Do I need a baby food in 5 months?
In the first months of life, the baby eats exclusively milk, either from mother’s breast, or in the form of milk formula, if it is impossible to breastfeed. An older toddler of this kind of food becomes scarce. Is it possible to start feeding baby in 5 monthsWhen it is justified, what products to enter and how to build a day menu for the toddler?
Breast milk as the best nutrition
Maternal breast milk is the most optimal food for any child. This is a perfectly balanced composition of food, containing not only carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and proteins, which are also in any mixture, but also special substances that are not in mixtures. These are immunoglobulins that strengthen the health of the little ones and protect the infant from infections, and special factors responsible for the maturation of the intestines, hormonal substances, and various enzymes.
That is why doctors recommend feeding only breast milk to babies up to 6 months of age. You should start feeding before this time only if there is no opportunity to breastfeed, in case of illness of the baby (for example, with rickets or anemia), as well as in hypogalactia in the mother.
New products in the diet of the child on artificial feeding
Babies who are fed a mixture, even at 4 months begin to introduce complementary foods and recommend to get acquainted with vegetable puree.
At 5 months of age, the portion of vegetables increases slightly and such new products are introduced:
- Porridge. Lure cereals begin with rice or buckwheat. Also, the baby can cook corn porridge.
- Fruits. For the first fruit puree advised to take apples, bananas or pears.
- Vegetable oil. It begins to add to the puree of vegetables in the amount of 1 gram, which roughly corresponds to 1/5 teaspoon.
The introduction of the same products is recommended in the diet of babies, which the mother can not breastfeed in full. So babies breastfeeding begin to replace the feeding with a little earlier - from 4-5 months.
How much should a baby eat?
The total amount of food per day for a five-month baby is calculated on the basis of its body weight. The weight of the child is divided by 7 and get the total amount of food that should be given to the crumbs per day. Dividing it by the number of meals, learn the amount of one feeding. On average, children 5 months eat 800-1000 ml of food per day. For one feeding the baby of this age receives 160-200 ml of food.
As for the foods of artificial foods introduced into the diet of babies-artificials at 5 months, their norms will be as follows:
Product | The maximum amount for a child is 5 months. |
Vegetable puree | 120 g |
Dairy free porridge | 150 g |
Fruit puree | 30 g |
Vegetable oil | 1 g |
Diet
A five-month-old baby is already in the final transition from 6 feedings to 5 meals a day. The intervals between feedings are lengthened and begin to be about 3.5-4 hours.The baby can wake up for the first feeding at 6 am, then it needs to be fed at 9-10 hours, at 13-14 hours and at 17-18 hours, and the last feeding will be at 21-22 hours.
Sample menu
In a baby that is fed infant formula, at 5 months after the introduction of new products, the menu will look like this:
Meal | Products and dishes |
The first | Adapted mix |
Second | Porridge to 150 g |
Third | Puree vegetables up to 120 g and 1 g of vegetable oil |
Fourth | Fruit puree up to 30 g and adapted mixture |
Fifth | Adapted mix |
The child, whose mother, due to an insufficient amount of milk, started feeding from 4-5 months of age, will have a day menu like this:
Meal | Products and dishes |
The first | Mother's milk |
Second | Porridge to 150 g |
Third | Puree vegetables up to 120 g and 1 g of vegetable oil |
Fourth | Fruit puree up to 30 g and mother's milk |
Fifth | Mother's milk |
Tips
Give new foods at the beginning of feeding, and to make their taste more familiar to the baby, add to the new food that food that the crumb already knows (mother's milk or the usual mixture).
Consider the following nuances:
- Give the child only fresh food. Cook a serving at one time and do not store ready meals, and if you used ready-made mashed potatoes from the store, after opening the jar, you can make the jar in the refrigerator for no longer than 24 hours.
- In cooking foods for a 5-month-old baby, a sieve or blender should be used so that the baby receives only homogeneous and well-ground food.
- Always check the temperature of the food before giving food to the baby.
- You can not force the child to try lure, if the crumb refuses, naughty or tired.
