from the above light-colored vegetables. Vegetable oil (sunflower, corn, olive) is added to the vegetable puree - preferably refined and deodorized.
Menu for a 6 month old baby those with insufficient body weight, as well as children who regurgitate frequently, can be given porridge as their first complementary food. In the diet of healthy children, porridge is usually introduced after vegetables. It is better to start with gluten-free milk porridges (buckwheat, corn, rice). In this case, preference should be given to cereals for baby food industrial production, which are prepared from environmentally friendly raw materials, enriched with vitamins, mineral salts (including iron) and do not require cooking. Even if your baby is healthy, has no signs of allergies, and you prefer to prepare porridge yourself, it is advisable not to use whole cow’s milk to prepare porridge until 8 months. It can be cooked breast milk, the mixture that the baby is fed, if necessary - with water. Many industrially produced cereals already contain milk powder; you can also give them at 5-6 months. In the first days, the porridge is prepared at 5 percent strength (5 grams of cereal per 100 grams of liquid): the porridge should be liquid - such that it flows from a spoon. Gradually cook the porridge thicker. You can add butter (from 5 months) and 1/4 hard-boiled egg yolk (from 6 months) to the finished porridge.
For children suffering from cow's milk protein intolerance, a second complementary food - dairy-free porridge - is introduced from 5 months. It can be buckwheat, corn, rice, oatmeal, barley porridge (the range of cereals is selected individually). When purchasing ready-made porridge, make sure that it does not contain powdered cow's milk. Porridges are prepared with water or with a specialized mixture that the child receives (based on soy or protein hydrolysate).
Menu for a 6 month old baby
Option 1. If your baby received exclusively breast milk up to 5 - 6 months and was growing and developing normally, then now is the time to start introducing new foods into his diet. Depending on the individual characteristics child, doctor’s recommendations and your personal wishes, it can be juice, puree - fruit or vegetable. If a child is prone to allergic reactions, as a first, new baby product in some cases, vegetable puree can be recommended (from half a teaspoon, gradually increase the serving volume to 150 g). 2 - 3 weeks after this, the child can be offered another new product. A month after the baby started receiving new foods, his menu may look something like this:
Option 2. If your child starts receiving additional nutrition and complementary feeding in more early dates(from 4 - 4.5 months) as prescribed by the doctor, then by 6 months his diet may look something like this:
Option 3. Approximate daily diet for a 6-month-old child who is bottle-fed and receives new foods from 4 months:
Option 4. Approximate daily diet for a 6-month-old child with an allergy to cow's milk proteins:
|
I feeding |
Breast milk Fermented milk product Soy mixture |
|
|
II feeding |
8-10% dairy-free porridge with the addition of breast milk, fermented milk product, soy mixture or hydrolysate Ghee (vegetable) oil Fruit puree (apple, pear, plum) |
3 g (1/2 tsp) |
|
III feeding |
Vegetable puree Meat puree Fruit puree |
3 g (1/2 tsp) 20 – 50 g (4 tsp) 20 g (4 tsp) |
|
IV feeding |
Dish of cereals and vegetables dish (zucchini+rice; cauliflower+buckwheat 1:1) Vegetable oil Meat puree Fruit puree |
3 g (1/2 tsp) |
|
V feeding |
Breast milk Fermented milk product Soy mixture Protein hydrolyzate mixture |
IN diet of a child up to one year remains the main one breast milk. But starting from the 2nd month of life, it may no longer be enough for normal development. You need juices - vegetable, fruit or berry (carrot, blackcurrant). They are given starting with half a teaspoon, then 1, 4 and 6 per day. An apple scraped with a stainless steel spoon is very useful. It is easily digested, healthier than grated, since it does not have time to oxidize under the influence of air, it absorbs toxic substances, formed in the intestines, improves metabolism.
