The Brazilian Society of Pediatrics recommends that infants who exclusively breastfeed as those who use infant formulas initiate the introduction of new foods into the diet from the 6th month of life. However, it is advised to talk with your pediatrician to see if it is necessary to start supplementary feeding before this time.
In the beginning, one should give only the so-called sweet potatoes, which are made from easily digestible fruits and without peel such as apple, pear and papaya. Next comes the phase of salted papinhas, made with vegetables and later fortified with meat, fish and chicken. Here's how feeding should be at each stage of a baby's life.
Sweet Apple or Pear Juice
One can use red or green apples, provided they are well washed and fresh. To give the baby, it is only necessary to divide the apple in half or in 4 parts, to remove the seeds and the central stalk and to scrape the pulp of the fruit with a small spoon.
It should be scraped until it comes close to the bark, remembering to be careful not to leave large pieces of fruit in the spoon or pieces of the bark.
Sweet banana cake
For this baby to baby it is only necessary to knead a small banana well with a gargo, until it becomes very creamy and without lumps.
Green bananas hold the intestines, as they mature, allowing normal stool formation. In addition, apple bananas also tend to cause constipation, and can be used in cases of diarrhea, while banana nanica speeds up intestinal transit.
Potato Salad and Zucchini
You should start the salted papinhas with only 1 or 2 vegetables, without adding meats or grains like beans and peas. Zucchini is a great vegetable because it contains lots of water and is easy to digest, know all its benefits in 3 Incredible Benefits of Zucchini.
Ingredients:
- 1 small potato
- ½ zucchini
Method of preparation:
Wash well the potatoes and zucchini, peel and cut into cubes, leading to cooking over medium heat with filtered water. Check with the fork if the vegetables are cooked, remove from the heat and put in the dish, knead well with the fork to stay in the shape of puree before giving to the baby.
If it is the first salt meal, you can also pass the cooked ingredients through a unique sieve for your baby's food, to make sure there are no lumps of food that can cause gagging.
Sweet potato salty potato
In the second week of complementary feeding, you can start adding natural broths of meat in the babies' pats.
Ingredients:
- 1 small sweet potato
- ½ beet
- Boiled beef broth
Method of preparation:
Cook about 100 g of lean meat, such as muscle or soft cucumber, seasoning just with a little fresh herbs such as garlic, onion and green scent, without adding salt. Wash and peel the sweet potatoes and beets, cut into cubes and take to cook until they are very soft.
Knead the vegetables with the fork or go through the blender without mixing so that they are separated in the dish and the child learns to identify the different flavors. Add a small ladle of beef broth to the dish.
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