an introduction
The right nutrition for the child in the early stages of his life is the primary key that will control the child’s health, development and growth, especially bone growth in the future, so the child’s food must contain the basic food groups such as energy, proteins, vitamins, calcium and minerals such as iron, zinc, fat and carbohydrates all affect the stages of the child’s life Such as the stage of crawling, speech, speech, walking and other activities. Mother’s milk is known to be the primary food on which a child depends in the early months of life. In the fourth month, From the food sector to the list of baby food while continuing breastfeeding and preferably breastfed from the mother.
There are some doctors advise to give the child certain types of foods after work to cook and shredded well so that the digestive system in his body to digest it well, and there are some doctors advise not to give children solid foods in the fourth month and postponed until the end of the fifth month so that there are no problems in the device And nutritionists are advised to feed the child every five hours.
Foods that the mother must prepare to feed the baby in the fourth month
- The mother can prepare the patties that should be left to cool outside the fridge. They contain milk, vitamins and proteins that are important to the child’s health and can be replaced with rice with milk.
- Preparation of juice of orange or tomato, which works to support the immune system because it contains vitamin C.
- Boil the peas, then cool them and sprinkle them with a little salt.
- Rice mixed with boiled vegetables such as tomatoes, zucchini, basil, tomato juice and marinated well before feeding the child.
- Crush kinds of fruits such as bananas or mangoes and feed them directly to the baby.
- Make light soups, which contain well-boiled vegetables, then mash them and add a little lemon and salt to the soup and feed it to the child, which is warm.
- The liver can be added to the baby’s menu in the fourth month after it is well cooked and then crushed.
- Fruit juices such as apples, bananas, oranges and strawberries are well filtered before being given to the baby. Breast milk can be added to the mix of fruit or added to the milk.
- Avocados can be used as a food that is given to the child in the fourth month. It is very rich in vitamins needed for the child, where it is crushed and presented to the child.