Infant Feeding

Breast milk or breast-feeding is the main source of nutrition for children from birth until the fourth month of life. However, as the baby continues to grow, breast milk becomes unable to provide all essential nutrients necessary for its proper growth. Doctors are therefore advised to start introducing solid foods into the baby’s diet after the fourth month, so that most children are ready to eat food and are able to control the muscles of the tongue and mouth.

Conditions for infant feeding

The child must be at least five or six months old because of the immature swallowing of the solid food before this age, and the chance of being allergic or obese may increase.
The child should be able to sit and fix his head.
The child shows his desire to eat, as if watching around him as they eat and try to reach out for food.
To show the child signs of cooperation, such as: open the mouth, and not push food out of the mouth.
The weight of the child has reached twice the weight at birth.

Infant feeding by age

4-6 months

Rice with milk or toast with milk, unsweetened biscuits with milk, and boiled vegetables with milk, such as carrots, potatoes, and boiled fruits such as apples, two servings daily; each meal three teaspoons, three to five times As requested by the child.

6-8 months

Diversification of vegetables, such as peas, carrots, potatoes, zucchini, beans and legumes, and diversification of fruits such as apricots, apples, peaches, pears, melons, boiled pasta without sauce or boiled rice, Five teaspoons of tea, as well as three to five times as little or as needed.

8-12 months

Provide the child with the previous vegetables, in addition to protein, such as meat, chicken and egg yolk, and be five to six meals, each meal consists of five teaspoons of tea, in addition to breastfeeding three times or according to the need of the child.

At the age of the year

The child is given low-fat bovine milk, cheese and yoghurt in small quantities, as well as vegetables and fruits. The child is given five to six meals. Each meal consists of seven teaspoons of tea, three times or as needed.

Two years and beyond

All meals should be prepared according to the family’s meals, taking into consideration that the meal consists of cereals, meat, bread, fruits, vegetables and dairy products. It is recommended to reduce the feed, whether industrial or natural. : Nuts and fruits.