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How to properly feed a newborn baby - a few useful tips. Health and nutrition: how to properly feed your baby

Very often, parents have to invent new and new ways to attract the attention of their children to food. For instance:

Eat soup and broth, drink tea, compote, etc. through a straw. It is very important to do this with a serious face, preferably several times in the presence of the child. Later, he will be interested in this procedure and will be happy to repeat it. A very effective method for taking medicines. Under the guise of juice, you can offer your child to drink an unloved potion.

For feeding children, use interesting, bright and unusual dishes. It is desirable that something is depicted on its bottom. The child will be motivated to eat the food completely.

Children are very fond of sweets. You can put something useful in bright wrappers, such as mashed vegetables, cottage cheese, a piece of pie, etc. But this method only works with young children.

You can cook your child for lunch or dinner for several hours, repeating from time to time what delicious dishes will be served. After a while, the baby himself will begin to wait for this moment.

It is recommended to draw while eating, placing an album and felt-tip pens next to the plate. You can draw an apple, and let the child, eating a real apple, paint over the picture piece by piece. After that, you can invite the baby to depict, for example, a bowl of soup.

In many families, the main way is to feed the child with the help of television advertising, that is, at the moment when the child is infatuated. This is wrong and harmful to the health of the baby. It has long been noticed that advertising is the cause of aggressive behavior in children. This is due to a change in the functioning of the central nervous system in young children (in particular, the cerebral cortex), which is caused by a rapid change in bright pictures and audiovisual special effects. After frequent viewing of it, children experience tearfulness, irritability, increased nervous excitability, sleep disturbances, aggressiveness, etc. It is worth noting that the orientation towards the assimilation of ready-made solutions imposed by advertising limits the work of thinking, which subsequently negatively affects the intellectual development of the child. Also, feeding during advertising (as well as reading while eating), in addition to the above, negatively affects the digestive processes.

A fairly common mistake parents make is to draw their child's attention to food with the help of jokes. You should not turn eating into entertainment, you should also not persuade the baby for a long time "to eat a spoon for mom, for dad." It is also not recommended to threaten the child with something, for example: "If you don't eat, I won't buy you a car."

When serving food to a child, one should behave calmly, give him time so that he can eat everything, so to speak, do not stand over his soul. If the baby has not eaten anything, you just need to silently remove the plate, and after that do not give him any snacks, such as sweets and cookies, until the next meal.

From time to time, the child should be given the opportunity to exercise independence. You can invite him to choose what he will eat for lunch or dinner and even cook some interesting simple dish with him. It is very important for children to feel their independence, and even more so - the significance that is manifested in helping adults.

How to feed twins

In order to feed twins or twins, not to mention more children, you need to prepare in advance. Place toys, towels, bibs (for small children), food, spoons, etc. near the table.

The easiest way is to feed from one plate, in turn. But more often it happens that children have different tastes and preferences in food.

For all children without exception - both capricious and calm - the rules of feeding are the same:

1. First of all, you need to stock up on patience and endurance.
2. You should stick to the planned menu.
3. Portions should be of the appropriate size. Do not force your child to eat more than he can.
4. It is recommended to maintain a positive conversation, not to cry out, even if the children are naughty or naughty.
5. It is necessary to limit the time of eating to 20 minutes and allow the child to leave the table after this time, even if he has not finished eating.
6. Do not focus on the fact that children do not eat.
7. And finally, do not allow unplanned meals. Thus, it is easier to awaken the child's appetite during lunch or dinner.

Twins often imitate each other's behavior, especially at an early age. You can use this for your own purposes. For example, if one child is hungry and the other is not, you can safely feed the first, thus giving the second the opportunity to take a positive example.

It is very common that parents do not have enough time for twins, so they leave them to themselves by giving them a bottle of juice. Drinks create a feeling of satiety, and the consequences of this are refusals to take normal food.

You should not cook unusual and delicious dishes for especially picky children. This will create additional difficulties at present and certain problems in the future. A child should be taught healthy food and good manners from childhood.

Dishes for children

In order to increase the child's appetite, you can cook a dish with him. This event will become especially significant for the baby if it is timed to coincide with any holiday, preferably the birthday of the child himself.

In this case, you can make a menu with the baby, think about who to invite and where to plant, how to decorate the room, what games to play, what music to listen to. And of course, the kid will be interested in taking part in this. He will remember this birthday for a long time.

It is desirable that the whole family take part in the preparation for the holiday. You can assign responsibilities, for example, the older sister inflates and hangs balloons, mom bakes a cake, dad and baby help her.

Naturally, you should select a job for the child in accordance with his strengths, capabilities and skills. Do not blame him or even pay attention to the fact that he did not succeed.

It can be recommended to use a bright washable tablecloth, multi-colored napkins and dishes for the festive table. The menu should be designed in such a way that only those dishes that can be eaten without the help of a knife are present.

To decorate drinks (carbonated water, berry fruit drinks and natural juices), you can use multi-colored straws and animal figurines.

The menu compiled for a preschool child, in addition to fruits and soft drinks, may include the following dishes:

Cheesecakes in a hurry

Components:

Flour - 6 tablespoons
- Sugar - 4 tablespoons
- Sour cream - 2 tablespoons
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Creamy margarine - 1/3 pack
- Soda quenched with vinegar - 1/3 teaspoon
- Butter
- Curd for stuffing
- Salt

Cooking method:

Mix flour, sugar, sour cream, egg, margarine, soda and salt, beat with a mixer, pour the mass into a separate bowl greased with butter, put the curd filling on top (you can use cottage cheese cheese), place in a preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes.

Dried apricot jelly

Components:

Dried apricots - 300 g
- Gelatin - 1/2 tablespoon
- Water

Cooking method:

Steam dried apricots in boiling water, chop in a food processor, mix with a small amount of boiled water and dilute gelatin in it. Divide the mixture into molds and refrigerate. After a while, the jelly can be removed from the molds by dipping them briefly in hot water and then tipping them onto a dish.

herring oil

Components:

Herring - 1 pc.
- Butter
- Onion

Cooking method:

Peel the herring, separate the fillet from the bones, chop in a food processor, mix with finely chopped onions and softened butter. Put the resulting mixture in the refrigerator for a while.