IN first 2 months many mothers feed the baby every 3 hours with a 6-hour break at night, and then increase the interval to 3.5-4 hours. However, among pediatricians there are many supporters of the so-called free feeding (the child is fed at his request, i.e. anxiety). They give quite reasonable arguments: not all children have the same appetite, the same ability to digest food. Some of them regularly “oversleep” the allotted hours. But if the child suckles well and sucks as much as he needs per day (from 2 weeks to 2 months - 1/5 of body weight, from 2 to 4 months - 1/6, from 4 to 6 months - 1/7, etc.) up to 1 liter per day), then there is no reason to worry. It’s just that your baby has his own feeding rhythm, which should not be disrupted.
Between feedings, especially during summer time, the child should be given boiled water (10-15 g). There is no need to use a pacifier.
When your baby is breastfeeding, do not let him drink from a bottle. Sucking at the breast is relatively hard work, and if the baby feels that it is easier to suck through the nipple, he may abandon this method of “getting food.” That is why water and juices must be given from a spoon.
For artificial feeding, ready-made formulas “Malyutka”, “Detolact”, etc. are recommended. You can use decoctions of buckwheat, oatmeal, and rice. Sour milk mixtures are prepared from kefir, which significantly improves digestion and is easily absorbed. The B-kefir mixture is prepared from ⅔ kefir, ⅓ cereal broth and 5% sugar syrup. If instead of kefir milk is used in the same proportion, then it will be a mixture that, depending on the type of cereal broth, is called B-rice, B-buckwheat or B-oats.
Along with the mixtures described, you can use biolact, which contains easily digestible food components and substances that inhibit the growth of pathogenic intestinal bacteria.
Biolact is recommended as a supplement for mixed and artificial feeding. For children of the first 2-3 months, biolact is diluted with cereal decoctions (B-biolact).
The total amount of food per feeding for a 2-month-old child should be 120 g. The local pediatrician will give additional recommendations on how to feed the child, taking into account his state of health, and will also recommend dosages of vitamin D<2, который необходимо давать ребенку
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Main food three month old baby breast milk remains. It is recommended to take 2 tablespoons of peeled apple and the same amount of fruit juices daily (in 2 doses). Carrot juice (carotene, or provitamin A), blackcurrant juice (vitamin C, rutin, pyridoxine), cherry juice (copper) are useful.
When artificial feeding, it is advisable to use “Baby” and “Detolakt” formulas, milk formulas with kefir or fresh boiled milk. Additionally, 10% cream (1/10 of the total amount of the mixture) can be added to the milk mixture.
Gradually, replacing one and then all feedings, you can switch to feeding with sweetened whole milk or kefir. The total daily amount of infant formula should be 850-900 g with 6 feedings a day (140-150 g per feeding).
Four month old baby feed with breast milk 6 times a day, every 3.5 hours (night break 6.5 hours). Additionally, it is recommended to give three tablespoons of a peeled apple and 50 g of fruit juice in 2 doses, as well as a hard-boiled egg yolk and mashed in breast milk.
When artificially feeding, they use whole sweetened kefir, undiluted sweet milk prepared in a dairy kitchen, milk formulas “Baby”, “Detolakt”, etc. The average volume of each feeding is 200 g (faceted glass).
From the middle of the 4th month, vegetable puree is introduced, to which ½ egg yolk, 2 teaspoons of cottage cheese twice ground through a sieve and 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil are added (third feeding),
Five month old baby they begin to give complementary foods, since breast milk no longer satisfies the increased needs of the body. The first complementary foods are given vegetable puree, rich in mineral salts, vitamins, and fiber. The baby is introduced to complementary feeding gradually, starting with 1-2 spoons before breastfeeding. Add half the yolk and 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil to the puree.
The daily amount of complementary foods is 150 g (¾ cup). The diet is as follows: 6.00 - breastfeeding; 10.00 - vegetable puree (150 g with ½ yolk and 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil), peeled apple or 3 tablespoons of fruit puree; 14.00 - breastfeeding, cottage cheese; 18.00 - breastfeeding, juices (6 teaspoons); 22.00 - breastfeeding.
