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    During a routine examination at the age of four or six months, I wait for the question: "Doctor, when should I begin to give solid food?" Once I decided to take the initiative and asked the experienced six mother of children: "How do you determine when to start giving your child solid food? »

    « When he starts to look in the mouth! »- she answered.

    "Watch in the mouth?" - I asked, somewhat surprised.

    "Yes," she continued to explain."I'm waiting for signs that he has an interest."I watch him look at me when I eat. When his eyes begin to see off my food, which I move from the plate to my mouth, when he stretches out his hands and grabs my food and when he can sit in a high chair and compose a company at the table, I know that the pleasure has come to start. "

    At first hand, this wise mother opened the main principle of

    introducing solid food - to feed the child in accordance with its development, and not according to the calendar or hours. Appetite and food handling skills are as individual as the characters of children. So let's just feed them.

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    Over the past decade, the practice of feeding young children has changed for the better. We no longer feed the babies on the calendar, pushing the porridge into the resisting six-week-old baby and feeling that they were defeated if by the age of six months the usual meal of the child does not consist of several dishes. Today, baby food is also an attempt to bring a complete diet and individual readiness( based on both general development and the state of the intestines), which varies significantly among different children. If you sensitively capture the signs your child gives to indicate his attitude to food, introduce solid food gradually and

    encourage self-service at the table - all this will help to observe the important principle of feeding the child: the formation of a healthy attitude to food.

    We combined the latest research in the field of baby food with the fact that we learned for ourselves for twenty-five years of feeding the children we watched, and also from our own feeding experience of our eight children. In this and the next two articles we would like to present an approach to feeding a child that will help you become more savvy in the field of dietetics, get more pleasure from feeding your child and raise more happy, healthier children.

    WHY WAIT?

    You and your three-month-old baby are coping well with breastfeeding or bottle feeding, and the child can clearly see that he has enough food. And then a daily phone call of your family nutritionist - your mother: "What does he eat now, dear?" Silence! You are caught. Bottles with baby food, bought by my grandmother, still stand untouched. The child showed no interest, and you do not think that he is ready. You deftly change the subject of conversation, protecting your choice to wait while with the lure.(When this confrontation takes place in my practice, I advise the parents: "Do the scapegoat of your doctor." Tell the grandmother that Dr. Bill advises to wait a little longer. ")

    The movements of the child's tongue and its swallowing abilities are the main indication that the firmfood should be postponed for now. In the first months of life, children have a tongue ejection reflex, which causes the tongue to automatically go out when an alien substance enters it. This can be a protective reflex so that the child does not choke on solid food that got to him too soon. At the age between four and six months, this reflex of tongue ejection weakens. In addition, until the four months are reached, most children do not yet have sufficient coordination of the movements of the tongue and swallowing movements necessary for taking solid food. An additional indication that in the first months of life children are not adapted to the early introduction of complementary foods is the fact that teeth rarely appear up to six or seven months, which is further evidence that the infant is mainly adapted to sucking,instead of chewing.

    Not only the digestive tract of a child is not suitable for solid food, but also its internal organs. The immature intestine of a child is not sufficiently equipped to cope with a variety of

    9-12

    Young mutton, veal,

    Less homogeneous consi-

    Self-service skills are improved

    months

    bird, rings( ready-for-tomorrow-

    wall( with small pieces

    at the table

    ki from cereals), rice cutlets,

    kami)

    Keeps the bottle and cup longer

    egg yolk, cheese, yogurt, then-

    The baby is fully captured-

    Touches and punctures, smeats,

    fu( soy bean curd), noodles, fa-

    art is food,

    radiates pleasure from dirt, which

    withpeas, sweet potatoes

    clamped in the hand

    bred

    Boiled vegetables cut-

    Gymnastics in the highchair-

    for comfortable pieces

    becoming more and more vigorous

    ( to fit in the mouth)

