How to organize a baby’s nutrition in 10 months? This question is asked by everyone who has recently become young parents and so far does not have special feeding skills. The difficulty of their development lies in the fact that this process does not tolerate errors, since each of them negatively affects the health of the child - everything should be clear here.
So what should a baby's diet be like at 10 months? What features does it have? About it further.
General Features
It is at the age of 10 months that you can begin to mix the breastfeeding of a child with feeding the usual food usual for an adult. It should be noted that this process is also accompanied by teaching the baby to eat independently, using a spoon. However, as practice shows, at this age, parents still have to feed it themselves, since the child does not particularly understand how to own such an item.
With normal development at 10 months of age, the baby already has the first teeth, which are usually a couple. That is why he can start giving cookies or small crackers. In addition, many parents practice feeding small amounts of fruits, as well as vegetables. However, when choosing products, you should strictly adhere to the rules regarding what he can eat at that age and what cannot.
Also, when choosing food, you need to consider what type of feeding the baby is on. All this is due to the fact that for those who are breast-feeding, meals at 10 months of age are significantly different from those that are produced if the baby has been on artificial feeding all this time. So, we will consider each case separately.
Nutrition for breast-fed babies
In the event that the child is breast-fed, that is, breastfeeding, it is necessary to organize meals for him five times a day. As for the proposed amount of food, it should not be more than 200 g. Kefir can be included in the menu of such a child. Boiled cereals made from cereals, which can be prepared in breast or pasteurized milk diluted with a small amount of water, will also be very useful. At this age, children eagerly eat fruit purees, as well as egg yolks with a minimum amount of butter. At the very end of the tenth month, a small amount of fish can be included in the baby's menu.
As for the regime, it should be clearly standardized. A baby’s breakfast should always consist of mother’s breast milk; at lunch, he can be fed a small amount of cereal. During the day, the child can be treated with fruit puree. As for the evening, then at night the baby should not be fed too tightly - it is enough to limit it with a small amount of kefir or cottage cheese.
Baby feeding on artificial feeding
10 months is the age at which a baby who is breast-fed can be transferred to good nutrition with the use of various healthy products.
As for the diet, children fed artificial mixtures should not only eat natural foods. Weaning from mixtures should not occur abruptly, which is why babies should be given the usual food for him for breakfast and dinner.
If we talk about the number of meals, then it should not exceed five servings per day. So, at 10 months of age, the child needs to eat 4-5 times a day.
As for the allowed dishes, a child at this age can start eating steam cutlets, mashed meat, and meatballs. Do not become superfluous and eating fish. Also allowed curd masses, as well as fruits, vegetables and healthy fruit decoctions.
In any case, parents must always pay attention to the fact that the diet of the child at 10 months should be not only stable and useful, but also dense, as well as compatible in order to prevent digestive system disorders.
Approved Products
What should a child eat at 10 months? When choosing products, parents must pay attention to their purpose and level of benefit for the child. So, for a 10-month-old baby, meat will be incredibly useful, as well as mashed potatoes made from it - this product helps strengthen muscle tissue, which is due to the high protein content in the product. How much meat does a baby need in 10 months? It must be introduced into the diet gradually - no more than 75 grams per day. By the beginning of 11 months, the daily portion can be increased to 100 g.
Vegetable purees also have a beneficial effect on the development of the baby's body. Particular attention should be paid to this dish made from pumpkin, beetroot, carrot, cauliflower and zucchini. Mashed potatoes can also be replaced with vegetable soups.
Porridge and dairy products with low fat content will also be useful in 10 months. Particular attention should be paid to yoghurts and kefir - they can be included in the daily diet, 200 ml each.
About fruit
Despite the fact that this type of product is very useful for the human body, at this age, not all fruits can be consumed by a child. What kind of fruit can a baby be in 10 months?
Young parents should remember that any fruit, except apples, must be introduced into the child’s diet gradually. At this age, you should avoid eating bright fruits, since they usually cause allergic reactions. In addition to apples, you can safely start complementary foods from fruits such as pear, plum, bananas, peaches, apricots and gooseberries. Also, currants will turn out to be very useful for the development of the body - both black and red. Kiwi children can be consumed in small quantities, however, parents should remember that such a fruit can cause diarrhea.
As for the strictly forbidden fruits, then in the diet of a child at 10 months all citrus fruits (tangerines, oranges, lemons), as well as persimmons should be completely absent. Many pediatricians recommend giving these foods to children no earlier than 2-3 years.
Prohibited Products
In the diet of a child at 10 months should not be some categories of products, as they cause disorders of the child's body.
First of all, you should pay attention to a seemingly very useful product - goat milk. Despite the fact that it contains a large number of useful components, they are strictly forbidden to whole-feed a 10-month-old baby. At this age, chocolate and all products made of it and honey are also contraindicated. Pediatricians do not recommend feeding babies with raw eggs, walnuts, as well as grapes with pits and skin - they lead to bloating, which entails unpleasant consequences.
