Than to feed the child in 7-9 months?

In seven-eight months, a third complementary food is introduced, based on sour-milk products. They are made from cow milk, fermented with pure cultures of lactic acid bacteria or fungal leaven, and are digested much better than whole milk. They reduce the processes of fermentation in the intestine, suppress and displace pathogenic microbes. First of all, these products are recommended for children with unstable stools. Whole cow milk, introduced as an independent food product into lure, reduces the child's appetite and promotes the appearance of constipation.

These products are replaced by another daily feeding with breast milk or an adapted mixture. Thus, at this age there are only two feeds of breast milk (or an adapted mixture). Usually the breasts are given in the morning and in the evening, which creates the prerequisites for easier weaning. Moreover, most women at this time reduces lactation.

Giving a seven-month baby yogurt, you can add a cookie or cracker to it. Since chewing at this age children are still bad, crackers can be pre-soaked in milk. The number of bread products should not exceed 5 g. By the year gradually increase this amount to 10-15 g. For children who have already cut their teeth, such solid food will serve as a kind of gum massager that will facilitate the process of teething. In addition to bread or biscuits, you can give cottage cheese or fruit puree.

      The daily ration might look like this:      

• 6.00 - Breastfeeding (or adapted mixture) - 200 ml
• 10.00 - milk porridge - 170 g egg yolk - 1/4 yolk fruit juice - 50 ml
• 14.00 - meat broth - 20 ml vegetable puree - 170 g meat puree - 50 g bread, croutons or biscuits - 5 g fruit juice - 20 ml
• 18.00 - kefir - 100 ml of cottage cheese - 50 g of fruit puree - 70 g of biscuit - 5 g
• 22.00 - breast milk (or adapted mixture) - 200 ml.

If the child has allergic reactions to the introduction of complementary foods, children are prescribed special hypoallergenic mixtures based on soy protein. They are additionally enriched with mineral salts and microelements, and fats in them are represented by vegetable oils - soybean, corn, coconut.

Most children who are gradually prescribed soy mixtures, for several days, all the symptoms of allergy disappear.

However, about 15% of children may have an allergy to soy products. In these cases, you need to see a doctor who will recommend another mixture. At the same time, you need to discard the juices made from bright fruits.

Children aged 7-8 months can enter the diet of meat. Usually it is meat puree. It should be remembered that children with diathesis are not recommended to give fish and chicken puree, as these products can cause allergies.

To prepare meat puree, it is better to take veal and boil it twice. After cooking for 20 minutes, the first broth is drained, and the meat is poured with hot water and cooked until ready. The first broth to drain is accepted because it contains a lot of extractive substances.

Meat puree can be prepared from several types of meat or with the addition of heart or liver.

It should be borne in mind that the child's gastrointestinal tract is not yet functionally ready to digest meat (lack of certain enzymes and lack of teeth). Meat puree in lure should be entered in a thoroughly frayed form. And give meat dishes need not every day, but at least a day, that is, not more often 2-3 times a week.

Entering meat puree into the lure, observe the same order of priority as when introducing juices. First you need to enter only one type of meat, for example veal, and then try the tongue or something else. And only after you are convinced of the absence of allergic reactions to these products, they can be combined. You can buy ready-made meat purees, but you need to pay attention to the date of manufacture of the product. It must not exceed one year from the date of manufacture. Canned mashed potatoes are heated on a water bath just before use, and the remainder can be stored in the refrigerator for no more than 24 hours.

At this age, tomatoes are introduced into the diet in different forms.

Children over 8 months can be given porridges and desserts made in an industrial way with the addition of chocolate, hazelnuts and honey.

Such products as beets, prunes, vegetable oil, can help in the elimination of constipation.

At this age, you can gradually begin the process of weaning from the nipple. To do this, you need to teach the child to eat from a spoon from a plate, and drink from a cup. However, he can not take a few sips in a row from a cup, but if he likes to drink from it, do not rush, even if the feeding is delayed. By the way, you can also give milk or an adapted mixture partly from a cup, and partly from a bottle. This will also help you wean the baby from the breast.

By the age of nine months, breast milk (or an adapted mixture) does not exceed 1 / 3-1 / 4 of the daily ration. The total amount of food for this age is about 1.2 liters per day, not counting juices and water.

Vegetable purees can consist of a variety of products - beets, pumpkins, cabbage, carrots, peas, zucchini. For flavor and aesthetic purposes, and also, given that these products contain a whole range of useful substances, you can add finely chopped greens of dill and parsley, and by the end of the 9th month - green onions and lettuce.

Do not forget that the child must necessarily give vegetable oil, especially if he has symptoms of exudative diathesis. This does not mean that they need to feed the child with a spoon. Vegetable oil should be added to vegetable purees, and when diathesis - in milk (or dairy-free) cereal.

From the age of nine months into the diet begin to introduce fish. Considering the danger of allergies, fish soups, mashed potatoes with vegetables, the souffle should be introduced gradually, starting once a week. Preparing the baby dishes from fish, carefully separate the meat from the bones. Ready-made fish products are available for sale, which can also be given to a child.

By the age of nine months the child should already eat completely from a spoon, and drink from a cup. And only at night you can (more to please yourself than a child) to drink it from a bottle.

While you are feeding the child, give him a crumb of bread in his hand - he is already so similar to an adult!