The First Baby Cereals

When the stage of introducing new foods other than milk, cereals starts are among the first foods that come into the baby's diet. What and when.

From six months baby, milk is no longer sufficient to ensure proper growth of the child. Cereals are one of the foods that should be introduced first and are essential to the development of porridge for children. 

However, one must know what kind of cereal you can start and what should be introduced in a second stage, depending on whether they contain gluten or not. We give guidelines to introduce new cereals.

CEREAL GLUTEN

 

RICE

It provides more cereal starch and the more easily digestible form. You can offer the baby in the form of flour, meal, flakes or rice milk.

WHEN you enter? It can provide virtually from the start weaning at 4-6 months. It may be given to celiac children.

CORN

Corn is rich in carbohydrates, and contains potassium, beta carotene, and magnesium and B vitamins.

WHEN you enter? Corn can give the child almost from the beginning of weaning, 4-6 months, in the form of flour and semolina. You can administer to celiac children.

MILLET

A very small grain and soft grain and neutral taste, which makes it well accepted by children. It is one of the cereals that provide more iron and magnesium. It contains B vitamins.

WHEN you enter? Millet is a fit for the first cereal baby food, because it contains no gluten.

SORGHUM

Sorghum is very similar to corn, both in appearance and nutritional cereal. It contains vitamins E and B type, minerals such as phosphorus, iron and calcium, and fiber.

WHEN you enter?
It contains no gluten, so it can offer the child at the beginning of weaning.

Cereals containing gluten

WHEAT

Very protein: provides long lasting energy. Bran is rich in indigestible fiber, which prevents constipation. It is rich in minerals and vitamins of group B.

WHEN you enter? Wheat can give the child in the form of porridge flour, flakes, grits, biscuits or bread from six months.

BARLEY

It has a nutritional value and very similar to the chemical composition of wheat, and is very easy to digest. It is rich in vitamins PP, E and B (such as folic acid) group.

WHEN you enter? You can give the child from six months in the form of gruel, flakes, bread cereals, etc.

ESPELTA

These cereal nutrients are easily assimilated by the body because it has not undergone many variations as wheat. Generates a reduced risk of allergies and has a high digestibility.

WHEN you enter? Spelt contains gluten, so its use is recommended after six months.

OATS

It is the most caloric and energetic cereal, so it is ideal for the cold months. It brings a lot of vitamin B and minerals such as magnesium, phosphorus and calcium, and is rich in fiber.

WHEN you enter? Oats are a cereal containing gluten, so it must be inserted into the child's diet after six months.

RYE

Noted for its content in zinc and selenium, antioxidants, minerals, and are rich in fiber. Rye contains B vitamins, which help absorb carbohydrates and benefit the nervous system.

WHEN you enter? Rye is a cereal containing gluten, so it must be inserted into the child's diet after six months.

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Tips for Your Baby to Eat Well

Tips for your baby to eat well

Many people would cost God and help get your baby to eat well, either through lack of practice or because the child does not like the food in question. Therefore, you have to throw a lot of imagination and, above all, patience to get not only eats well and varied but dare with new flavors.

Getting your baby to eat well is not easy, mainly because just like adults might one day not hungry or do not like the food, but it can be achieved with a few simple tips:

1. If you want to try new tastes do not do when you are hungry as the news require patience and occasionally must leave that to give you anything you like, and if you are hungry the cure may be worse than the disease.

2. To the extent possible, share the same food. If you find that you're eating the same certainly be encouraged, young children love to imitate what their parents do.

3. You have to go slowly, unless you want to eat or not very hungry you do not make it all finished. The lunch has to be to enjoy and if you catch more passes bad eating mania.   

4. Do not camouflage food constantly. If it's OK to occasionally camouflage some vegetables without noticing, but not very often. You must learn to distinguish the flavors and if food is always hidden never know what things not really know what you really like.

5. Do you have a varied diet as soon as possible, be much easier to want to try new flavors and you can play with that variety to eat better, because you can always say that until a few days does not return to touch and will lose how rich he is.

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Recipes for Healthier Babies

From our blog we will propose babies healthier recipes for the babies to prepare you for yourselves.

The homemade baby food recipes are simple and very rewarding to perform; as well as providing great benefits for your baby, because you know exactly what the little one is eating, because it is healthy and prepared with fresh ingredients, unlike the ingredients in the meal.