Stuffed potato casserole

Components:

Potatoes - 6 pcs.
- Minced meat, fish or vegetables
- Butter
- Cream or milk
- Salt

Cooking method:

Boil potatoes in their skins, peel, mash, salt and divide into 3 parts. Put 2/3 of the resulting mass into a baking dish greased with butter and make small sides. Put the minced meat on top, add cream or milk to the remaining potatoes, place the resulting mixture in a culinary syringe and put it on the filling. After that, place the form in a preheated oven and bake until golden brown.

Kiwi Cake

Components:

Sour cream - 200 g
- Butter - 350 g
- Boiled condensed milk - 1 can
- Kiwi - 3 pcs.
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Sugar - 1 cup
- Walnuts - 1/2 cup
- Raisins - 1/2 cup
- Flour - 2.5 cups
- Lemon juice - 2 teaspoons
- Soda - 1 teaspoon
- Melted butter - 4 tablespoons
- Vinegar

Cooking method:

In a separate bowl, beat eggs with sugar until white. Add sour cream, 50 g of softened butter and washed raisins, mix thoroughly, add flour, add soda quenched with vinegar and stir thoroughly again.

Divide the dough into 2-3 parts and bake from them in the form of cakes said in butter.

Mix boiled condensed milk with 250 g of softened butter, grease the cakes with the resulting cream, put them one on top of the other and refrigerate for several hours.

Cut the kiwi and decorate the cake with slices. Peel the nuts, divide into quarters and sprinkle the cakes on top.

Chicken cutlets

Components:

Chicken fillet - 900 g
- White bread - 100 g
- Breadcrumbs - 2 tablespoons
- Butter - 5 tablespoons
- Milk
- Salt

Cooking method:

Soak bread in milk and squeeze. Pass the fillet through a meat grinder along with bread, add a small amount of butter, salt and mix thoroughly.

Form cutlets of small size from the resulting mass, roll them in breadcrumbs and fry in butter until golden brown. Bring to readiness in the oven.

You can serve potatoes, beans or green peas as a side dish.

Quick potato patties

Components:

Potatoes - 5 pcs.
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Minced meat (meat, mushroom, fish or vegetable)
- Flour - 2 tablespoons
- Vegetable oil
- Salt to taste

Cooking method:

Boil the potatoes in their skins and, without cooling, peel and then pound. Add flour, egg and salt to taste to the resulting mass, knead the dough, roll it into a layer and divide it into rectangles.
Put a small amount of pre-prepared minced meat in the center of each rectangle, pinch the edges and fry the pies in vegetable oil in a preheated pan until golden brown.

Homemade cottage cheese

Components:

Milk - 500 g
- Kefir - 500 g

Cooking method:

Pour milk and kefir into aluminum dishes, put on fire, bring to a boil and cool.

Put a colander with gauze, strain the resulting mixture, squeeze out the whey, and serve the resulting cottage cheese to the table. You can mix cottage cheese with condensed milk or yogurt.

Pie with oranges

Components:

Flour - 250 g
- Butter - 125 g

- Water
- Salt

For filling:

Butter - 70 g
- Sugar - 150 g
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Juice of 1 orange
- Orange peel
- Fruit for decoration

Cooking method:

Sift the flour on a board or on a table in a pile, make a well in the center, pour vegetable oil, a little water into it, crumble the butter, salt and mix thoroughly.

Roll the dough into a ball, cover with a plate and leave for a while.

After that, roll out the dough into a layer 0.5 cm thick, put it in a special form, greased with oil.

In a separate bowl, prepare the filling by grinding the egg with sugar, crushed orange zest and juice. Pour in the melted butter and spread the finished filling on the dough.

Place the form in a preheated oven, bake for 20 minutes, and then decorate with chopped fruit.

Pike perch in Polish

Components:

Pike perch - 1 pc.
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Carrot - 1 pc.
- Butter - 30 g
- parsley greens
- Salt

Cooking method:

Pike perch clean, rinse, separate the meat from the bones and cut into small pieces. Place the fillet in a separate pan, cover with water, add peeled onions, carrots and chopped parsley, salt and cook until tender.

Hard boil eggs, cool, peel and chop. Drain the broth, add eggs and butter to the fish. You can use mashed potatoes as a side dish.

Mackerel with mayonnaise

Components:

Mackerel - 500 g
- Onion - 200 g
- Carrot - 200 g
- Flour - 40 g
- Vegetable oil - 40 g
- Grated cheese
- Tomato sauce
- Mayonnaise
- Greenery
- ground pepper
- Salt

Cooking method:

Cut the mackerel into fillets, cut into slices obliquely, breaded in flour and fry on both sides in half the vegetable oil.

Peel onions and carrots, chop and sauté separately in the remaining vegetable oil.

Put pieces of mackerel in a separate bowl, add onions and carrots, salt and pepper to taste, sprinkle with grated cheese, pour mayonnaise and place in a preheated oven.

Bake for 15 minutes.

After that, pour over the tomato sauce and sprinkle with chopped herbs.


"Fingers" from the liver

Components:

Liver - 500 g
- Potatoes - 2 pcs.
- Bulb onion - 4 pcs.
- Carrots - 4 pcs.
- Breadcrumbs
- Vegetable oil
- ground pepper
- Salt

Cooking method:

Rinse the liver, cut into thin slices the size of a palm, beat off, salt and pepper to taste.

Peel vegetables. Grate potatoes and carrots, chop onions.

Put a layer of potatoes and half of the onion on the liver chops, roll up, roll in breadcrumbs and fry.

Fry the remaining onion with carrots in vegetable oil.

Transfer the rolls to a saucepan, add the fried vegetables and simmer.

Cottage cheese casserole

Components:

Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Cottage cheese - 200 g
- Butter
- Flour
- Salt

For filling:

Rice
- Dried apricots or raisins

Cooking method:

In a separate bowl, mix the egg, cottage cheese, flour and salt. Put the resulting mass into a mold greased with butter, place the filling on top (boiled rice with raisins or dried apricots) and put in a preheated oven.

fish cakes

Components:

Fish fillet
- Onion - 1 pc.
- White bread - 1 slice
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Vegetable oil
- Salt

Cooking method:

Soak the bread in a little water. Peel and chop the onion.

Pass the fish fillet through a meat grinder along with bread and onions. Add an egg and salt to the minced meat, form small cutlets and fry in vegetable oil.

