Baby food Successful diversification!

Many parents, for fear that their baby a few months does not eat enough, give him too much food and too many different foods. Do not forget that the digestive system of baby food is in full baby development and that it should not be solicited too much but on the contrary accustom to the novelty while gently.

Gentle diversification

Going too fast at the beginning of dietary diversification may disrupt your digestive system. Nothing hurts, your child will eventually eat everything and babies do not let themselves starve! Introduce one new food at a time. You will spot possible allergies.

Fresh food

If possible, cook your baby's mashed potatoes and compotes with fresh food just before mealtime. The nutritional qualities of the food will be preserved. Start with easy-to-digest foods with a mild flavor.

Varied foods ... but not too much!

The first year, baby food should not be too varied to allow time for the body to develop a good immune system. Introduce a new food a week to test if he supports it. You can turn with 5 or 6 fruits and vegetables only. Too many changes are likely to disrupt it.

Here is an example of the beginning of food diversification:

• Start the first week, with a few spoonfuls of mashed carrot puree to preserve the vitamins, gradually increase the amount.
• A few days later, add half a teaspoon of virgin sunflower or sesame oil for example. Gradually increase the amount of oil to 1 tbsp.
• Add the 2nd week, a potato.
• Then the following week, introduce a fruit (apple, pear, melon ...) mixed and mixed with bottle water. Be careful, the apple can constipate. In this case, prefer the pear very sweet.
• The 4th week, introduce a cereal (rice or millet), 1 or 2 teaspoons will suffice.
• Gradually, replace a vegetable with a new food. Green beans can replace carrots, sweet potatoes, and so on.

If your baby's digestive system reacts badly (diarrhea, constipation, stomachaches ...), slow down the rate of introduction of new foods.

Before 12 months, too much food is not recommended. Do not give it indigestible vegetables such as cabbage, pepper, leek green, eggplant ...

After a few months, you can separate the food on the plate to introduce baby to the pleasure of colors and flavors ... and touch!

Prepare meals without sugar, salt and spices!

At 6-8 months: a regular rhythm of 4 meals a day

You will come gradually to this daily rhythm: a breakfast, a lunch, a snack and a dinner. Keeping this pace will avoid later snacking and related problems such as food imbalances and overweight. Feed baby at regular times to create this sustainable rhythm.

Patience and flexibility are more than strength and rage!

A child may refuse several times the same food and one day devour him just as he can feast with a food and one day, the net deny. Nothing out of the ordinary. By refusing, he asserts his personality, refines his character. Do not lose patience, never force him to eat if he does not want to. Insist on cunning and sweetness. Submit several times a food he refuses but only every other day. Interpose with a food that he likes. After 8 times on average, a child finally accepts it! If he turns out that he really does not like, do not force him, it's his right not to love.