In the diet of such a child, salted and smoked foods, canned foods and semi-finished foods should also be avoided. This is due to the fact that at such a young age, the children's liver is not properly formed and cannot properly purify the blood from harmful elements that enter this type of product.
Diet
The diet of a ten-month-old baby differs in some of its features.
First of all, you should pay attention to breakfast - it must be early. During this period, the baby is recommended to use dairy products.
During the main breakfast, which should be made after a short time, the baby should be given porridge cooked according to special recipes (how to feed the baby at 10 months and how to cook it is indicated below). A serving of food at this time should not exceed 200 g.
At lunchtime, the baby can be pampered with a piece of stale bread with a light fat-free soup. Also at this time, the child can eat meatballs meatballs or other dense dishes, cooked in a healthy way - steamed, boiled or stewed. At lunch, the baby can be pampered with a small amount of sweet, for example, juice (no more than 30 ml).
As for afternoon tea, then at this time combined dishes prepared from different types of products can be served. Examples of the most successful aggregates are meat or fish with vegetables. An excellent form of food is puree mixes. Also at this time curds may be offered.
As for the latest nutrition, it should be as light as possible. An example of this can be a glass of kefir or low-fat yogurt.
All mothers who have a ten-month-old baby should strictly observe breaks between his feedings - about 2-4 hours, depending on the regimen of daily activity, as well as the preferences of the baby. The schedule of five feedings per day given here is not necessary at all, but desirable. If necessary, it can be changed up to four meals. However, in this case, it should be borne in mind that the portion size should be slightly increased so that the child receives the daily amount of vitamins and minerals he needs.
Millet soup
What soup can a baby be in 10 months? Exclusively one in which there will be no fatty components. It is also excluded the use at this age of sharp and bitter foods. The baby's mother should pay attention to soups, which include low-fat meat (chicken, rabbit, turkey, veal), as well as cereals and vegetables. The ideal example of this can be millet, which is prepared on the basis of a vegetable brew.
To prepare it, you need to wash and peel half the carrots, cut it into thin strips and send to the pan for easy frying. On top of the chopped vegetable, pour a small amount of boiling water to stew it, as well as a tiny piece of butter. The contents of the pan should be tightly covered and left to simmer for a while until the main ingredient is completely softened.
While the vegetable is preparing, you need to rinse four teaspoons of millet groats, pour it in 2.5 cups of the vegetable broth prepared previously, and then bring to a boil over low heat. When the cereal is ready, in the soup you need to put the stewed carrots, as well as finely chopped half of the potato tubers. When the soup boils, it must be crushed with a blender and cooled to a low temperature.
Steam fish cakes
At 10 months, you can start introducing fish into the baby's diet. What to cook from it? A very good option would be very useful steam cutlets that are made from sea fish.
To prepare them, you need to take 300 g of cod fillet and carefully disassemble it into small pieces, while removing the bones. After this difficult procedure, it must be crushed very well, for which you can use a blender. To the ground fish fillet you need to add the onion head, which should also be chopped in this way.
In a separate bowl, you need to rinse and boil a couple of tablespoons of rice. After it is ready, the excess liquid must be drained from the porridge, mixed with fish fillet, add the chicken egg and mix thoroughly until a homogeneous mass is formed.
From the minced meat you need to form small balls and put them in a double boiler. It will take about half an hour to cook such a meal, but the result is a very useful and tasty dish, which certainly should be a baby’s nutrition menu at 10 months.
Cottage cheese casserole
Another original, healthy and very tasty dish for children at a young age will be cottage cheese casserole. It is necessary to include it in the baby’s nutrition menu at 10 months, as such a dessert consists of products that contain a large amount of calcium, which is necessary for a growing body.
Cooking such a casserole is very simple. To do this, take the yolk of one egg and grind it with a teaspoon of granulated sugar. In another bowl, you need to knead 250 g of low-fat cottage cheese exclusively of the first freshness. To it you need to add a tablespoon of pre-washed raisins.
In a separate bowl, you need to beat the egg white, for which it is advisable to use a mixer. The output should be a thick foam, on the surface of which dense peaks will form. This mass must be very carefully poured into the curd mixture with raisins.
At this stage, you need to turn on the oven to heat up to 180 degrees. After this, prepare the baking tray. To do this, it must be thoroughly greased with butter, which can first be melted in a water bath. All previously prepared ingredients must be combined into one mass, add a tablespoon of semolina to it and mix thoroughly. After this, the resulting mass should be laid out in a form and sent to the oven for baking until fully prepared.
Nutrition tips
This little memo can help parents organize meals for their child.
Any mother should understand that food for a young child should be exclusively the first freshness. That is why all dishes should be prepared in small portions. You should also remember the correctness of the salting of food - that is why before each feeding it is necessary to try food on salt. Also, before serving a meal, you must definitely feel its temperature, since too hot or, conversely, cold foods will negatively affect health.
And finally, the most important rule that pediatricians point to. No need to force a child to eat. If he does not want to eat according to the regime set by his parents, you just need to slightly change it. Otherwise, at a more advanced age, the baby will begin to feel an aversion to food.