Instant Apple Jam

Components:

Apples - 300 g
- Sugar to taste

Cooking method:

Peel the apples, grate on a coarse grater, transfer to an aluminum pan, add sugar and simmer over low heat. After that, spread the jam in glass jars.

Meat "Trio"

Components:

Beef fillet - 100 g
- Pork fillet - 100 g
- Chicken fillet - 100 g
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Walnuts - 4 pcs.
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Vegetable oil
- Flour
- ground pepper
- Salt

Cooking method:

Chop the garlic and nuts.

Cut the meat into pieces, beat off, salt and pepper. Put a small amount of garlic and nuts on the beef, cover with a piece of chicken fillet on top, put garlic and nuts again, then a piece of pork.
Bread the resulting "trio" in flour, dip in beaten eggs, fry in vegetable oil and bring to readiness in a preheated oven.


Ice cream "Assorted"

Components:

Ice cream - 200 g
- Canned fruits - 20 g
- Fruit syrup - 2 tablespoons
- Blackcurrant jam - 1 tablespoon
- Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon
- Cocoa powder - 1 tablespoon

Cooking method:

Divide ice cream into 4 parts, arrange in different dishes and mix one part with cocoa powder, the second with lemon juice, the third with blackcurrant jam. Put ice cream in layers in a separate deep vase, pour syrup on top and garnish with canned fruit.

Fried chicken sandwich

Components:

White bread - 150 g
- Butter - 120 g
- Fresh cucumbers - 50 g
- Fried chicken - 150 g
- Greenery

Cooking method:

Cut the chicken flesh into small thin pieces. Cut the bread into slices, grease each of them with butter, put chicken meat, cucumbers cut into thin slices. Decorate sandwiches with chopped herbs.

Cake "Clown"

Components:

Flour - 250 g
- Butter - 250 g
- Sugar - 200 g
- Powdered sugar - 100 g
- Ground hazelnuts - 250 g
- Chocolate shavings - 50 g
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Fat
- Baking powder
- Colored sugar balls for decoration
- Icing (white and colored) for decoration

Cooking method:

Prepare a dough from butter, sugar, eggs, flour and baking powder, add hazelnuts and chocolate chips to it, mix thoroughly and bake in a greased form.

Decorate the finished biscuit with white icing, draw a clown's face in color and sprinkle with powdered sugar and balls.

Stuffed eggs

Components:

Chicken eggs - 4 pcs.
- Boiled meat - 100 g
- Cheese - 25 g
- Butter - 20 g
- Greenery
- Salt

Cooking method:

Hard boil the eggs, cool, peel, cut in half lengthwise and remove the yolks.

Finely chop the meat or pass through a meat grinder. Grate the cheese.

Salt the meat, mix with chopped herbs, yolks and butter, stuff the halves of the proteins with the resulting mass, sprinkle with cheese on top, put on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes in a preheated oven.

Potato soup

Components:

Potato - 500 g
- Onion - 100 g
- Sour cream - 50 g
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.

- Flour - 1 tablespoon
- Water - 1 l
- Salt

Cooking method:

Peel and cut vegetables (potatoes - cubes, onions - rings). Fry the onion in vegetable oil until golden brown.

Dip potatoes, onions into boiling water, cook until tender, and then wipe through a sieve.

Fry the flour in a pan, mix with the resulting broth, grind thoroughly, salt, add to the puree, bring to a boil.

Hard boil the egg, cool, peel, separate the yolk and grind it with sour cream.

Before serving, season the soup with a mixture of yolk and sour cream.

Bananas with almonds

Components:

Bananas - 300 g
- Butter - 20 g
- Almonds - 40 g
- Apricots - 150 g
- Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon
- Orange juice - 3 tablespoons
- Apple juice - 2 tablespoons
- Sugar - 2 tablespoons
- cardamom
- ground nutmeg

Cooking method:

Peel bananas, cut lengthwise and place on a greased baking sheet.

After that, sprinkle bananas with sugar, pour over lemon and orange juices, sprinkle with cardamom and ground nutmeg.

Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven for 4 minutes. After that, sprinkle the bananas with crushed almonds and keep in the oven for another 2 minutes. Rinse the apricots and beat with a mixer together with apple juice. Put bananas on a dish and pour over the resulting mixture.

Cheese cookies with sesame

Components:

Flour - 1 cup
- Butter - 100 g
- Grated cheese - 100 g
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Sesame
- Salt

Cooking method:

Chop the butter and mix in a separate bowl with sesame seeds, cheese and flour, salt, put in a plastic bag and place it in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Take out the dough, roll it into a layer 0.5 cm thick, form cookies, brush with egg and bake until done in a preheated oven.

Parfait

Components:

Cream - 100 g
- Milk - 30 g
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Sugar - 1 tablespoon
- Vanillin

Cooking method:

Separate the yolk from the protein. Grind the protein with sugar, add vanillin, warmed milk and cook with constant stirring until thickened over low heat.

Strain the resulting mixture through cheesecloth, cool, mix thoroughly with whipped cream, arrange on portioned plates and place in the freezer for a while.

Vegetable soup

Components:

Potato - 100 g
- White cabbage - 50 g
- Fresh tomatoes - 50 g
- Carrot - 30 g
- Turnip - 30 g
- Onion - 30 g
- Green beans - 30 g
- Green peas - 30 g
- Milk - 100 g
- Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon
- Water - 1 l
- parsley greens
- Salt

Cooking method:

Chop the parsley. Peel and grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Peel and chop the onion along with the cabbage. Cut potatoes and tomatoes into slices, turnips and beans into strips. Fry the onion in vegetable oil with carrots and parsley. Put potatoes, turnips, cabbage, beans, onions, carrots with parsley, peas into boiling water and cook for 20-25 minutes.

5 minutes before the soup is ready, add the tomatoes and salt to taste. Mix with milk before serving.

Chicken salad with pineapple

Components:

Chicken - 1 pc.
- Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
- Canned pineapples - 1 can
- Cheese - 100 g
- Chopped roasted nuts - 1/2 cup
- Mayonnaise
- Salt

Cooking method:

Boil the whole chicken, separate the meat from the bones, chop.

Hard boil eggs, cool, peel and cut into cubes with pineapple. Cheese grate on a coarse grater.

