Child's menu in 6 months

Six months is the age at which the kid actively learns the world around him, including by studying a new food for himself-various lures. The purpose of introducing complementary foods is enriching the baby's diet, gradually accustoming the child's organism to "adult" food and expanding its menu. In addition, the lure prepares the baby for a gradual transition from completely liquid, to a thicker and even heterogeneous food. In this article, we'll talk about the baby's nutrition in 6 months, tell you what to feed the child at this age, and what are the special features of feeding an artificial baby.


The main thing in the introduction of lures:

Modern pediatricians recommend the introduction of complementary foods at 6 months, the menu of children before reaching this age may well consist only of mother's milk (or a modern high-quality adapted milk formula).

That is, if the mother fully and diversely eats and her milk is able to provide the child with all the necessary vitamins (and most often it is so, because milk, even with insufficient vitaminized diet of the mother, "absorbs" everything useful from the maternal organism, that is, when a poor diet will be affected more by the mother, not the baby) or if the baby eats a quality adapted mixture, the parents can be calm - the baby gets everything he needs and does not need additional "vitamin top dressing".

How to introduce complementary foods?

First of all, carefully and gradually. For the first time, the child should be given a little (a spoonful or a couple of sips) of new food and to supplement already familiar food - milk or a mixture. After this, parents should carefully monitor the behavior and condition of the child for rashes, redness, sleep disturbances or digestion. If everything is in order, then in the future the dose can be gradually increased. When unwanted reactions appear, it is worthwhile to delay with the introduction of such a product into the baby's diet. You can not introduce any new lure until all symptoms of intolerance / rejection of the product by the body have completely disappeared. Never introduce new products into the menu of a sick kid (a cold, a runny nose, etc.), and 2-3 days before and after the vaccination.

If the child does not like the new product, do not insist.

The baby's menu from 6 months to a year is gradually enriched with such products:

There is no generally recognized scheme for the introduction of these products into the baby's diet. Different specialists determine the different order and timing of complementary feeding. Consult a few experts that you can trust and choose the one that seems best for you.