The first complementary food is an important part of the infant's nutrition, since it is she who is responsible for his immunity and overall health.
The first complementary food must be chosen from fresh and ripe products. For example, in the summer, choosing a cucumber as the first complementary food is a great way to add more variety in the diet, but also take the strain off your constant expression of milk and its possible shortages. 
Pros of introducing cucumber
- Cucumber is rich in salts of iodine, potassium, sulfur, fructose, as well as vitamin C and carotene.
- Fresh cucumber juice helps fight various bacteria. For example, with staphylococcus.
- Cucumber is a hypoallergenic vegetable. Therefore, you should not worry about the possible development of allergies in your baby.
The pitfalls of introducing cucumber into the diet
- Fresh cucumbers in the diet of nursing mothers can lead to problems with the gastrointestinal tract in the baby.
- Avoid eating cucumbers for children with chronic kidney disease.
- The danger also lies in the texture of the cucumber. Due to its hardness, the baby can easily choke on a small piece of vegetable.
- Eating pickled cucumbers can cause diarrhea and rashes.
At what age can a cucumber be given?
Therapists recommend introducing a fresh cucumber into the baby's diet after six months. If you give him the cucumber earlier, it can cause colic. Be careful with pickled cucumbers. They contain a lot of vinegar and salt, which lead to the loss of vitamins in the child's body. Therefore, it is better to give vegetables after three years. And some pediatricians are inclined towards the figure of 5 years.
Recall
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