Salt the chicken, eggs, pineapple, nuts and cheese and place in a separate bowl in layers, lubricating each layer with mayonnaise.

stuffed apples

Components:

Apples - 2 pcs.
- Egg yolk - 1 pc.
- Cottage cheese - 60 g
- Almond or walnut nuts - 30 g
- Vegetable oil - 1 teaspoon
- Sugar - 1 tablespoon

Cooking method:

Cut off the tops of the apples and carefully cut out the cores.

In a separate bowl, mix cottage cheese, yolk, sugar, vegetable oil and chopped nuts. Stuff the apples with the resulting mixture, close the tops and place on a baking sheet. Pour in some water. Bake in a preheated oven.

Canape with chicken

Components:

Bread - 350 g
- Butter - 80 g
- Chicken meat - 100 g
- Jelly - 50 g

Cooking method:

Cut out round croutons from the bread, grease them with oil, put the boiled chopped chicken meat on top and pour over the jelly.

"Apricots" from cottage cheese

Components:

Curd - 300 g
- Flour - 200 g
- Apricot jam - 100 g
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Semolina - 1 tablespoon
- Vegetable oil - 3 tablespoons
- Soda - 1 teaspoon
- Almond nuts
- Sugar - 3 tablespoons
- Salt

Cooking method:

Pass the cottage cheese through a meat grinder and mix thoroughly with eggs, flour, semolina, sugar, slaked soda and salt. Divide the resulting dough into several parts and form them into small balls.

"Apricots" fry in vegetable oil, insert almonds inside each, transfer to a dish and pour apricot jam on top.

Rassolnik vegetarian

Components:

Potato - 300 g
- White cabbage - 150 g
- Carrot - 100 g
- Cucumber pickle - 100 g
- Onion - 100 g
- Pickled cucumbers - 200 g
- Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
- Bay leaf
- Dill and parsley greens
- Ground black pepper
- Salt

Cooking method:

Peel and cut vegetables. Pour water into a separate bowl, bring it to a boil and lower the chopped white cabbage and potatoes and cook for 15 minutes. Fry onions with carrots in vegetable oil.

Add carrots, onions, cucumbers, bay leaves and ground pepper to the pan, salt, add brine and cook for another 5-10 minutes.

Sprinkle the soup with chopped parsley or dill before serving.

Ham with prunes

Components:

Ham - 250 g
- Prunes - 100 g

Cooking method:

Rinse the prunes, boil in a small amount of water, separate from the pits and dry.
Cut the ham into thin slices, place prunes in each of them and chop with skewers.

strawberries in foam

Components:

Strawberries - 300 g
- Powdered sugar - 100 g
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Coconut shavings

Cooking method:

Wash the strawberries thoroughly, separate from the stalks, cut into small slices and arrange in vases.

Separate the whites from the yolks. Whisk egg whites with powdered sugar. Put the resulting mass in vases on top. Garnish with shredded coconut before serving.

Decoration of dishes for children

To increase the child's appetite, dishes should be beautifully and interestingly designed, because the appearance of food plays an important role and contributes to better digestibility of food.

Products must match in color, shape and taste.

Red sauces are in harmony with meat, especially fried. Pink tomato sauce is suitable for fish dishes, and white - for poultry. In the event that products should have a natural color, do not use artificial dyes. Also, inedible objects or raw dough should not be used as a decoration for a dish.

Paying attention to decorations, it should be noted that if the products are served in dishes with a pattern, then the patterns on the dish itself should be minimal.

On the surface of a variety of large-sized products, you can make drawings, ornaments and jelly nets.

cold dishes

When preparing cold dishes, the right combination of food in terms of cut shape, color and taste is of great importance. Most often, various seasonings and vegetables are used for decoration, which not only make the dish more attractive and appetizing, but also enrich it with vitamins, organic acids, mineral salts and carbohydrates.

As a decoration, you can use raw, boiled, pickled, canned vegetables and herbs, as well as various figures from them.

When decorating, you should be guided by the main rule: the main dish should not be covered with a side dish and various decorations. We must also remember that beautiful dishes also affect the appetite.

In practice, the main principle of decoration is contrast. Green vegetables (cucumbers, peas), parsley, onion and dill go well with yellow (peppers, boiled carrots), red (tomatoes, beets, peppers) and white (cabbage, onions).

Snacks can be decorated with pickled fruits and berries, as well as flowers, etc. from vegetables.

Bluebells can be made from fresh or pickled cucumbers, beets or carrots. To do this, cut off the top of the vegetable to make a pointed cone. Then cut off a thin layer about 2 cm wide, turn the conical cap upside down, put an oblong piece of a vegetable of a different color and put it together on a dish or distribute one at a time.

A rose can be made from tomatoes. One tomato should be placed with the stalk down, cuts should be made on four sides from above, leaving about 1 cm uncut. After that, carefully remove the middle of the tomato with a knife. Remove the skin from the second tomato, starting from the stalk, to make a ribbon 1.5-2 cm wide. Twist this ribbon and place it in the center of the first tomato. Put parsley or dill next to it.

Baskets can be made from green pickled or fresh tomatoes. To do this, cut off the top of the vegetable, remove 1/3 of the pulp with a spoon, cut teeth along the edges and fill the baskets with finely chopped vegetables seasoned with mayonnaise or vegetable oil.

Baskets can also be prepared from various fruits. To do this, cut off the top from tangerines, oranges, lemons, etc., remove 1/3 of the pulp with a spoon, and make cloves on the edges with a knife. Baskets can be filled with cranberries, lingonberries, plums or cherries.

You can also make baskets from zucchini and squash. To do this, cut the bottoms of vegetables, cut out baskets and cook in salted water until half cooked. After that, marinate the baskets in vinegar, diluted with water at a rate of 1: 1, for 30 minutes. Such baskets can be filled with vegetable mixtures seasoned with vegetable oil.

Daisies can be made from eggs. To do this, boil the egg hard-boiled, cool, peel, cut off the sharp end, put the egg cut down and cut the protein into thin strips. After that, remove the yolk, and give the strips of protein the shape of chamomile petals. In the middle, you can put a circle of yolk or carrots, and next to it - parsley or dill.

You can also make roses from eggs. To do this, the egg must be boiled, peeled, cut off the blunt end to a height of 1 cm, carefully remove the yolk, cut off a strip about 1 cm thick from most of the protein in a circular motion, twist it into a roll, and cut several slices from the remaining protein and make petals out of them. . In the recess of the stand, place the roll and the protein petals.