You have the advantage of being able to adapt the baby food to their needs and preferences; besides being much cheaper than prepared foods and most importantly they are very satisfactory for both mother and child.

5 Healthy Recipes for your baby

Recipe vegetable puree for babies

This puree is suitable for babies from six months, where you can enter the flesh. To prepare this recipe you will need: 

Ingredients

- 2 carrots
- 2 large potatoes
- 1 leek
- 150 grams of peas
- 150 grams of green beans
- 1 chicken breast
- Extra virgin olive oil

Preparation method

Wash all vegetables and cut into pieces not too small, and degreased and skinned if any, of the chicken breast; Pour all the vegetables in the pot with water, more or less to cover it, and set it to boil.

Moreover cooking the chicken breast steamed or baked and when cooked, Reserve it; when vegetables are cooked, let cool slightly and pass, along with shredded chicken breast in a blender or potato masher, adding 3 or 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and stir all ingredients.

Recipe pureed fruit with yogurt

Suitable for babies aged eight months, you will need:

Ingredients

- 1/2 banana
- 1/2 Golden apple
- 1/2 orange
- 2 tablespoons plain yogurt

Preparation method

Pour into the bowl of the mixer all the ingredients, along with the squeezed orange half, beat all ingredients and served in the bowl, ready to eat.

Recipe chip banana yogurt

It is ideal for older babies and snack need: 

Ingredients

- 1 Natural yogurt
- 1 / banana
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar -optional-

Preparation method

On a plate mince half a banana into small pieces and pour into a natural yogurt; if you see that the baby finds it very acidic, add a teaspoonful brown sugar, but avoid it whenever you can

Recipe peas with baby carrots

For older babies, who are already able to start eating this dish is very healthy. And it is loaded with many vitamins. To prepare, you need:

Ingredients

- 1/2 cup peas
- 1/2 cup baby carrots
- Water
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 dash of extra virgin olive oil

Preparation method

Put water to boil with a pinch of salt and pour the peas and carrots until tender; drain well water, and pour over the vegetables a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. You can cut the carrots into small pieces.

Recipe Hake with peas and potatoes

You can prepare this dish as is, for older babies who are eating alone or when cooking can pass through the blender, if you prefer eating small pureed; but you need to accustom to go biting, so it is only proper to crush with a fork, to become accustomed to other textures on the plate and find a piece that is able to feed himself. 

You will need: 

Ingredients

- 100 grams of hake loin
- 1/2 cup cooked peas
- 1 large potato
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 clove garlic
- Chopped parsley
- Water
- 1 pinch of salt

Preparation method

In a pan pour 1 to 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil and add finely chopped garlic to browned; then adds the not very small peeled and chopped potatoes, to be sauté and garlic, then pour the water until the cover and let it cook.

When the potatoes are to be axes, add a pinch of salt, peas, Hake, being careful not have thorns and chopped parsley, and let it finish cooking. Let cool and serve.

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10 Nutritious Purees for Babies

In the past, rice cereal is what most parents chose for the first baby food because it is considered hypoallergenic, however, many pediatricians acknowledge that nutrient-rich foods, such as potatoes, avocado or banana, are excellent choices of food to give first.
 

Avocado

The avocado is an excellent food because it is full of healthy fatty acids and essential nutrients. It is a creamy and smooth so food is digested and well tolerated by most infants.

Banana

The banana has properties that help develop the mucous layer of the stomach and aid in digestion; also they possess a sweet taste that many children readily accept.

Potatoes

The potatoes have vitamin A, beta carotene and potassium among others, and babies love their soft and smooth texture.

Pear

Pears are rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and folic acid, and mix well with other fruits.

Pumpkin

It is rich in vitamin A, folic acid and calcium; it is easy to mash and you can do with such a thick or thin as you like texture.

Apple

Applesauce puree is another easy, even for the whole family; it is an excellent source of vitamin A, vitamin C and folic acid, and potassium and calcium.

Green peas

Peas are perfect vegetables for baby. They contain vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, calcium and protein.

Green beans

They are full of calcium, vitamin K and vitamin C; they are also a great source of vitamin A and manganese. The amount of nutrients it has preventable conditions such as asthma, acne, ear infections; as well as flu and colds.

