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How to feed a child in 9-12 months?
Last reviewed: 19.10.2021
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Starting from the tenth month, you can gradually take the baby from the chest. It should be remembered that this is a very serious event for both the mother and the child. The fact is that even if the breast is no longer a source of nutrition for the child, it is still a symbol and an organ for closer contact with the mother, as the umbilical cord was for him. Mother is also very important: she is breastfeeding or not. She may feel disappointed that she lost her importance for the child. To painlessly stop this long-lasting unity, you need the gradualness and the feeling that this stage has ended. Violent, gross weaning can cause frustration and even an emotional breakdown in a child, which later may manifest as aggressiveness, self-doubt, anxiety.
Finally, it is necessary to take the child from the breast by the year. Usually after a year, infants rarely require a breast. Sometimes, for a quicker sleep, some mothers give her to her baby before going to bed, but this is not enough for feeding.
Given all of the above, we can offer an approximate menu for the child from ten months to a year:
- 6.00 - breast milk (or adapted milk formula) - 200 ml (if the child has long been weaned, it may be kefir or milk in the same volume)
- 10.00 - porridge (semolina, oatmeal, buckwheat) - 180-200 ml (if the child does not have a tendency to constipation or the stool is unstable, you can give rice porridge) fruit puree - 90-100 g half egg yolk
- 14.00 - meat broth - 30 ml meatballs or meatballs - 25-50 g vegetable puree - 100 g bread - 5 g fruit juice - 90 ml
- 18.00 - kefir - 180-200 ml cottage cheese - 30 g cookies - one piece
- 22.00 - breast milk (or adapted milk formula or milk) - 200 ml.
By this age, the child, most likely, has already appeared 4-8 teeth, but the child can not chew them yet, as it is incisors. However, he can successfully chew pieces of boiled vegetables, fruits, cookies with gums and tongue. Therefore, after the ninth month, start giving the child food pieces. Of course, meat can not be given by pieces.
When going from mashed food to pieces, remember that, firstly, this change should be gradual. First, carefully mash the pieces of food with a fork and put her baby in her mouth in small portions. And later, when the little one gets used to such nutrition, gradually increase the pieces. Secondly, not all food should be served in the form of pieces, but only individual meals.