Sooner or later in the life of the mother and baby, the moment comes when it is time to introduce the first complementary foods.
After you have given your baby a new dish, give your baby boiled water.
Do not introduce new complementary foods if your baby recently had an illness or had a routine vaccination. Do not introduce a new product if your baby is in a bad mood or naughty.
Start complementary meals with one-piece meals, with mashed vegetables for lunch and fruit purees for breakfast.Introduce each new product no earlier than a week later. The most optimal option is to introduce a one-component dish every two weeks.
Start a new complementary food 1 teaspoon per day. You can stretch this process up to a week.
On the first day, you can give the baby 1 tsp. l. complementary foods. On the second day, you can already offer two spoons. Between new meals, the baby is on the usual type of feeding (breastfeeding or artificial).
Preheat each dish to 36–36.6—.
In order for the crumbs to have an interest in new food, it is best to immediately purchase bright, beautiful and safe baby dishes (spoons, plates, drinking bowls).
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