The ideal thing is to start solid foods at the 6th month.
- Starting solid foods should not be earlier than 4 months and later than 6 months. After it is passed and smoothed, it is not "drained" from the mouth of the baby in the lying position.
"How" the baby eats is as important as "what" he eats in terms of his future eating habits.
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The prerequisites to be explained to the family for the transition to complementary food are as follows: ○ The baby must be in a sitting position (feeding chair) ○ He must hold a spoon in his hand ○ Whatever is being fed should be placed in front of him in a small amount, and he should be allowed to touch it, smell it, try to eat it and distribute it. should not be accepted ○ Must not have eaten anything for 1.5 hours Supplementary nutrients are given at fixed meal times by adding a group approximately every week in the order given below. Each group starts with 2-3 tablespoons/day and the amount given every day is doubled to reach 100-150 cc (=1 food bowl). This amount is one meal. or forms a snack. After each group has a meal or snack - the time required for this is 1 week - the next food group is added to the daily diet. The starting order of the food groups: 1. Week:Vegetable puree (vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, zucchini, parsley, broccoli, etc. are boiled in a little water or steam with the addition of rice, red lentils, olive oil; mashed with a fork or passed through a wire strainer. No machine is used for mashing) Lunch (main meal) 2. Week:Fruit puree (except citrus fruit group up to 8-9 months, strawberries and kiwi until 1 year old) Mid-morning (snack) 3. Week:Yogurt (home-fermented or ready-made natural yoghurts with a short shelf life) Afternoon (snack) 4. Week:Breakfast (2-3 baby biscuits or 1 slice of bread, 50 g of desalted white cheese, 1 spoon of molasses can be crushed with breast milk, formula or yoghurt) (main meal) 5. Week: Meat (1 meatball of ground beef or chicken is added to the vegetables daily) 6. Week:Egg yolk (starting with 1 chickpea of hard-boiled yolk, increasing every day and adding half an egg yolk a day to breakfast) 7. Week:Starts with cooking meals for the family at home and the main meal in the evening. The mother is told to cook her meals with olive oil, to use tomato paste instead of tomato paste because it contains a lot of salt, to add salt before taking it off the stove, and to reserve some for the baby before doing so. Stuffs prepared in this way, stews, all vegetable dishes with or without meat, rice pilaf mashed with yoghurt, grilled meatballs mashed with a fork, and homemade soups can be easily given to the baby. The mother is told that it is no longer necessary to prepare separate meals for her, that she can eat the family's meals, and that sitting at the table with her family will make her have more appetite. 8. Week:Dried legumes (dry beans, chickpeas, green lentils) and bulgur are among the things you can eat. At least 1 meal per week is recommended. 9. Week:Citrus group fruits and raw tomatoes are started. 10. Week:Fish (large fish with few bones and plenty of meat) should be cooked in any way other than frying and should be served at least 1 meal a week. When the baby is 8.5-9 months old, he/she receives breakfast, lunch and dinner main meals, mid-morning and afternoon snacks according to the scheme given above. Some babies have a very good breakfast and may not feel hungry at noon after eating fruit in between. These babies should not be interpreted as not liking vegetables. It may be recommended to have fruit snacks in the afternoon, yoghurt in meals or mixing fruit and yoghurt in the afternoon. Not every baby likes a mixed and crushed breakfast. Breakfast contents can be given to these babies one by one. In addition, the mother can be told that after switching to tomatoes for breakfast, she can feed tomato paste with olive oil and cheese with bread, or can make an omelet with cheese after switching to egg yolk. Until the age of 1, honey, strawberries, kiwi, egg whites, cookies, cow's milk, Salt and sugar should be avoided. After one year of age, what the baby's family eats It is reminded that one can eat anything, but should always avoid junk food, “fast food” and ready-made foods. Even though they are taking complementary foods, babies can suckle as much as they want. Formula-fed babies should continue to receive 400-500 ml/day of formula in addition to complementary foods. Because milk is the main source of protein, calcium-phosphorus and the easiest source of calories for babies up to the age of 2. - What can be done about food rejection during solid food intake?
- We hope you can happily eat at the table. should be observed
- One should definitely not push food into the mouth persistently and should not be distracted by playing
- Take a break from food for 1-2 days and talk to the baby with a carefree expression and a happy face, saying that the baby is hungry but happy and happy. It should be tried again at a time when the baby is at peace.
- Sensitivity and anxiety should not be reflected on the baby
- If there are foods that the baby likes, it should be contented with these for a while
- The baby should be treated with food by taking it in his hands, distributing it and pouring it. -they should be allowed to socialize
- The eating habits of other adult members of the family should be reviewed, and regular tables should be set up where the baby sits even if he does not eat with the family
- meatballs, boiled or raw vegetables and fruits should be offered, foods in the form of crushed slurry should be avoided
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