Baby food at 6 months

The baby is mother's everything, and a healthy and well-fed baby is a guarantee of happiness. But how hard it is to feed this little creature. I would like to give him everything and even more, or just a little. In this article, we will tell you how and what to properly feed your six month old baby.

What can a child eat at 6 months

At six months old, a baby is no longer just a wiggling lump. He moves, learns, learns the world by touch, knows who is his own and avoids strangers. It was at this time that he needs as many vitamins and useful elements as possible. Six months is a great time for your first feeding.

Before talking about complementary foods, it is worth noting the existence of two types of children:

• naturalists, up to six months are fed exclusively with mother's milk;
• artificial people, children who, almost from the first days of their lives, were transferred to nutrition with special milk mixtures.

It is worth noting that the diet of artificial people expands much faster than that of natural scientists.

At six months, the list of acceptable foods is already relatively long. However, it is worth introducing them into the baby's diet gradually and little by little, observing how the baby's body reacts to them. If an allergic reaction is detected, the product should be discarded.

It is best to start feeding your baby with vegetables. They do not have a pronounced taste, they are easily absorbed by the body and are less allergenic. In addition, if you start feeding your baby with something sweeter, for example, berry puree, in the future the child may not eat vegetables at all. After all, they are not so tasty.

From the age of six months, a child can eat:

• light vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, carrots, pumpkin;
• fruits: kiwi (hypoallergenic), apple, pear (with care), banana, peach;
• cereals: dairy-free and dairy-free cereals;
• meat: rabbit, turkey, young beef;
• only soft cheeses from dairy products;
• drink: freshly squeezed juices, boiled water.

All products are pre-cooked and then grinded with a blender or passed through a meat grinder. The child does not eat a whole apple or peach, but puree out of him.

It is best to start feeding with vegetables and end with meat. But if your child is not gaining weight well, start with a meal of porridge.

Menu for a child at 6 months

If the child is a naturalist, then six months is the time to introduce other foods into complementary foods. The choice of which one depends on the condition of the baby and its characteristics, the doctor's recommendations.

Each product is introduced gradually at intervals of several weeks, from half a teaspoon to 150 grams. A month after the start of complementary feeding, the baby's menu looks like this:

• 6 am - 1 breastfeeding;
• 10 am - 2 feeds, fruit or vegetable puree, breast milk;
• lunch 14:00 - porridge and fruit puree;
• 18:00 - mashed vegetables or fruits, breast milk;
• 22:00 - breast milk.

If the child is artificial, the menu looks like this:

• 6:00 - breast milk (if there is no breast milk, then the mixture);
• 10:00 - porridge, fruit or vegetable puree;
• 14:00 - vegetable puree, yolk, juice;
• 18:00 - milk or mixture, cottage cheese, juice;
• 22:00 milk or mixture.

How much should a baby eat at 6 months

Pediatricians claim that for normal development and height, the child should eat from 1/9 to 1/8 of his weight per day. Based on this, nutritionists recommend:

• Daily volume - liter.
• Breast milk no more than 500 ml, a mixture of 600 ml.
• Porridge 150 ml;
• Puree of vegetables and fruits 150 ml;
• Diet meat puree 30 ml.
• Curd 40 g;
• Juice 60 ml;
• A quarter of an egg yolk.

Since the baby is no longer an infant, it is not recommended to feed him at night. If the kid is naughty, you can give him some water or juice.