Guidelines for the baby to eat the fruit with taste
Are you trying to introduce the fruit in the diet of your small and rejects? Do not worry, it's normal, most babies do not like because they are used to take only milk, which has a sweet taste.
So when we include in your diet an acidic food, they reject it. "The sweet and salty flavors are best accepted infants, while the acid fruits along with some bitter vegetables are less pleasing to them," explains Nerea Cenoz, dietitian and nutritionist Nerea Cenoz Nutrition Center in Pamplona.
But the child must take fresh fruit because it gives a lot of vitamins, minerals and fiber. Therefore it is very important not to give up and follow guidelines if it is rejected.
To make the acceptance without delay too long to know the disguise and not force him to eat; otherwise, you'll end up hating the and never want to take it.
"The key to the baby gets used to the fruit and eat it with pleasure lies in stress (for good) and give test many times, and also see that the family eats fruit every day, because Babies love to imitate their elders, "says nutritionist.
For starters, juice
By 5 months of life the baby's digestive system is ready to digest foods other than milk and experts advice starting with fruit juice.
You can offer it to your child mandarin, which is sweeter than the orange, or pear. Check teaspoon the first day and the amount are progressively increased until it reaches take about 10 or 20 ml.
And something important: now you do not offer juice mixtures of various fruits, you have to enter them one at a time. The reason? If the days all together and some you are allergic, you will not know what is.
Moreover, so you immediately see what you like best and which rejected. Many children "are sulky" the orange sour taste, but generally very well tolerated pear, which is not acidic and has a neutral taste.
Then mush
Once accepted the juice you can move to pureed fruit. You must start with a single fruit, such as pear. Once tolerated adds apple, banana and then finally orange.
By giving your child porridge, feel it in your lap, your closeness will bring safety and well better accept the new food. It is important that the environment is quiet and no noise.
You should not be obsessed with him all the porridge; in fact, most babies eat only a few tablespoons at first, but this is enough to go slowly accustomed to this new food.
If your child spits fruit or cries, let two or three days before offering it again and while, try a different fruit.