Nutrition for a child at 11 months

The menu for a baby at 11 months old is not much different from what it was before. The most important points must be observed: balance, content of foods rich in carbohydrates, protein, fats and vitamins.

What can a child eat at 11 months

The period of 11 months of age, on the one hand, makes it easier to feed the child, there are a lot of various foods in his diet at this moment, but on the other hand, the baby is already beginning to understand what is tasty and what is just healthy. Sometimes feeding him is a real test.

Every day, the baby needs to be given meat products. Since about eight teeth come out by 11 months, meat dishes should be served in such a way that they can be easily chewed. That is, the child's jaw should work, but not overextend.

Fish should only be given that does not contain bones. It is broken down into small pieces and checked for bone debris. It is best to take fillets of large fish.

Kefir and cottage cheese should also be present in the diet. If you do not make fermented milk products yourself, then buy them unsweetened. This will reduce the likelihood of allergies.

Give your child porridge every day. The healthiest and richest in fiber is oatmeal. After her, buckwheat and rice. You should refrain from cooking porridge in milk. You can add prunes or dried apricots to the porridge, then the child will eat the porridge with great pleasure.

During this period, you can introduce homemade biscuit into the diet, only it should be given in small portions.

Every two days, the baby should eat an egg. It does not have to be given only cooked. So you can cook various types of omelets or make a salad with vegetables.

Now you can add fruits and berries to your daily menu, such as: apricot, cherry and plum, raspberry, strawberry. Remember that before giving your baby something, you need to check if he is allergic to a particular fruit or berry.

Menu for a baby at 11 months

The daily menu for a child of eleven months should look something like this:

Breakfast is given:

• pasta or porridge 200 g;
• fruit puree 50 g.

For lunch is given:

• vegetable puree 150 g;
• fish or meat products 60 g;
• soup 200 g;
• juice or compote.

For an afternoon snack is given:

• biscuits (homemade biscuit) 15 g, kefir or liquid yogurt 150 ml;
• cottage cheese 50 g.

For dinner :

• egg;
• kefir 100 ml;
• fruits or berries 50 g.

Before bedtime:

• breast milk or kefir.

How much should a child eat at 11 months

There is no exact answer to the question of how much a baby is fed at eleven months. Pediatric nutritionists have come to the conclusion that the main criterion for correct and healthy development is not the amount of food eaten, but the weight gain and growth of the baby, his physical condition, activity, health. All children eat differently and develop in the same way, in this matter the approach is individual.

The child should eat no more than five times a day and the amount of food should not exceed 1.2 kg. This is disregarding the liquid.