Broccoli

Broccoli and cauliflower are recommended for older babies, usually 8-10 months, as they can cause gas and are harder to digest for small stomachs; they are nutritionally a great option and are high in vitamin C.

Peach

Peaches are a great source of vitamin A, vitamin C and fiber; if the baby has problems with constipation, peaches are an effective natural laxative.

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The 10 Healthiest Fruits for Baby

Fruits for the baby: the 10 healthiest

Fruits and fruit purees are healthier home for your baby and are full of nutrients and often excellent choices for snacks babies.

The 10 healthiest fruits for baby

Discover what are the best and healthiest fruits for your baby are.

1. Banana

Bananas are one of the favorite fruits of babies, for its pleasant taste. Crushed mashed banana can help soothe stomach upset and diarrhea combat. It is creamy and sweet and helps balance acidic fruit purees containing, as with those among its ingredients lead strawberries or blueberries. It also contains nutrients such as vitamin A and C, phosphorus and especially potassium.

2. Apple

The apple is a sweet and palatable fruit in almost all varieties, like all babies, purees gives a smooth texture and contains nutrients such as vitamin A, C and E, and minerals such as potassium and phosphorus.

It helps strengthen the immune system and is a good source of fiber. It contains the flavonoid quercetin, which has antioxidant, against free radicals.

3. Peach

Peach is a very sweet fruit and palatable, containing nutrients such as vitamin A, C and E, which is a fruit with high antioxidant content and B vitamins and minerals such as potassium, magnesium, zinc and selenium among others. It has a lot of water, which helps keep the baby hydrated and is very low in fat.

4. Pear

The pear is a fruit full of water and very rich in soluble fiber, which many children find it hard to resist; It is a very rich fruit in vitamins and minerals, highlighting its vitamin A, C, E and group B as B1, B2, B3, B6 and B9 and minerals such as potassium and calcium and being highly digestible, is a the best to include in your baby's diet.

5. Plum

The plum is a very suitable fruit for children who suffer from constipation, because it provides fiber and has a mild laxative effect. It is a fruit with a nice combination of sweet and tart flavors.

It has minerals such as phosphorus and potassium, and B vitamins, especially vitamin B9, which helps to grow properly; also it contains vitamins A, C and E.

6. Blueberries

It is a fruit rich in antioxidants, although slightly acidic and very sour, so you have to mix with banana, apple or pear to make a delicious fruit puree to offer in the snack.

Blueberries are rich in anthocyanin, which have a clear antioxidant and astringent function, so they are suitable for diarrhea; It contains vitamins A, C, E and group B, B1, B2, B3, B6 and B9, and minerals such as potassium, iron, zinc and manganese among others.

7. Cherries

Cherries are rich in various antioxidants compounds, highlighting its vitamin A, C, and Group B, and minerals such as iron and calcium, potassium, selenium and phosphorus among others. It is an ideal to mix with banana or apple, or add to yogurt, from eight months old fruit.

8. Strawberry

Strawberry is a very nutritious and palatable fruit, which contains vitamins C, A, E and B complex, as the B9; It is an antioxidant fruit great contribution of minerals, mainly potassium as well as phosphorus, magnesium, iron and calcium among others.

We must emphasize that it is a fruit with high water content, which makes it very moisturizing and their fiber intake helps maintain good intestinal transit in babies. It is recommended from 10 months to a year.

9. Mango

After ten months, the baby can take mango, a tropical fruit that provides vitamin C, high in vitamin A, an antioxidant fruit with high content of flavonoids; also provides B3 and B6.

It is a fruit that contains tryptophan, which has relaxing properties, which is very appropriate for babies because along with vitamin B helps to be more relaxed and maintain a more restful sleep.

10. Papaya

Papaya noted for its vitamin A - carotene-, vitamin C and group B as B1, B2, B3 and B9, and minerals such as potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and calcium. It contains proteolytic enzymes such as papain, which aids digestion, which besides containing many vitamins, it is highly digestible.

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Best Vegetable Purees for Babies

It is beneficial to prepare homemade mashed vegetables because they are more reliable than the food prepared and are cheaper; also they provide important nutrients to the baby's growth.

What pureed vegetables are healthier for my baby?

We propose some of the healthiest vegetable purees for your baby:

ZUCCHINI AND POTATO PUREE

This puree is ideal from five months.