A rose can also be made from beets. It is necessary to weld it, cut it in half vertically, put it with the cut down and cut into thin slices, from which then lay out the rose, placing them horizontally.

You can make bows from cucumbers by cutting the vegetable lengthwise into thin strips and folding each of them in half. Place two strips opposite each other, and decorate with circles of radishes, onions or carrots on top.

You can make an interesting side dish from cabbage leaves if you boil them, cut off the thickened vein, roll them into a bag and fill them with various fillings.

Tomatoes also make an excellent side dish if you cut them into circles without reaching the end with a knife, then push them apart with your hands, giving the shape of a flower, and place green peas or an olive in the center. This decoration will go well with various meat and fish dishes or salads.

Tomatoes, beets, carrots or apples can make magnolia. To do this, make a serrated incision in the middle, while trying to ensure that the knife does not reach the core. When the cut line closes, separate the halves. This way you can get 2 flowers.

From onions you can make a lily. To do this, a large onion should be cleaned, washed, cut into small triangles from its center and divided into 2 parts. The scales should be nested one inside the other so that their sharp ends fall between the petals of the previous row. You can slightly round the "lily" petals with scissors.

From green onions you can make a flower-decoration. To do this, its feathers should be cut in the form of panicles, cut lengthwise and placed in a glass of cold water. The feathers of the onion curl up and form a flower.

You can also decorate cold dishes with jellied vegetables. Before pouring, cut them into pieces, and pour small vegetables whole.

Sweet dishes

Sweet dishes are always bright and varied. There are many possibilities for this.

A very unusual and interesting dessert can be obtained by pouring layers of jelly of different colors into molds. This kind of dish can be served as an independent dish or cut into several parts and pour them with transparent jelly.

Cakes and pastries can be decorated with multi-colored creams, drawing various bright pictures on them. The child can also take an active part in this.

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How and what to feed a baby in a year? What diet should be observed and how to make a menu correctly? The article will answer all questions related to the nutrition of a one-year-old peanut.

What can be given to a child per year?

  • The baby is 12 months old or 1 year old. This is an important and significant event for both the baby and the parents. The little man continues to grow, which means that for his proper development and health, a balanced and nutritious diet is required.
  • Now is the time to review the child's feeding regimen, the composition and quality of the dishes offered. By this time, the baby has already become acquainted with some "adult" foods, he has his first teeth, he is becoming more and more active physically and mentally.

What foods can be given to a one-year-old baby?

Kashi remain the number 1 product in the nutrition of a one-year-old child. It is a source of carbohydrates to replenish the energy supply of a growing organism, vegetable proteins, minerals and B vitamins.

In addition to the beloved buckwheat, rice and oatmeal, the menu can be supplemented with no less healthy cereals: corn and wheat. At this age, the dish can no longer be turned into mashed gruel, but well-boiled porridge can be given.

They are boiled in milk and given to the baby for breakfast. With intolerance to milk protein, cereals should be boiled in water or vegetable broth.

Dairy and dairy products- the main component of nutrition for babies 1 year of age. And this is a source of protein, calcium, sodium, chlorine, phosphorus, necessary for the development of the child's bone tissue and electrolyte balance in the body.

Per day 1 year old child should receive up to 200 ml of kefir or before 300 ml yogurt. Should be used "live" yoghurts not heat treated. Such yogurts are useful for maintaining the normal intestinal microflora of the baby.



Cottage cheese can be used neat or diluted with a little yogurt. Children love sweet cheesecakes, casseroles or cottage cheese puddings. Cottage cheese should be given in an amount up to 70 g per day or up to 140 g every two days.

Hard cheese can be alternated with cottage cheese. It is rubbed on a fine grater and used in casseroles or sprinkled on pasta.

natural butter added to ready-made cereals or mashed potatoes. It can be spread on bread in the form of a sandwich. Daily allowance up to 12 g.

IMPORTANT: Dairy products for babies must be produced according to the standards for baby food, be appropriately labeled with an indication of the expiration date and product storage rules.

Bakery products as white bread give in quantity 100 g per day. Rye bread can cause fermentation in the baby's stomach.

Pasta can be entered in the menu of a one-year-old child in the amount 25-30 g no more often 1-2 times a week.



Broths and soups- dishes to which a child should be accustomed from 1 year. On weak broths from sirloin low-fat poultry or veal meat, they are cooked, seasoning them with vegetables, cereals, and pasta. Vegetable broths are an excellent base for baby borscht, soups with meat or fish meatballs, or mashed vegetable soups.

Vegetable and fruit puree It is an essential part of a baby's diet. It is a source of vitamins, microelements and other useful substances for a child. They prepare mashed potatoes from various ones, the main thing is that the baby is not allergic to these products.

Cherries, currants, apricots, cherries and other fruits and berries should be on the child's menu during the season. It is better to use "green vitamins" grown in your garden or in the area where you live.

Berries and fruits with dense skins are best mashed, and peaches, kiwi, apricots can be cut into small slices.

Beets, carrots, tomatoes, green peas and beans, broccoli are very good for vegetable puree for a baby.

IMPORTANT: Vegetables containing a large amount of fiber: beets, cabbage, legumes, etc. should be thoroughly boiled and ground to avoid intestinal colic and bloating in a child.

New fruits, berries and vegetables should be introduced gradually in small doses, watching how the child reacts to these foods. Fresh fruits and berries give the baby in the amount - 200-250 g per day.



Fresh juices, compotes, weak tea from fruits, berries and dried fruits are given to the child during lunch or afternoon snack in volume 100 ml per day.

Meat- an important source of protein food for a growing toddler. It is preferable for a baby to give poultry, rabbit, veal meat in the form of steam cutlets, casseroles, meatballs. Meat should be in the daily diet of the child in the amount 60-80 gper day.

Veal and chicken liver- a valuable nutritious product for a little man. It contains iodine, zinc, iron, calcium, vitamin A, D, B-vitamins. You can diversify your baby's diet by adding liver dishes to the menu. Pates, puddings, liver steam pancakes, puree soup are tasty and healthy. Children quickly get used to food containing the liver and love it.

A fish in quantity 40 g once or twice a week diversify the child's diet. Soups are boiled, steam cutlets are cooked, zrazy or stewed in the form of fillet pieces.

chicken eggs fresh give up 3 pieces in Week. Steam omelettes from eggs and milk are well absorbed by the children's body and loved by kids. Boiled egg yolk can be given separately during breakfast or dinner. Added eggs to cutlets, soufflés or cheesecakes should be taken into account when calculating the norm of eggs for a child.

