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Regimen of a 10 month old breastfed baby
Last reviewed: 07.06.2024
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It is not recommended to keep the baby breastfed for more than 10 months. Therefore, by the age of 10 months, the child's diet should be dominated by regular food and breast milk feeding should be occasional and only at night.
Daily schedule
The child has a number of new opportunities, new psychic formations, and needs, to which the daily routine is subordinated. Thus, at this age, the child already plays well with other children in a company. Accordingly, in the daily routine there should be a place for the child to stay in society, the opportunity to meet with friends and peers. New acquaintances are also important. For this purpose, you can visit early development centers, parks, places of family pastime.
It is important to continue practicing with your child. Longer physical and speech development activities should be included in the regimen. The child already knows how to climb a low staircase and descend from it. At the request finds and gives an object, actively repeats new syllables after the adult.
Also, the child can already perform previously learned actions at will or on request. Therefore, at this time it is possible to engage in musical, dance development. Prepare for various sports. It is possible to learn poems and songs by heart within the scope of the vocabulary and grammatical constructions that are available to the child.
Bait
If the child has not yet received any complementary food, the optimal time for its introduction is 10 months. From this age, the child can be given all the same foods as adults. The child passes to the common table.
Ration menu
It is necessary to make sure that the child does not eat anything spicy, salty, smoked. Fried foods are also contraindicated. It is better to give preference to boiled food. And even better - steamed.
The diet should be nutritious, varied, rich in vitamins. Therefore, it is necessary to include a sufficient amount of fruits, vegetables, fresh herbs. There should be a sufficient amount of dairy and fermented milk products. It is better to replace mashed potatoes with porridge. Useful at this age pumpkin porridge, rice with pumpkin. The menu should include dishes from fish, meat. Useful liver, by-products. You can cook omelets, compotes, salads, cutlets, meatballs, soups, borscht. Prepare mashed potatoes from various fruits and vegetables, sauces from berries and fruits.
Chair
The stool of the child should be regular. Usually the stool has a brown appearance, a specific odor, shaped into a fecal mass. The consistency is hard. It is important to make sure that the child goes to the toilet regularly. If the child has not gone to the toilet for more than 2 days, you should immediately contact a doctor.
Sleep
A 10-month-old baby should sleep an average of 14 hours. It is important to ensure that the child has a full day and night sleep. The baby should sleep exclusively in its own crib, not with its parents.