Ingredients

- 1 small zucchini
- 1 medium potato
- Water

Preparation method

Take two cups of these vegetables peeled and cut into chunks. Then you make them steamed until tender and crushes with a mixer. To have the right consistency, you have to add some water to reach this state.

Pureed chicken, rice and vegetables

This puree is suitable for babies from six months.

Ingredients

- 1 chicken breast
- 3 carrots
- 120 grams of beans
- 1/4 cup rice
- Water
- Extra virgin olive oil

Preparation method

Peel and chop the vegetables and pour salt in boiling water cook until tender. Reserve the vegetables and add the rice until cooked. On the other hand, make steamed skinless breast fat, until the meat is done. Put all the ingredients and pass them through the blender until a creamy mashed and added to the end extra virgin olive oil.

Carrot puree AND CHICKEN

This puree is suitable from six months

Ingredients

- 1 chicken breast about 250 grams
- 1 potato
- 2 carrots
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Water
- Extra virgin olive oil

Preparation method

Peel and dice the carrots and potatoes, place them in a pan of boiling water and cook until tender. Meanwhile, cook the chicken breast without skin or fat steamed until it is done.

When the breast has cooled, with shredded vegetables, adding cooking water if necessary and pass through the blender until a creamy mashed vegetables. You can then add two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.

MASHED LENTILS WITH RICE

This puree is ideal from six months

Ingredients

- 1 cup lentils
- 1/2 cup brown rice
- 2 carrots
- Water
- Extra virgin olive oil

Preparation method

Cook the lentils with the carrot by placing a pan of water. When carrying about 45 minutes cooking, add more water, because the rice needs more of this liquid element and takes longer to cook than traditional rice.

When the lentils boil, add the rice until cooked rice both as lentils. Let cool a bit and when you've done pass it through the blender until a creamy puree. Finally add three tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.

BROCCOLI AND PEAS PUREE

This puree is ideal from eight months

Ingredients

- 1 medium potato
- 1/2 cup peas
- 1/2 cup of broccoli
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Water

Preparation method

Shredded broccoli into smaller flowers and peel and chop the potatoes into cubes. Cook all ingredients in boiling water until tender, and forms a creamy vegetable puree in a blender. It may be possible that you have need to add some cooking water to not so thick, and, finally, add two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.

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Tips for Introducing Meat Into the Baby's Diet

Traditionally, medical professionals have recommended the introduction of meat into the baby's diet from 7 months of age, being the chicken and turkey first and then red meat, but recent research has suggested that the meat must It is presented as one of the first complementary foods for baby from 6 months old.

The iron in breast milk is well absorbed by babies. However, when exclusively breastfed infants are introduced to solid foods, they begin to absorb less iron than milk, therefore, it is important to ensure that the solid food that is given to a baby is rich in iron, such as beef and lamb.

Inserting the meat baby food

A common concern about the introduction of meat into the baby's diet is that it can be harder to digest than most fruits and vegetables, but if cooked properly, then pureed vegetables with greatly improved digestibility.

When you enter the meat initially in the baby's diet, you may prefer to puree completely, because it is more digestible and minimizes choking hazard to young infants; recent research has shown that iron very finely ground meat is absorbed by the baby's body much more easily.

To grind the meat very thinly, let it cool completely and cut into small pieces and grind it in a blender in small amounts, with some cooking broth, which makes it easier to grind; you can even achieve a smoother result, adding a little potato and carrot to the meat and crush it all together.

Processed meat such as ham, sausages and salami are not suitable food for your baby, because they are high in salt, and also contain unwanted that can trigger an allergic reaction in sensitive baby additives.

How to develop a meat puree for baby

To develop a suitable meat puree for baby you can choose chicken or beef and add vegetables to give more consistency to their food and add nutrients to the developing baby.

You can add the following ingredients:

- 2 medium potatoes
- 2 carrots
- 1 cup of broccoli
- 250 grams of meat to choose
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Method of preparation

Put a pot of water and pour all cleaned and chopped vegetables with the meat and cook, when the ingredients are cooked, crushed in a blender and add two tablespoons of olive oil vigen bonus. Place in individual portions when it has cooled down and freeze to have it available when you want.