For children who are bottle-fed, vegetable puree is recommended for the first complementary feeding, and semi-liquid porridges from various cereals with 2-3 teaspoons of cottage cheese for the second. The puree is prepared from fresh cabbage, carrots, beets, and potatoes in equal quantities. Vegetables are boiled for 2 hours in a small amount of lightly salted water, drained and rubbed twice through a fine sieve. Add ½ egg yolk and 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil to the finished puree.
A bottle-fed baby's menu should look something like this: 6.00 - "Baby" or "Detolact" mixture (kefir or milk) - 200 g; 10.00 - porridge (buckwheat, oatmeal, rice) - 150 g, cottage cheese - 2 teaspoons, peeled apple or fruit puree - 3 tablespoons; 14.00 - mixture “Baby” or “Detolakt” (kefir or milk) - 200 g, juices - 6 teaspoons; 18.00 - vegetable puree - 150 g with ½ yolk and 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, juices - 6 teaspoons; 22.00 - mixture of “Baby” and “Detolakt” (kefir or milk) - 200 g.
A child of this age and older is given boiled water or fruit and vegetable broth to drink.
Six month old baby fed according to the following approximate scheme: 6.00 - breastfeeding; 10.00 - pureed buckwheat porridge (alternate with oatmeal and rice) - 150 g, cottage cheese - 2 teaspoons, peeled apple or fruit puree - 3 tablespoons; 14.00 - breastfeeding, cottage cheese - 2 teaspoons, juices - 6 teaspoons; 18.00 - vegetable or vegetable-fruit puree - 150 g with ½ yolk and 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, juices - 6 teaspoons; 22.00 - breastfeeding.
When artificial feeding, the scheme changes: 6.00 - “Baby” or “Detolakt” mixture (kefir and milk) - 200 g; 10.00 - porridge (buckwheat, oatmeal, rice) - 150 g, cottage cheese - 4 teaspoons, juices - 6 teaspoons; 14.00 - vegetable soup with meat broth - 20 g, one cracker, vegetable puree - 150 g with 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil and ½ yolk, scraped apple or fruit puree - 3 tablespoons; 18.00 - mixture of “Baby” and “Detolakt” (kefir or milk) - 200 g, juices - 6 teaspoons; 22.00 - mixture “Baby” or “Detolakt” (kefir or whole milk) - 200 g.
Nutrition for a seven month old baby becomes even more diverse. Vegetable broth is introduced in the form of pureed soups, which are prepared from finely chopped veal or lean beef. The following menu can be recommended: 6.00 - breastfeeding; 10.00 - vegetable soup with meat broth - 20 g, vegetable puree - 150 g with 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil and ½ yolk, meat (liver) puree - 5-30 g, juices - 6 teaspoons; 14.00 - breastfeeding, juices - 6 teaspoons; 18.00 - porridge (buckwheat, oatmeal, rice) - 150 g, cottage cheese - 4 teaspoons, grated apple or fruit puree - 3 tablespoons; 22.00 - breastfeeding.
Artificial feeding is the same as in the previous month. Of the new products, you can add 1 savory cookie, which is soaked in kefir or milk and given as an additional feeding.
Menu eight month old baby: 6.00 - breastfeeding; 10.00 - vegetable soup with meat broth - 30 g, 1 cracker, bread - 5 g, vegetable or vegetable-fruit puree - 170 g with ½ yolk and 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil, meat (liver) puree - 50 g, juices - 7 teaspoons; 14.00 - breastfeeding or kefir - 1 glass with cookies, juices - 7 teaspoons; 18.00 - porridge (buckwheat, oatmeal, rice) - 170 g, cottage cheese - 4 teaspoons, grated apple or fruit puree - 4 tablespoons; 22.00 - breastfeeding.
