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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