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The Most Nutritious Porridge From 5 Months

The most nutritious for the baby porridge from 5 months

From the five-month old baby, they are gradually introducing baby food and purees, which will be part of your daily diet, providing important nutrients to your diet. We told you what the most nutritious for the baby porridge from 5 months are.

Like adults, babies need variety in their diet, to get different nutrients and to prevent the small get tired of always eating the same food.

The most nutritious porridge from five months

For the reasons stated in previous lines, we will know what the most nutritious from five months old baby food are.

PAP CARROT

It is one of the most popular for babies, for the great attraction that has both color and flavor, and one that has more vitamins.

Ingredients

- 400 gr. carrots
- 200 gr. potato
- 1/4 onion
- 1 small clove garlic
- Water
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Method of preparation

Peel, wash and chop all ingredients and place in a pot with water to cover them up. Simmer for about 30 or 45 minutes until ingredients are tender. Grind until a thin mush; add the olive oil, stirring with a spoon until all ingredients are merged.

PUMPKIN MUSH

It is a very nutritious and very suitable for younger porridge, as they find it soft and pleasant to eat.

Ingredients

- 500 gr. Pumpkin
- 1 carrot
- 1 leek
- 1/2 onion
- 2 small potatoes
- Water
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Method of preparation

Peel, wash and chop the ingredients in a saucepan with enough water to cover them up and cook until tender. After that, grind in a blender to a fine puree, add the olive oil and stir properly.

PAP ZUCCHINI

Like squash, zucchini is suitable for babies begin to introduce new foods into your diet, you can even cook and crush with skin, which provides more vitamins.

Ingredients

- 2 zucchini
- 2 potatoes
- 1/2 onion
- 1 carrot
- 1 clove garlic
- Water
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Method of preparation

Wash and chop all ingredients in a saucepan with water until the cover and cook until ingredients are tender. Grind in a blender until a fine cream and add the virgin olive oil. Finally, remove properly until it meets with the other ingredients.

PAP POTATO AND CARROT

It is a simple porridge, which can help you in times when the baby has diarrhea.

Ingredients

- 400 gr. carrots
- 1 medium potato
- 60 gr. of rice
- Water

Method of preparation

Peel, wash and dice the ingredients in a saucepan with water, without covering the ingredients and watching that this is not consummated. When the ingredients are cooked ground to obtain slurry.

What is for you the most nutritious porridge for the baby from 5 months?

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Complementary Feeding, Step by Step

We offer a power scheme that will guide you in introducing the first solid food in your baby's diet, from six months until the first year of life.

With regard to the introduction of the first different than milk, pediatricians indications are less rigid than a decade ago. For example, it is not strictly necessary to start with cereal or fruit give the first slurry at noon or offer food to the child one at a time, leaving a few days before introducing a new food. Now, the introduction of foods can be started with the meat, the first slurry can be given at night and can be offered at the same time, several new foods. However, some mothers prefer to opt for a more traditional scheme, which in fact corresponds to our Mediterranean culture. We present it below.

When to start ideally; start adding foods at six months

Until now, breast milk is more than enough to ensure proper growth of the small. In fact, the World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding exclusively for at least the first six months of baby's life, and advised to continue breastfeeding along with other foods, up to two years or more. Pediatric Scientific Community recommends not enter any food other than milk before 17 weeks of age, but do not wait more than 26 weeks to do so.

5-6 months: cereal and fruit

According to the traditional scheme, cereals and fruit are the first foods that are introduced into the infant's diet.

The first porridge

They are made with rice and corn because it does not contain gluten. To begin, simply added a few teaspoons milk bottle below (or milk), to then gradually increase the amount and offer them on a plate. Later, when the child's digestive system is able to digest gluten, you can enter other cereals such as wheat, barley, spelled, rye or oats.

Regarding fruit
- You can start with a puree of apple, pear and banana
- Finely ground, replacing the decision in the afternoon, without adding sugar to the liquid. 

Gradually, they will be introducing new fruits such as oranges, peaches or grapes, and gradually increase the consistency of the purees, offer the child until chopped fruit from the year.

6 months: vegetables and white meat

The vegetable is introduced into the child's diet after six months, in the form of purees and soups. We must give preference to those vegetables that have a sweeter flavor, such as carrots, potatoes and green beans, as it is easier for the child to accept them. After about two weeks, vegetable purees can be enriched with meat.

