Manual feeding

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All pediatricians believe that the first six months of life is best to feed the child breast milk. If this is impossible, the alternative is to bottle-feeding. The next stage - the introduction of solid foods, or foods. Pediatricians recommend starting with the fact that it is easy to digest, and gradually offer products of different tastes and textures.

From birth to 6 months

Except in special circumstances and special requirements of a doctor for a child only needs:

* Breast milk - is the best food for newborns.
* Powdered infant formula or a mixture of soy-based. If breast milk is not enough, a pediatrician will advise the mixture with the addition of vitamins and / or iron.

Infants from 6 to 12 months

The first solid food that pediatricians recommend giving a child - a rice porridge. Croup containing gluten, at this age should be avoided. After the rice porridge, you can add to the diet of baby mashed or pureed vegetables, yellow and orange, for example, carrots - are most easily digested vegetables. Then you can enter puree of green vegetables. Next comes the turn of fruits, such as mashed fully ripe apples or bananas. New foods should be introduced gradually, no more than one new dish in 5 days, then the probability of allergic reactions in children decreased.

Children from 6 to 12 months should not be given:

* Chocolates - highly allergenic product, should not be given to children up to one year.
* Honey - can contain bacteria that cause botulism and threaten the life of the child. Honey should not be given to children up to one year.
* Oranges, grapefruits and other citrus - very often cause allergic reactions. Before giving their child, consult with your doctor.
* Egg whites. Already at 8-9 months, the child can give the yolk, if it is cooked hard-boiled or cooked in the form of gossip. As for protein, it can cause allergies, and it should not be given to children up to one year.
* Peanuts and peanut butter - highly allergenic products. Do not give them to children under 3 years.
* Wheat and products from it should give the child only once in his diet will rice, oats and barley porridge. Wheat can cause allergies, so you should not enter it until 6-8 months.
* Whole milk. In the first year of life is recommended to feed the baby breast milk or special feeds. Cow's milk has been shown, makes the child more prone to allergic reactions.

Children from 1 year to 2 years

The child becomes more curious and wants to try more new foods. At this age also need to beware of products that cause allergies, but in addition make sure that the child did not take food by mouth, which can choke.

For children from 1 year to 2 years old do not fit:

* Carrot - A child can easily choke on raw carrots, so it must be finely grate or cook until soft.
* Grapes - An entire grape baby may also choke on, so the berries must be cut into several pieces.
* Skim milk - for children under 2 years of fats found in whole milk, very useful, so let's skim milk at this age should not be.
* Sweets - Many hard candy, candy, nuts and popcorn to correspond approximately to the size of the larynx of the child, so be very careful when offering them to my baby.
* Cheese in the form of string. Giving his children can only be crushed.

Children from 2 to 3 years

The child can still choke on food, so you should avoid the following products:

* Grapes - An entire grape baby can choke on, so the berries must be cut into several pieces before giving to children.
* Sweets - Many hard candy, candy, nuts and popcorn to correspond approximately to the size of the larynx of the child, so be very careful when offering them to my baby.
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