Water is a necessary link between meals and must be included in the child's diet without fail. For drinking, clean water for children, which has the appropriate certificates, should be used.

IMPORTANT: It should be remembered: juices, compotes, teas, herbal decoctions cannot replace water. It is recommended to give the child clean or boiled water to drink during the day as much as he wishes. Limit water intake only before bedtime.



Salt used to season food. Enough for a one year old 1 g salt per day.

Sugar it is better not to use in the diet of the baby, so as not to accustom him to sweets from childhood. It is better to prepare juices, drinks, compotes without adding sugar at all. If such a need arises, then the daily intake of sugar is - 30-40 g.

It is better to add it in small quantities, just to add flavor to the dish. Harmful for the baby sugar is better to replace fructose. Sometimes you can pamper the little one with sweets: a piece of marshmallow or jam cooked on fructose.



What can not be given to a one-year-old baby?

  • Sausages practically do not contain meat: 100 g of boiled sausage or 2 sausages contain no more than 7 g of meat. In addition, they contain a lot of "nuts" dangerous for the child: stabilizers, preservatives, flavor enhancers, etc. In addition, these products tend to deteriorate quickly if stored improperly.
  • Sweet sparkling water not allowed in the diet of the baby.
  • Citrus fruit are provocateurs of allergies, so it is undesirable to introduce them into the food of a one-year-old child.
  • Mushrooms are considered heavy protein foods, especially for children.
  • nuts poorly digested by children.
  • Chocolate can cause allergies and excite the children's nervous system, which negatively affects the health of the baby.
  • Semi-finished and canned foods should not be present in the children's diet due to the large number of preservatives and stabilizers of synthetic origin.


Nutrition for a child at 1 year old: table

By the age of one, the peanut, as a rule, already has several teeth and the chewing apparatus is able to cope with more solid food. The amount of food for a one-year-old peanut should be 1200-1250 ml per day. It is recommended to distribute this amount of food as follows:

  • breakfast – 25%
  • lunch - 35%
  • afternoon snack (snack) – 15%
  • dinner – 25%

IMPORTANT: The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation has established approximate children's norms for nutrient intake per day. So for children from 1 to 3 years old, they are: 53 g of protein, 53 g of fat and 212 g of carbohydrates.

The food of a one-year-old baby should provide him with the necessary calories for full development. In a year, a child needs on average 100-102 kcal per 1 kg of body weight in a day.

So, a peanut weighing 10 kg should receive at least 1000-1020 kcal per day with food. Despite the fact that the child is actively moving and spending a lot of energy, you should not exceed the calorie content of food in order to avoid possible obesity in the future.

We offer an approximate table with a menu for a one-year-old baby for a week.

Sample menu table for a one-year-old child for seven days

Sample menu for a 1 year old



A one-year-old child grows intensively, therefore, for the normal physiological development of the baby, a complete and varied diet is required. At this stage of growing up a little peanut, mother's milk cannot replace products containing many vitamins, biologically active substances, and minerals.

IMPORTANT: If a child at this age is still receiving mother's milk, you should not refuse it. Attach your baby to your breast before bed. The baby will receive his portion of mother's milk and tune in to a good night's sleep.

We offer an approximate menu for a one year old.

  • Breakfast: 8.00 Milk - 200 ml or porridge - 150 ml, boiled chicken yolk - 1/2 pcs., fruit puree - 50 g, weak tea - 100 ml, white bread - 20 g.
  • Lunch: 12.00 Soup with chicken meatballs - 100/30 g, vegetable puree - 100 g, dried fruit compote - 100 ml, white bread - 15-20 g.
  • Afternoon snack: 16.00 Kefir, yogurt or milk - 150 ml, cottage cheese - 50 g, fruit puree - 50 g, cookies - 15 g.
  • Dinner: 20 00 Vegetable puree with minced meat - 150/30 g, fruit jelly - 50 g, white bread - 20 g.
  • Dinner before bed: 22.00 Kefir, milk porridge or breastfeeding - 150-200 ml.

The diet of a child at 1 year old by the hour: a diagram



  • The diet of a one-year-old child is very important for the proper development of the baby. The diet should not differ much from the usual meal of the baby up to a year.
  • But given that the baby began to spend more time in a state of wakefulness, the regimen should be adjusted, gradually transferring it to 4-5 meals a day, canceling feeding at night.
  • A 3-4 hour break between meals makes it possible for the child to get hungry and eat the offered portions of food with appetite. Such a diet will help the baby to adapt faster in the preschool in the future.


IMPORTANT: A child with poor appetite, weak and often ill, should not be denied nighttime feeding if the child requires food at this time.

  • It is recommended to observe the feeding hours of the child. Time deviations should not exceed 15-20 minutes. It is important to develop a habit in the baby to eat at a certain time.
  • This contributes to the timely release of digestive juice, which is necessary for high-quality digestion of food, as well as for developing a good appetite in the little one. It is desirable that a one-year-old child has breakfast in the time interval between 8-9 o'clock in the morning.


Snacking between main meals should be avoided. Sandwiches, cookies, bagels, some fruits can kill the child's appetite, which will subsequently affect during the main meal. Even a harmless piece of apple can serve as a reason for further refusal of food at the right time.

The norm of meat for a child of 1 year

  • Meat dishes are important in the child's menu. One year old needs 60-80 g meat per day. 1.5 year old child should increase this rate up to 100 g. It is recommended to use low-fat varieties of chicken, turkey, rabbit, lean beef and veal in the baby's diet.
  • It is advisable to give meat dishes in the first half of the day so that they can be absorbed by the children's body. Young children usually quickly get used to meat products and love food made from meat in the form of: steam cutlets, meatballs, meat pates, soufflés, zrazy, meatballs.
  • The range of animal proteins can be expanded by using offal dishes on certain days of the week: liver, tongue, heart. 1-2 times a week, meat can be replaced with fish dishes.

New dishes for a child at 12 months: recipes



How to introduce new dishes into the diet of young children?