Artificial feeding is becoming more and more similar to natural feeding. The daily menu is approximately as follows: 6.00 - “Baby” or “Detolakt” mixture (kefir or milk) - 200 g, 1 cookie; 10.00 - porridge (buckwheat, oatmeal and rice) - 170 g, cottage cheese - 4 teaspoons, juices - 7 teaspoons; 14.00 - vegetable soup with meat broth - 30 g, crackers, bread - 5 g, meat (liver) puree - 50 g, vegetable puree - 170 g with 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil and ½ yolk, grated apple or fruit puree - 4 tablespoons spoons; 18.00 - mixture “Baby” or “Detolakt” (kefir or milk) - 200 g, juices - 7 teaspoons; 22.00 - mixture “Baby” or “Detolakt” (kefir or milk) - 200 g.
For nine month old baby approximately the following feeding regimen: 6.00 - breastfeeding or kefir (Malysh, Detolakt mixtures, whole milk) - 200 g, 1 cookie; 10.00 - porridge (buckwheat, oatmeal, rice, semolina) - 180 g, cottage cheese - 4 teaspoons, juices - 8 teaspoons;
14.00 - vegetable soup with meat broth - 30 g, crackers, bread - 5 g, vegetable puree - 250 g with 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, minced meat (liver) - 50 g, grated apple or fruit puree - 4 tablespoons; 18.00 - vegetable or fruit puree - 180 g with ½ yolk and 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, juices - 8 teaspoons; 22.00 - breastfeeding or kefir (Malysh and Detolakt mixtures, whole milk) - 200 g.
Ten month old child The following menu is recommended: 6.00 - breastfeeding or kefir (Malysh, Detolakt mixtures, whole milk) - 200 g, cookies; 10.00 - porridge (buckwheat, oatmeal, semolina) - 200 g, cottage cheese - 5 teaspoons, juices - 9 teaspoons; 14.00 - vegetable soup with meat broth - 30 g, crackers, a piece of white bread, vegetable puree - 150 g with 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, minced meat (liver) - 60 g, grated apple or fruit puree - 5 tablespoons; 18.00 - vegetable or fruit puree - 200 g with ½ yolk and 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, juices - 9 teaspoons; 22.00 - breast milk or kefir (Malysh, Detolact, whole milk mixtures) - 200 g.
Sample menu for eleven month old baby: 6.00 - breastfeeding or kefir (Malyutka, Detolakt mixtures, whole milk) - 200 g, cookies; 10.00 - porridge (boiled vermicelli, milk noodles, pudding) - 200 g, cottage cheese - 5 teaspoons in porridge, casserole or krupenik, juices - 50 g; 14.00 - vegetable soup with meat broth - 30 g, crackers, a piece of white bread, vegetable puree - 150 g with 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, pureed boiled meat (liver) - 60 g, grated apple or fruit puree - 3 tablespoons; 18.00 - vegetable or fruit puree (raw grated vegetables, fruits, berries, mousse) - 200 g with ½ yolk and 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, juices - 50 g; 22.00 - kefir, mixtures “Malysh”, “Detolact”, whole milk - 200 g.
The diet of a one-year-old child is based on the fact that he has already been weaned. Meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, bread are recommended. All these products are given boiled or crushed. Fried foods (meat, potatoes), canned food, sausage, coffee, cocoa, spicy seasonings, chocolate, and sweets are not recommended.
The amount of food per feeding with 4 meals a day is approximately 250 g. Meanwhile, it is desirable that the feeding be 5 times a day.
Sample menus for children. All the MENU given below are only of a relatively approximate nature and the mother must compile the actual menu for the baby herself.
Be sure to determine whether your baby is ready to introduce new food into his diet. A child’s early encounter with new food can result in digestive disorders, intestinal colic, allergies, and other “troubles.” Be sure to give complementary foods with a tea or coffee spoon - the child should chew new food and not “drink” from a bottle. Be sure to coordinate your actions with the pediatrician observing the child or your family doctor.
