Breastfeeding of children. Introduction rules

"When and how to start breast-feeding babies?" - This question is starting to interest parents of a few matured babies.

Indeed, the incorrect, as well as too early or late introduction of new products can entail certain consequences. This article will describe at what age and how you can feed babies, what are the main misconceptions, and also gives useful tips and tricks.

The main mistakes in the introduction of complementary foods

Many of them came to us from Soviet times. This is explained by the fact that the country was in a difficult post-war situation, and there was an acute shortage of labor. Therefore, most of the recommendations came down to the rapid disappearance of milk, as well as accustoming the child to "adult" food. This made it possible for the mother to go to work faster. When feeding children on breastfeeding, the following errors cannot be made:

• Early introduction of complementary foods. Many grandmothers strive to milk the baby with water almost from birth, and it is advised to give droplets of fruit juice from several weeks. However, because of this, children develop diathesis, digestion is disturbed, and gastric disorders occur. In addition, the juice contains an excessive amount of calories for the baby, which can lead to obesity in the future.
• Liquid semolina, as the first lure of breast-fed children. Danish scientists have established that it is the "path to death." Studies were conducted in which it was found that children who use semolina in significant quantities grew weak, susceptible to colds, diarrhea, rickets, and skin rashes.

Breastfeeding

Mommy’s milk contains all the necessary vitamins, minerals, calories, proteins, carbohydrates and fats in the right amount for the full growth and development of the baby. It has been established that a healthy infant is ready to introduce new products into its diet by about six months. There is also a specific feeding scheme, which will be given in the table below.

Criteria for the baby’s readiness to introduce new food

For a breastfed baby, she is determined by the following criteria:

• he is older than six months;
• the weight of the crumbs is 2 or 2.5 times more than at birth;
• the baby knows how to sit;
• He is interested in the food that adults eat, tries to eat himself, imitating them, and feed others;
• knows how and wants to eat from a spoon;
• the baby does not spit out food;
• he does not have enough breast milk, the child does not eat up ;
• the first teeth appeared (if this did not happen too early).

Infant feeding table

Food Names	VI months	VII months	VIII months	IX months	X months	XI-XII months
Porridge (oatmeal, buckwheat, rice, etc.),	no more than 150	150	180	190	200	200
Vegetable puree, g.	no more than 150	160	170	190	200	200
Fruit puree, g.	within 60	70	80	100	100	100
Butter, g.	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Vegetable oil, g.	no more than 0.5	0.5	within 1	1	1	1
Cottage cheese and products from it, g.		from 5 to 40	40	60	60	60
Mashed potatoes, g.		from 10 to 40	fifty	70	70	70
Chicken yolk, pcs		fourth	half	half	half	half
Bagels, crackers, g.		within 10	within 15	no more than 20	20	20
Fruit juice, ml.		no more than 60	70	80	within 100	100
Fish puree, g.			from 5 to 30	from 30 to 60	60	60
Fermented milk products, ml.			from 100 to 150	200	within 200	200
Bread			5	10	10	10
Daily amount of food, g.	1000	1000	1000	from 1000 to 1200	1200	1200