  • New foods should be introduced to babies gradually, starting with small portions.
  • After eating new dishes, observe the reaction of the baby. Particular care should be taken to introduce products to children with signs of allergies.
  • It is not recommended to introduce several new products into the diet at the same time. This makes it possible to find out which product did not suit the child if this happens.
  • If at least minor allergic manifestations appear in the form of a rash or red itchy spots on the face and body, the product that caused the allergy should be excluded from the child's diet.
  • Do not be upset that some dishes did not please your little one. He also has his own taste preferences and not all new products can be accepted with a bang. Try again with the introduction of this dish in two weeks, maybe by this time the baby will like it.
  • Allow your child to skip a full serving of new foods unless he or she wants to. This is a new food for him to get used to. And that takes time and patience.
  • Make a menu for the child, taking into account not only the useful properties of the products, but also taking into account the taste preferences of the little one. Then the child will eat with appetite and eat the offered portions.

IMPORTANT: Feed your baby only freshly prepared food, reheating previously cooked food is unacceptable.

Soup with meatballs from minced meat and buckwheat



A new dish for your baby: meatballs with buckwheat in vegetable broth. We hope that it will be to the liking of the little man.

Required to take:

  • minced veal fillet - 100 g
  • potatoes - 1 pc.
  • carrots - 1 pc.
  • zucchini squash - 50 g
  • onion - 0.5 pcs.
  • buckwheat - 1 tablespoon
  • dill - 1-2 sprigs

Cooking

  1. Boil buckwheat until tender
  2. Potatoes and zucchini are cut into cubes and thrown into boiling water.
  3. Carrots are rubbed on a grater.
  4. Onions are finely chopped and, together with carrots, are dipped in boiling water with potatoes and zucchini.
  5. Minced meat is mixed with buckwheat and small meatballs are formed.
  6. 10-15 minutes after the vegetables boil, add meatballs to the pan, bring to a boil and cook for another 10 minutes. If necessary, the soup is slightly salted and finely chopped dill is added.

Soup-puree from veal liver



This soup will appeal to the baby and is perfect as a first course for lunch.

Required to take:

  • veal or chicken liver - 100 g
  • egg yolk - 1 pc.
  • white bread - 100 g
  • milk - 100 ml
  • vegetable broth or water - 250 ml
  • butter - 1 teaspoon

Cooking

  1. White bread without crusts is soaked in milk and mixed with yolk.
  2. The liver is washed and ground in a meat grinder.
  3. The bread is mixed with the liver and the mass is ground through a sieve.
  4. The liver mass is poured with vegetable broth or water.
  5. Liver soup is brought to a boil and boiled for 10 minutes.
  6. Ready soup-puree is seasoned with butter.

Beet-apple salad



A healthy salad can be offered to the baby for lunch or during dinner. It is especially useful for children suffering from constipation.

Required to take:

  • 1/2 medium apple
  • 1/2 small beetroot
  • vegetable oil - 0.5 teaspoon

Cooking

  1. Boil beetroot until soft
  2. Half of the peeled rubbed on a grater
  3. The apple is peeled and seeds are removed.
  4. Grate half an apple and mix with beets.
  5. The salad is dressed with vegetable oil.

Steam cutlets from fish



Children don't particularly like fish. Try steaming fish cakes for them.

Required to take:

  • fish fillet - 200 g
  • egg - 1 pc.
  • onion - 1 small onion
  • carrots - 1 pc.
  • flour - 1 dessert spoon

Cooking

  1. Fish fillet is scrolled with an onion through a meat grinder.
  2. Carrots, chopped on a fine grater, raw egg are added to minced meat.
  3. The mass is properly kneaded and slightly salted.
  4. Flour is added to the minced meat and cutlets are formed.
  5. Fish cutlets are steamed in a double boiler for 20-30 minutes.
  6. Cutlets can be served with mashed potatoes or other vegetable puree.

Cottage cheese with banana and peach



The child does not like cottage cheese? Prepare it according to the following recipe and the baby will appreciate this sweet and healthy dessert.

Required to take:

  • children's kefir - 500 ml
  • banana - 1/2 pc.
  • peach - 1/2 pc.

Cooking

  1. Kefir is heated in a water bath.
  2. After 20 minutes, the resulting curd is thrown onto gauze to separate the whey.
  3. The cottage cheese is rubbed through a sieve.
  4. Wash the banana and peach thoroughly.
  5. Half a banana is peeled.
  6. Half a peach cut into pieces.
  7. Fruits and cottage cheese are placed in a blender and beat until a fluffy homogeneous mass.


Features of cooking for one-year-old babies

  • Food should be prepared by boiling, stewing, baking, steaming.
  • Spices, seasonings, sauces, canned foods for adult food, frying are not added to kids' dishes.
  • For vegetable soups, carrots and onions can be stewed in a pan in a small amount of water.
  • One-year-old babies should receive food in a puree state, but after two months it is recommended to chop food into small pieces. Later, when chewing teeth appear, food can be crushed to a size of 3 cm, leaving the child to properly chew food on his own.
  • Keep your hands clean while preparing food. Teach your child to wash their hands before eating.

How and what to feed a baby for a year, video

The child refuses to eat and does not eat. Or it happens that he eats, but only exclusively fried potatoes or pasta. But after all, food for children should be balanced, children's meals should be not only nutritious, but also healthy. How to feed a child with porridge, cottage cheese, vegetables, meat, fish?

Try to show a little imagination and approach the situation from a different angle. Pay attention to the design of children's dishes. Few of the children will remain indifferent to the cheerful face on the plate. And do not be afraid of the lack of time, it is really not difficult, and will only take a few minutes.

Another option not to leave the child hungry is to involve the child in the cooking process.

Even the smallest ones can perform elementary actions - add a spoonful of flour, spread the berries on a plate, fashion “miracle Yudo” from the dough, and children, as a rule, are delighted with this process. Of course, then you will have to tinker with cleaning the kitchen, but it's worth it, because cooked by yourself is always tastier!

I had a similar situation - my daughter 2.5 years old categorically refused to eat cottage cheese. And somehow I suggested that she make lazy dumplings, knowing that she really likes to mess with the dough. After the dumplings were removed from the pan and beautifully laid out on a plate, I literally froze, waiting for her reaction. And so, when the first dumpling was eaten, a grimace of disgust appeared on the daughter's face. I sighed and decided that the number did not pass, and apparently cottage cheese is definitely not her food. But I was very surprised that my daughter, despite the fact that she obviously did not like the dumplings, ate the whole plate.