Once again I would like to remind you that the menus below are relative. This is not a RULE, but an EXAMPLE. In the example that will be considered, the introduction of complementary foods into the child’s diet began at 5 months. I hope using this example you will be able to CREATE YOUR OWN MENU OPTION for your baby. Attention! When introducing complementary foods, the amount of milk or formula in this feeding decreases!!! 5 months. The first complementary food should be thoroughly crushed and liquid. If a child is given thick food right away, he may have difficulty swallowing. With improper or force feeding, a negative reflex to any thick food can become established. The best option for the first feeding is vegetable puree - it is rich in vitamins, minerals, pectins, and fiber.
If you introduce porridge or fruit puree as the first complementary food, then in the future there will be problems with introducing vegetables into the child’s diet.
Approximate diet and routine for a child:
6-00 breast milk or formula 10-00 vegetable puree* + breast milk or formula 14-00 breast milk or formula 18-00 breast milk or formula 22-00 breast milk or formula *- vegetable puree should gradually replace breast milk. Its amount should gradually change from 1/2 tsp. up to 100 -150 g. But at the end of feeding, you can offer the baby the breast.
As an exception, in cases where a child has unstable weight or insufficient weight gain, porridge can serve as the first complementary food.
6 months.
It's time to introduce your baby to Ashami. If you introduced porridge in the first complementary feeding (see above), take a “step back” this month and introduce vegetable puree.
When a child’s diet already includes porridge, rukta juice and puree are added to his diet. Do not introduce porridge and fruit puree into your child’s diet at the same time. You can introduce them in any order, but I would recommend introducing porridge first (one type - for example, buckwheat), and then introducing the first type of fruit juice (puree). Approximate diet and regimen for a child: 6-00 breast milk or formula 10-00 porridge* + fruit juice or puree** + breast milk or formula 14-00 breast milk or formula + fruit juice or puree** 18-00 vegetable puree + vegetable or fruit juice** +breast milk or formula (if the child wishes) 22-00 breast milk or formula *from 1/2 tsp. up to 50-100 g
** tbsp 1/2 tsp. up to 30-70 g
A child should be given porridge no more than once a day.
Sometimes, when porridge is introduced into the diet, a child’s appetite may decrease. If at the same time the child looks calm, cheerful and playful, then there is no reason to worry; It’s just that porridge is “more satisfying” than milk or formula. Under no circumstances should you force-feed your child, or through persuasion, or by sweetening food. This may cause the child to develop food aversions. Always remember that even a healthy child may experience periods of decreased appetite. In addition, before the next feeding the child must feel a feeling of hunger, as a result of which the child will eat with pleasure (or, as they say, with appetite).
Also remember that a long break between breastfeeding - 8 or more hours in a row - significantly reduces lactation. Therefore, it is recommended to give complementary foods this month at the 2nd and 4th feeding (with IV, you can give complementary foods at the 2nd and 3rd feeding).
7 months.
Two more new products appear in the child’s diet - cottage cheese and yolk. You can also offer your child a cracker.
Approximate diet and regimen for a child: 6-00 breast milk or formula 10-00 porridge + fruit juice + cottage cheese** 14-00 vegetable puree + fruit juice + yolk* 18-00 breast milk or formula + fruit puree 22-00 breast milk or mixture New products are introduced at intervals of 2 weeks.
* from minimal doses to 1/2 yolk and this dose lasts up to 1.5 years
** from 1/4 tsp. up to 4 tsp
8-9 months.
The baby's menu becomes even more varied - meat and dairy products appear in it.
Approximate diet and regimen for a child: 6-00 breast milk or formula 10-00 porridge + yolk + fruit puree 14-00 vegetable soup + meat puree* 18-00 fermented milk drink** + cottage cheese + fruit puree + crackers 22-00 breast milk or mixture * from 1/2 tsp. up to 50 g
** from 1/2 tsp up to 100-150 ml
As fermented milk products in the child’s diet, you can use the ready-made fermented milk product AGUSA, kefir from the dairy kitchen, and you can also prepare NARINE kefir yourself.
The baby receives breast milk only 2 times a day - the remaining feedings can be alternated in any order (depending on the child’s wishes). If you breastfeed your baby once a day, lactation quickly fades away.