At first sparingly and finely ground. It is recommended to start with the white meats, such as turkey or chicken, because they are more digestible and have a milder taste.

7 months: red meat

Now, you can add the mashed red meat (beef, lamb, foal ...) and new vegetables, like zucchini, squash, celery, spinach, etc. To keep the nutrients from vegetables and meat intact, it is best to steam. It is also important not to add salt to puree, in order not to meet, from very tiny, too much "sympathy" for salty foods.

9 months: fish

The first pieces of fish can be incorporated into mashed vegetables from nine months. 

It is advisable to start with the white fish (sole, hake, monkfish, etc.), because it contains less fat and is easily digested. To give the child oily fish (tuna, sardines, etc.), we have to wait 18 months; crustaceans will have to avoid up to two years.

It is very important to ensure that the fish is fresh; when in doubt, we will resort to frozen fish, from the nutritional point of view, has nothing to envy to cool and provides greater assurance of hygienic safety.

10 months: egg

At 10 months, you can start giving the child a teaspoon of egg yolk, always well cooked. If allergic reactions occur during administration after 48 hours, we can give a teaspoonful every other day, to move to a bud.

The light has a higher allergenic power, so its introduction is recommended as of the year, starting with a very small amount dissolved in the slurry.

10-12 months: legumes

Lentils, chickpeas, peas ... At this age, they usually enter
Early vegetables in the diet of children (although some pediatricians recommend starting and eight months). At first, we will give pulses as creams or purees. Later, we can offer them whole, trying very overcooked and with some kind of cereal serving. In the case of lentils, it is best to choose those without skin, as are more digestible. If we use dried chickpeas, it is important to keep in soaked for at least ten hours in water before baking.

12 months: growth milk

After the first year of life, if the mother not breastfeed, you can move to the growth milk, whose composition is adapted to, the nutritional needs have children aged one to three years:

Growth milk has more iron and vitamins than cow's milk, but less protein. This is also an advantage, as different studies have shown that excess protein can promote the development of obesity in children.

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Baby Food According to Age

Here are some recommendations for choosing baby food, depending on the stage passing through.

FROM 0 TO SIX MONTHS

The child is a being who is in development and growth, the choice of food offered is determined by the body's ability to handle baby food, both at the hearing, and digestive.

In the newborn, the ability to manage oral food manifests search reflexes, sucking and swallowing. So food is offered during this period is basically settled.

Search these reflexes are present in the baby from birth and beginning to change over time with the growth and development of the baby, while skills that later will allow handle differently food is produced. 

Breastfeeding, as has always been said, is the food par excellence of this stage of growth. Breastfeeding can be offered through breast naturally or artificially with a bottle or bottle.
 

In the bottle, it forms a bed with the tongue and the upper gum and mouth itself, generating a suction mechanism that allows the milk off the bottle.

So the bottle and breast are not the same, either for the baby or adult. Because the child must develop a learning experience that allows the identification of those expressing different behaviors and attitudes towards food offered and adults to ignore the above, I interpret it as a rejection response by the baby.

Between 3 and 4 months begin to take the first changes. Their interaction with the environment, allows the attitude demonstrated to the food, begin to have variations, from a child "judicious" when eating to show interest to a lot of their environment, distracting.

At this time, he develops in the lips and tongue better control, allowing you to start playing with saliva and sometimes the food itself.

It is recommended to continue breastfeeding until the fifth month, basically to give the body time to complete a series of processes that will optimally manage the next stage which we call complementary feeding.

This period is determined by the changes the child to develop in oral skills, to help manage the complementary food properly. To realize the process that occurs, he has to learn to differentiate between spontaneous swallowing food, as we did during the intake of fluids (milk) and at that time you are offered, to be prepared in the mouth, swallowed properly.

When eaten, these actions are done spontaneously, almost without being aware of these, but a baby, the must develop those skills, and this takes time. To facilitate this process the first foods that will offer porridge, which are foods that have a semi-liquid preparation.

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Baby Solid Foods Age 10 to 12 Months

So far, the aim has been to your baby used to the idea of solid foods and to share the table with the rest of the family. Breast milk or formula is still an important part of their diet. However, at the end of the first year, solid foods will be an even more important part of the nutrition of your child.
 

