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Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Lure for Komarovsky has recently become a very popular topic for conversation among pregnant women and happy mothers babies. Dr. Komarovsky got fame as one of the best and charismatic pediatricians of the post-Soviet period. To his advice, not only young mothers listen, but also those who decided to have a second or even a third child. He has his own view on how to properly start feeding kids. First, he advises doing this not before the sixth month of the child's life. Secondly, it considers that it is more important for the mother to pay attention to her nutrition balance than to introduce adult food in the fourth month (as most parents do).
Introduction of complementary foods by Komarovsky
Before you delve into the charts and tables that Dr. Komarovsky offers to young parents, it is necessary to understand what is complementary. Many mothers do not quite understand the meaning of this word, especially since pediatricians usually call them any additional feeding. For example, if a woman has too little milk and she is offered milk formulas for a child, then this is not complementary, but complementary. Milk mixture, by the way, in this case, you can safely replace the milk of domestic animals.
If you are trying to add "adult food" to the baby's diet, which will complement the dairy, then this is a lure. According to Komarovsky this must necessarily happen on time. In addition, it is important to choose the right diet, so that the child better wean from the chest.
Introduction of complementary foods for Komarovsky should begin at six months of age, despite the fact that many adults (and even pediatricians) recommend to accustom to regular food as early as possible. But if you wish your child health, then it's worth forgetting about obsolete nutrition schemes and keeping up to date.
Why was it only 20-30 years ago that the lure started earlier? Dr. Komarovsky gives this an understandable and simple explanation. The fact is that when in the Soviet times the woman was finishing milk, the baby was added milk of animals or various mixtures. For hygienic purposes they were boiled, which led to the evaporation of all the necessary vitamins and minerals. This made the infants unhealthy, he developed hypovitaminosis and lack of weight. Even those nursing mothers who had enough milk, at that time did not eat well enough to provide their child with everything necessary. That's why they tried to start feeding food even in two or three months.
Lure for Komarovsky should start with the use of a small number of products, because caution here does not hurt. Do not forget to supplement that meal, which for the child is considered more familiar (milk formula or mother's milk). You should carefully monitor the reaction of a small organism: does the rash appear, does the baby sleep well and so on. If there are no negative manifestations, you can gradually increase the dosage. If there are problems, it is better to consult a doctor and put aside the lure.
Do not forget that it is better not to start adding new products immediately after a child's illness or after vaccinations. Do not force the baby and feed the food force.
Lure for Komarovsky by months
Lure for Komarovsky by months should be carried out exactly as shown in the scheme. It is also very important to monitor the reaction of your baby.
6 months
The feeding scheme is as follows:
6-7 am: Store mix or mother's milk.
10-11 am: 150 ml of low-fat baby kefir with 30 g of low-fat cottage cheese.
14-15 days: Shop mix or mother's milk.
18-19 pm: Store mix or mother's milk.
22-23 pm: Store mix or mother's milk.
That there were no problems with the introduction of kefir in the children's diet, you must first give 4 teaspoons and immediately supplement the store mix (mother's milk). It is very important to observe how the child reacts to the product. With a normal reaction, every day you need to gradually increase the dose, feeding him with his usual food for him.
Once you reach 150 mg of kefir a day, you need to start to enter the cottage cheese. It is also very important to do this gradually so that the child is used to it. If desired, you can add sugar to the cottage cheese + kefir mixture. This rhythm is maintained until the 7th month of the child's life.
7 months
6-7 am: Store mix or mother's milk.
10-11 am: The old scheme of low-fat children's yogurt with cottage cheese.
14-15 days: Shop mix or mother's milk.
18-19 pm: Store mix or mother's milk.
22-23 pm: Buckwheat with milk (no more than 200 ml).
Before resting at night is the most suitable time for adding the next product in the lure. The cereals in milk are an excellent option. Here, special attention should be paid to buckwheat, rice and oatmeal. To introduce a new meal, you must start again with a small amount (4 teaspoons). If there is no problem, we increase the dose.
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8 months
6-7 am: Store mix or mother's milk.
10-11 am: The old scheme of low-fat children's yogurt with cottage cheese.
14-15 days: Soup or puree from vegetables (not more than 200 ml).
18-19 pm: Store mix or mother's milk.
22-23 pm: The old scheme with cereal cereal in milk.
Remember that vegetables can be started to give the child only after he has at least one tooth. Puree or vegetable soup is best left to the third feed by the account, which passes in the afternoon. To see how the child's organism will react to vegetables, it is first necessary to give the baby some broth. Every day, increase the number. With a normal reaction, you can switch to soups / purees.
3 weeks after the introduction of vegetable soup, you can try meat broth (choose the best chicken meat). If the child's reaction is positive, you can start adding crushed meat or steeply boiled egg yolk. But remember that up to 1 year it is better not to give more than half of yolk.
For the second feeding, you can increase the amount of cottage cheese (up to 50 g).
9 months - 1 year
6-7 am: Store mix or mother's milk.
10-11 am: The old scheme of low-fat children's yogurt with cottage cheese.
14-15 days: The old scheme of mashed potatoes or soup from vegetables (can be with meat or yolk).
18-19 pm: Store mix or mother's milk.
22-23 pm: The cereal in milk.
You can make soups or puree from vegetables with the addition of any meat, but note that it was not fat. If you make mashed potatoes, you need to pour it with milk and add bits of ground meat. Starting from the 10th month of life, you can try to replace meat broth with fish soup. You can add vegetable oil to your food.
In cereal cereals in milk, you can add a little fruit (soft). At least once a day, try to feed your baby for up to a year with breast milk. Milk mixture can continue to give up to 2 years.
The complementary feeding table for Komarovsky
The complementary feeding table for Komarovsky helps to better understand how to properly add a child to food with different "adult foods". But do not think that the doctor gives a full-fledged scheme with columns and lines, in which special rules are prescribed, suitable for everyone in a row. "Table" is an inaccurate description. Komarovsky gives only advice, but every parent should pay attention to the reaction of his child and act in accordance with it. In addition, the above-described complementary scheme is quite understandable.
The first product the doctor recommends to enter is low-fat kefir. Sour-milk food is the best for starting complementary foods because it has a very similar composition to that already familiar to your baby. In addition, bacteria that live in fermented milk products help the growing organism to cope with infections faster and better. They also reduce the load on the young liver and improve digestion.