At 9 months the child’s “day routine” changes
7-00 - first feeding
11-30 - second feeding
15-30 - third feeding
19-00 - fourth feeding
22-30 - night feeding
10-11 months.
Fish appears in the baby's diet.
The volume of dairy products in the diet should be at least 600-700 ml per day.
Around this time, you can introduce your baby to pasta.
7-00 - breakfast - breast milk or formula 11-30 - lunch - vegetable soup + vegetable puree + steamed meat or fish cutlet + fruit or vegetable juice 15-30 - afternoon snack - porridge with butter + yolk + fruit puree + fruit juice 19-00 - dinner - cottage cheese + fruit puree (in cottage cheese) or fruit (as an independent dish) + fermented milk drink 22-30 - night feeding - fermented milk drink or breast milk. 1 year
The baby gradually switches to 4 meals a day and 12 hours of sleep at night.
You can now give your baby meals prepared for the whole family.
8-00 - breakfast - milk porridge + yolk + fruit juice 12-00 - lunch - vegetable soup + vegetable puree + meat or fish steam cutlet + fruit or vegetable juice 16-00 - afternoon snack - cottage cheese + fruit puree (in cottage cheese) or fruit (as a separate dish) + fermented milk drink 19-00 - dinner - vegetable puree or vinaigrette (1-2 times a week can be replaced with pasta) + fermented milk drink or milk 24-00 - night feeding - fermented milk drink or milk.
As always, according to the tradition of the help section of the site - example: menu for a bottle-fed baby:
5 months:
6-00 180 ml milk formula
10-00 120 g vegetable puree + 50 ml mixture
14-00 180 ml milk formula
18-00 180 ml milk formula
22-00 180 ml milk formula
6 months
6-00 180 ml milk formula
10-00 120 g porridge + 60 g fruit puree
14-00 120 g vegetable puree + 50 ml juice
18-00 180 ml milk formula
22-00 180 ml milk formula
7 months
6-00 180 ml milk formula
10-00 120 g porridge + 50 g cottage cheese + 60 g fruit puree
14-00 120 g vegetable puree + 1/2 yolk + 70 ml juice
18-00 180 ml milk mixture +50 g fruit puree + crackers
22-00 200 ml milk formula
8 months
6-00 180 ml milk formula
10-00 120 g porridge + 1/2 yolk + 60 g fruit puree
14-00 150 ml vegetable soup + 50 g meat puree
18-00 100 ml NARINE with milk mixture +50 g fruit puree + 50 g cottage cheese + crackers
22-00 200 ml milk formula
9 months
11-30 120 g porridge + 1/2 yolk + 60 g fruit puree or fruit
15-30 150 ml vegetable soup + 50 g meat in the form of a steam cutlet or casserole
22-30 200 ml milk formula
10 months
7-00 180 ml milk formula + cookies
19-00 100 ml NARINE with milk mixture +50 g fruit puree + 50 g cottage cheese + crackers
22-30 200 ml NARINE
11 months
7-00 180 ml milk formula + cookies
11-30 150 ml vegetable soup + 50 g meat in the form of a steam cutlet or casserole
15-30 120 g porridge + 1/2 yolk + 60 g fruit puree or fruit
19-00 100 ml NARINE with milk mixture +50 g fruit puree + 50 g cottage cheese + crackers
22-30 200 ml NARINE
1 year
8-00 - breakfast - 200 g milk porridge +1/2 yolk +75 ml fruit juice
12-00 - lunch - 100 ml vegetable soup + 125 g vegetable puree + 70 g steamed meat or fish cutlet + 75 ml fruit or vegetable juice
16-00 - afternoon snack - 100 g cottage cheese + 50 g fruit puree (in cottage cheese) or fruit (as a separate dish) + 150 ml NARINE
19-00 - dinner - 100 g of vegetable puree or vinaigrette (1-2 times a week can be replaced with pasta) + 100 ml NARINE
24-00 - night feeding - 200 ml NARINE