Signs that are ready to eat a more varied selection of solid foods 

• you can hold your head up alone.
• You can sit well in his high chair to eat.
• It is able to make chewing motions.
• Shows interest in food.
• You can close your mouth around a spoon.
• Take things with thumb and index finger (or pinch object).
• You can transfer things from one hand to the other.
• It takes everything in their mouths.
• It has begun to mimic chewing, moving the jaw from side to side.
• It is easier to swallow food.
• He has more teeth.
• Gone is the extrusion reflex of the tongue, that is, the reflection of pushing his tongue out of his mouth all that is solid.
• Try a spoon.

Foods you can give 

• Breast milk: about 3-4 times a day. Either formula: about 3 to 4 bottles of 5 to 6 ounces (147-177 ml), a day.
• Bits of soft pasteurized cheese, yogurt or cottage cheese. If you wonder why those dairy products may be given to a child much earlier than cow's milk (which should not be introduced to the baby's diet until 12 months of age), it is because the culture processes used to make the manufacture easier to digest milk protein and reduce the amounts of lactose.
• Iron fortified cereals (rice, barley, oats, wheat or various mixtures).
• Strips or diced or crushed fruit.
• Chips and soft as cooked peas or carrots vegetables.
• Meals "combo" (macaroni and cheese, stews or casseroles).
• Food you can make with your fingers (dry O-shaped cereal low in sugar, pieces of lightly toasted bread pieces of ripe banana, well-cooked spiral pasta, special teething biscuits).
• Small amounts of protein foods such as eggs, mashed red meat and poultry and fish without spines. You can also offer vegetable purees which have thin skin, such as lentils, peas and or black beans.

How much to eat per day

• 1/3 cup of milk a day (or 1/2 ounce of cheese) products.
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup of iron-fortified cereal.
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup of fruit.
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup of vegetables.
• 1/8 to 1/4 cup protein foods.
• 1/8 to 1/4 cup of food "combo" (macaroni and cheese, stews or casseroles).

Other tips

Enter the new food with three days apart from each other. Thus, if your little one has an allergic reaction you may realize.

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Baby Solid Foods by Age 8 to 10 Months

Baby solid foods by age: 8 to 10 months

This is the time to begin to offer your baby foods that you can take with your fingers, so you can practice how to feed him.

Signs that are ready to eat solid food and you can take with your fingers

• You can hold your head up alone.
• You can sit well in his high chair to eat.
• It is able to make chewing motions.
• Shows interest in food.
• You can close your mouth around a spoon.
• You can move the tongue from side to side but is losing the extrusion reflex of the tongue, that is, the reflection of pushing his tongue out of his mouth all that is solid.
• Take things with thumb and index finger (or pinch object).
• You can transfer things from one hand to the other.
• It takes everything in their mouths.
• It has begun to mimic chewing, moving the jaw from side to side.

Foods you can give

Breast milk: about 3 to 5 times a day. Either formula: about 4 to 5 bottles of 5 to 6 ounces (147-177 ml) daily. In addition to:

• Bits pasteurized soft cheese or cottage cheese. If you wonder why those dairy products may be given to a child much earlier than cow's milk (which should not be introduced to the baby's diet until 12 months of age), it is because the culture processes used to make the manufacture easier to digest milk protein and reduce the amounts of lactose.
• Iron fortified cereals (rice, barley, oats, wheat or various mixtures).
• Fruits and ground as bananas, peaches (peaches), pears, avocado (avocado), cooked carrots, squash (zucchini), potatoes (potatoes) or sweet potatoes (sweet potato) vegetables.
• Food you can make with your fingers (dry O-shaped cereal low in sugar, pieces of lightly toasted bread pieces of ripe banana, well-cooked spiral pasta, special teething biscuits).
• Small amounts of protein foods such as eggs, mashed red meat and poultry and fish without spines. You can also offer vegetable purees which have thin skin, such as lentils, peas and black beans.

How much to eat per day

• 1/4 to 1/3 cup of dairy products a day (or 1/2 ounce of cheese)
• 1/4 to 1/3 cup of iron-fortified cereal
• 1/4 to 1/3 cup of fruit
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup of vegetables 
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup protein foods.

Other tips

Enter the new food with three days apart from each other. Thus, if your little one has an allergic reaction you may realize.

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