    Trying to use the tableware for

    Products, melting in the mouth

    burs, most of the food spills

    Keeps the training children's cup

    by

    12-18

    Whole milk, home

    Takes part in

    Has great attention steadiness

    months

    cheese, ice cream,eggs

    family meals

    Increases desire to do all

    peeled butter, peanut butter, fish

    Eats the same as the whole family

    alone

    ( salmon, tuna), broccoli, spice-

    chopped or

    Leanscup and head when drinking;

    nat, cauliflower, melon, man-

    in the form of puree

    sheds less

    go kiwi, papaya, apricots,

    Begins to eat itself, use-

    Better holds a spoon, though still

    grapefruit, halves of grape-

    yas

    cuts a lot of

    cutlery, strawberries, tomatoes, poppy seeds

    Begins to walk - does not want

    roll products, whole wheat crackers, breakfast cereals, honey, pancakes, muffins

    sit still and eat Suffice other people's plates

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    Eats baby portions: sen-

    Rather does not eat, but grazes

    Root teeth appear -

    starts for the month

    motions, puddings with nutritious-

    Deserves the title "once-

    grind food

    with my additives, sauces, gravy,

    of the Bitter Consumer ", because the

    Self feeds itself from a spoon, not too

    bread with butter, soups, roast

    that selects the dainty

    much spilling

    fruit puree, dairy

    slices

    cocktails, fruit drinks,

    Tray with treats

    Oswariwords related to food, gives

    pates. Baby words for food: boats from

    Loses interest in the bottle

    to know when it is needed even when not. Wants to eat on the run

    avocado, casters from boiled

    Use a spoon and

    Chaotic habits with regard to pi-

    carrots, cheese cubes, broccoli trees, flakes-rings, toast, salads with sailers

    with fork

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    Age

    Food in the order of introduction

    Food intake

    Skills, participation in the process of food intake

    From birth to 6 months

    Breast milk and / or iron-fortified infant formula satisfies all nutritious

    Breast and / or bottle

    At this age the child naturesucked, not chewed Radicular reflex: looking for the mouth source -

    baby needs

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    In solid food, there is no need in terms of dietetics -

    The tongue-tongue reflux makes the child

    Very clear triggered gag reflex

    6 months

    First courses: bananas, rice porridge, pears, apple juice

    Products mashed, puree At the tip of a finger From the spoon

    Reflex of pushing the tongue andThe gag reflex weakens;the child takes solid food

    Sits straight in the baby chair

    Teeth begin to be cut

    7-9 months

    Avocados, peaches, carrots, zucchini, pumpkins, potato

    May start drinking from the cup. Holds pieces in hand

    Begins to take objects and food, pinching between large and index

    mashed potatoes, pearl barley, biscuits for cutting teeth, pear

    Products are served in

    puree form with fingers

    Baby is mesmerized with small pieces

    and apple juice

    Keeps the bottle itself

    food

    Begins to take into your mouth objects and foods that you can choke( parents, be on the alert!) He turns to food and cutlery Beats with spoons on the table, drops and throws them and food. Chews food.

    foods, until about four to six months old, when many digestive enzymes( enzymes) appear. Child allergists do not recommend early introduction of solid foods, especially if the family has many cases of food allergies. The mature intestine produces an IgA immunoglobulin protein that acts like a protective paint, lining the inside of the intestine and preventing the ingress of dangerous allergens( cow's milk, wheat and soybeans are examples of foods that are most likely to cause allergy if introduced too soon).This protective immunoglobulin A in the first months of a child's life in his intestine is small, and the peak of its production falls at about seven months. As the intestine matures, it becomes more legible and filters food substances without letting in allergens. Children whose digestive system is very vulnerable to allergies, in fact, much later express a desire to try hard food - the built-in self-preservation mechanism.

    Breast milk, or an artificial infant formula with iron, or a combination of these two foods contain all the major nutrients your baby needs in the first six to nine months or even longer. Parents often have a burning desire to offer solid food appears much earlier than the child's burning desire to try it. Up to six months of age, your child does not need solid food for dietetic reasons, but in his development he may want it.