What should be the food at the age of one to three months?

If the child is on artificial feeding, then feed it six times a day at intervals of three and a half hours in the afternoon and a six-hour break at night. Since the introduction of complementary foods, children are transferred to five meals every four hours with an eight-hour break at night.

If the baby is breastfed, then you choose the feeding regimen individually: the way it was done at the age of one month. Breastfeeding refers to the so-called rational nutrition. Recent studies have shown that the first three to four months the child must necessarily receive breast milk. And the early introduction to the diet of juices and mashed potatoes is not recommended. The fact that some children with the introduction of these products have digestive disorders (about 30% of cases) and allergic reactions (about 40% of cases). Since we have already discussed the addition of water in the previous chapter, we will not repeat it. Water must be given necessarily!

If the mother's milk is not quite full (in spring and winter, because of the lack of fresh berries, fruits, vegetables in breast milk, the amount of vitamins and some trace elements decreases), or the child does not gain the proper weight, or has signs of rickets, anemia, or it is on artificial or mixed feeding, it is allowed to inject juices and mashed potatoes, but not earlier than three and a half months.

Both juices and mashed potatoes should be administered very carefully, starting with very tiny volumes (juices - with 1-2 drops, mashed potatoes - at the tip of a teaspoonful). At the same time, one must look at the child's reaction-like or not like the new food. The taste of the products to be introduced must be either sweet or sour-sweet (but still sweeter than sour). If juices are too concentrated, then they need to be diluted with chilled boiled water. After you understand that the juice "went", that is, the child does not have any side effects (diarrhea, allergies), in 3-5 days can begin to give undiluted juice.

It is best to start with apple juice. By the end of the month, you bring the total amount of juice to 20-30 ml (4-6 teaspoons), starting with a few drops. Juices should be given to the baby at the end of feeding, as an addition to food. They can not be used as a substitute for water for quenching thirst. New juices need to be introduced only after the child has already got used to the previous one. But you must start giving it exactly as the first, that is, 2-3 drops, increasing the portion gradually.

Different juices (vegetable and fruit) can not be mixed together. If you are confused by the price or quality of making ready-made juices, you can cook them yourself by rubbing the apple on a grater and squeezing out the juice from it, or using a juicer. But at the same time, you must strictly observe the cleanliness (both hands and fruits need to be thoroughly washed) and be sure of the origin of fruits and vegetables (what if they are stuffed with nitrates or some chemicals to accelerate their growth?).

When choosing juices, you need to take into account the state of health of the child. If he has an unstable chair, then he will benefit from pomegranate, blueberry, cherry juice and black currant juice, which contain tannins. If the child has a tendency to constipation, it is better to use beet, plum and cabbage juices. Grape juice for children under six months can not be given, because it causes bloating of the intestine.

It is possible to give carrots to children, but it is better every other day, because with excessive intake of carotene contained in it, the child can turn yellow.

More specific recommendations for a child's nutrition can be given only by a doctor who observes your baby from birth.