Products included in the daily menu of the child at the age of 7 months should provide his body with all the necessary nutrients, but do not overload the imperfect digestive system. At the same time, the baby should not be given dishes with high allergic potential, as they can cause serious consequences for the life and health of the crumbs.
In this article we will tell you that you can give food and drink to a child at 7 months, and with which products it is better to wait a little longer.
What should a child eat at 7 months?
Seven-month-old baby should eat every day at about the same time. If you have not done this before, now is the time to buy a special highchair. In this chair to feed the baby at 7 months is much more convenient than on the hands.
In addition, some youngsters at this age are already beginning to show a desire to eat on their own. If your child also reaches out to the spoon, it is in no way impossible to prevent him. In advance, store a set of unbreakable and safe children's dishes and give the crumb full freedom of action.
Immediately after awakening, seven-month-old babies still eat mother's milk or an adapted milk formula. After about 4 hours, for breakfast, your baby should receive porridge. It is better to give preference to dairy-free cereals of industrial production. If you decide to cook porridge for your child yourself, cook it on the water.
Cereals in this period can not eat all. Feel free to offer your son or daughter gluten-free buckwheat, rice and oat porridge, with all the rest it is better to wait a little longer.
Together with the porridge you can treat the crumbs with fruit puree or mashed fresh fruit. In 7 months, the use of green pears and apples, bananas, peaches, apricots and plums is allowed. Fresh fruit is undoubtedly very useful for a child's organism, however, citrus fruits and other exotic species can harm the baby and cause severe allergies.
Also, the baby at 7 months is eating all the same vegetables as before - potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, beets, pumpkin, zucchini. To this list, you can carefully add green peas, if this product does not cause the crumbs excessive gassing and discomfort in the stomach.
If your baby is already familiar with meat, now he should eat 30 grams of this product daily. For children who are on natural feeding, it is recommended to introduce the meat a little later - about 8 months.
Finally, some pediatricians advise sometimes to pamper a seven-month-old hen egg yolk. It is best to give preference to quail eggs, and in one day to offer the baby is not more than half the yolk.
As well as at any other age, the carapace, which turned 7 months old, should receive a sufficient amount of liquid. In addition to mother's milk or infant formula, be sure to give the crumbs to drink ordinary boiled water, as well as fruit juices.