Make changes in the diet of crumbs every month. To introduce new products must be very carefully, starting with a small amount and carefully watching the reaction of the young. In addition, you should consider what type of feeding is your child - on natural or artificial - this will determine the list of products allowed for him, as well as the size of portions.
Most modern doctors believe that in the first six months of a child's life he does not need anything other than breast milk or an adapted milk formula. At the same time, in 7-month-old children physical activity is significantly increased, therefore in their daily diet must necessarily include other high-calorie foods serving for babies as a source of energy.
In this article, we will tell you how to introduce a baby for 7 months, and how to make a menu for him every day.
Baby menu at 7 months of breastfeeding
The main element of nutrition and the daily menu of the child at 7 months, according to most doctors, should be the mother's milk. If you have the opportunity to feed crumb breast milk, do this for as long as possible, but gradually add additional food to this product.
So, the seven-month-old baby must already receive fresh fruit in the form of puree. You can safely give your son or daughter green apples and pears, peaches, apricots and bananas. If the crumb does not have a predilection for diarrhea, you can offer him plums. As for citrus and other exotic species, such a small child should not be given them, since these fruits are likely to provoke a severe allergic reaction.
Also in the baby menu at 7 months must include boiled or cooked steamed vegetables. The main component of vegetable purees for seven-month-old babies should be zucchini. Also, you can add carrots, beets, potatoes, cauliflower and broccoli, string beans, pumpkin and green peas. The latter should be very careful, since this vegetable can cause increased gas formation and abdominal pain.
Cereals can not be eaten by babies in this period. To stop your choice is best on gluten-free cereals - rice, buckwheat and corn. Be careful - rice has a fairly strong fixing effect, so babies prone to constipation, it is not recommended to give it.
If you buy for your child child porridge of industrial production, give preference to dairy-free, as the protein of cow's milk is too hard to digest by a tiny organism. If desired, you can dilute them with your milk. If you decide to cook porridge yourself, cook them on the water.
If desired, at this age you can introduce your baby to meat. To offer meat puree, cooked from a turkey, rabbit or chicken can be on a tablespoon 2 times a week.
Correctly to make a daily diet of your baby for GW you will help the approximate menu of the child in 7 months, presented in the following table:
The baby's menu at 7 months on artificial feeding
Babies who are deprived of breast milk should receive the same products as infants, but the portions of complementary foods for them will be slightly larger. So, a seven-month-old kid, who is on IW, should eat meat puree for 30-40 grams every day.
In addition, in its diet, you can also enter the egg yolk. The daily norm of this product is not more than half of the yolk quail eggs or quarters chicken. Eggs for feeding the baby should be boiled for at least 15 minutes.
Finally, an artificial child can be given a baby curd at 7 months, but not more than 30 grams of this product per day.
The approximate menu of the seven-month-old baby on the IV is presented in the following table:
