Child Feeding
Breast feeding or artificial feeding is the main source of nutrition for children from birth until the sixth month of age. After this period, it is not enough to provide the child with the necessary nutrients necessary to grow properly. To the baby’s diet in the form of small meals of three to six tablespoons once or twice a day.
Conditions for feeding the child in the sixth month
- The weight of the child should be twice the weight at birth.
- The child should be able to fix his head and be able to sit down.
- To show his desire to eat, as if trying to extend his hand, asking to eat when watching him around eating.
- The child should show his cooperation when serving food to him, such as opening his mouth without paying food outside.
Good foods for the baby in the sixth month
- One type of grain: Children’s rice.
- Starchy vegetables: Carrots, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, while carefully cooked and mashed.
- fruits: Pears, apples, pears, and mashed mousse with a mind to be cooked and mashed.
Feed the baby in the sixth month
- When waking up early in the morning: A meal of milk, whether natural or artificial.
- breakfast: Three to six tablespoons of artificial or natural milk, or three to six tablespoons of fruit or mashed vegetables.
- Lunch: Industrial milk or breast milk.
- Afternoon or afternoon: Industrial milk or breast milk.
- Evening: Industrial milk or breast milk.
- bed time: Industrial milk or breast milk.
Recipes for baby meals in the sixth month
- Mashed carrots: Wash 100 g of carrots, cut into cubes, then put in a pan, immerse in boiling water, cook on the gas for about ten minutes until the carrots become soft, and keep two tablespoons to three tablespoons of cooking water, then mix the carrots with water using the food preparation until the mix is formed The remaining amount can be stored in the ice cube tray to be kept in the freezer in the form of small meals for the child. The previous method can be used to prepare mashed potatoes, pumpkin, squash, cauliflower and broccoli.
- Apple mashed: The apple is cut into small pieces, placed in water, immersed in boiled water, cooked on the fire until soft, then crushed with food preparation and provided to the child. The amount stored in the tray can be stored in the freezer.