We no longer cooked dumplings, but the situation is very revealing - a child, maybe without pleasure, but he will definitely eat what he cooked himself.

Today I have prepared a selection of options for decorating dishes for children. These recipes for kids are very simple and will only take a few minutes.

So, we cook for children together with children!

Baby porridge

Porridge and cottage cheese are the absolute favorites of the children's menu, there is no need to talk about their benefits. But, unfortunately, not every child enjoys a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast, and the day starts off not very fun. A little fantasy, fruits and berries, and a cheerful breakfast is guaranteed!

eggs for children

Fried eggs, of course, are not the best example of a healthy food. A boiled egg would definitely be a better option for a child. But sometimes, after all, you can deviate from the rules and make it easier for yourself to find the answer to the question “what to cook for a child?”:

Sandwiches for children

A great option for an afternoon snack or a children's holiday table. Mashed potatoes and Olivier salad are for adults, but children should not starve at the holiday either. Such children's sandwiches will be a great snack for children, and they will be happy to take part in their preparation!

Pasta in a children's plate

Pasta made from durum wheat is a good food option for a child. When we prepare food for children, we use the same set of products as for ourselves, only we add a little more sense of humor and imagination. This is a great way to once again demonstrate to the child that bringing joy is a simple matter, and mom always succeeds!

A one-year-old child knows the taste of many dishes and products, such as fish, meat, soups, cereals, vegetables and dairy products. But for some kids, breast milk still comes first. Together with mother's milk, the baby receives not only all the necessary micro and macro elements for growth and development, but also communicates with his mother. Therefore, do not take it away from the chest early. Breastfeeding is recommended to continue until about 2.5–3 years of age. At this time, the child is already fully accustomed to adult nutrition.

Consider the questions of what the baby’s menu should be, how to make a diet for every day. Find out which foods are healthy and which are harmful.

Principles of feeding a one-year-old child

Baby food every day should be healthy and varied. The diet should include all the necessary substances for the growth and development of crumbs. During the preparation of dishes, it is necessary to take into account the physiological characteristics of the child's digestive system, since he cannot chew food until 1.5–2 years old. During this period, to feed your child mom should grind food through a strainer or chop with a blender. Stewed vegetables should be given in chopped form, meat should be ground. Kashi should be made rare.

The utensils for feeding the crumbs should be made of special food grade plastic. The main advantage of such dishes is low thermal conductivity, so it does not heat up, and the baby will not get burned. And also such dishes do not break and do not make a roar when falling, which can scare the baby.

It is very important to observe the diet of a one-year-old baby: 4-5 times a day. At the same time, you need to feed your baby at the same time. If you follow this rule, your appetite will be much better, and the digestive system will have time to prepare for food processing. If the regime is not observed, then the baby does not develop a reflex, which contributes to the release of gastric juice and food processing enzymes. Accustomed to the regimen, the baby will not be capricious before eating.

Before feeding, you should not feed the baby cookies, buns and fruits. It will kill his appetite. He will begin to refuse food, which threatens with various pathologies.

It is best to breastfeed your child in the morning and before bed. In the intervals before feeding, you should not drink it with sweet tea or juice, so as not to spoil your appetite. Baby food needs to be prepared with minimal sugar, as children quickly become accustomed to sweets and it becomes difficult, and sometimes impossible, to feed the baby with a normal, healthy and essential dish.

For children under three years old, it is better not to salt the food and in no case add spices to it.. Onions or garlic can be added. However, do not forget that new products are introduced gradually and in the morning, as the baby may develop allergies or diarrhea.

A one-year-old baby needs to cook food at one time. And you need to do this every day. After feeding, all leftover food should be thrown away. You should not leave them for the next feeding and then warm them up, because the baby's digestive system is not yet sufficiently formed and cannot digest non-fresh food.

Diet for a 1 year old

The following foods should be included in the diet of a one-year-old child:

The baby needs to be given dairy products specially designed for children. Such products are carefully checked, unlike adults. Therefore, it is recommended to buy children's cottage cheese, yogurt or kefir.

It is strictly forbidden to give whole milk to a child under one year old.. The baby's digestive system is underdeveloped and does not digest whole milk. For this reason, milk should be diluted with boiled water. First, dilute in a 1: 1 ratio (1 part water, 1 part milk). Then the amount of water is gradually reduced, and the amount of milk is increased. Thus, the baby is gradually transferred to whole cow's milk closer to the year. From the year the baby should drink about half a liter. In this case, the fat content of milk should be at least 4 percent.

There are children who have an unpleasant pathology - congenital intolerance to milk. This is due to a lack of lactic ferments in the baby's body. In this case, special milk that does not contain lactose should be included in the child's diet.

The main dish of a one-year-old child is porridge. At first, the baby can be given instant cereals, and then gradually the child is transferred to ordinary boiled cereals. The baby is useful rice, oatmeal and buckwheat porridge. It is not recommended to give semolina porridge to a child under three years old. It contains vegetable protein, which is poorly absorbed by the baby's digestive system.

In order for the child to receive all the necessary elements, his diet must be varied. That is, you can not feed your child the same food for a long time. This is not only harmful to the baby, but also dangerous, since such nutrition can lead to the development of various pathologies.

The menu of a one-year-old child for every day can be compiled as follows:

  • in the morning, milk porridge (150 g) with the addition of 5 g of butter, half the yolk, fruit puree (50 g) is suitable as food;
  • at lunch, you can give stewed vegetables (150 g), 2 steamed meat cutlets (2 times a week - fish), bread, fruit juice;
  • in the middle of the day it is better to give cottage cheese (30 g), fruit puree with cookies (70 g), yogurt;
  • for dinner, boiled vegetables or porridge without milk in vegetable oil (150 g), mashed meat (50 g), compote are suitable;
  • before going to bed, it is recommended to feed the child with yogurt, kefir (1 glass) or other light food.

If you adhere to such a feeding scheme, the child's menu at 1 year old will consist of healthy foods. At the same time, he will receive all the necessary elements and a sufficient number of calories.

How much food should a child eat at 1 year old

Today, mothers often ask pediatricians what to feed a child at 1 year old so that he receives all the necessary elements and his food is high-calorie enough?

Calorie content of food (including drinks and water) should be 1300 calories per day. In order for a child to receive so many calories, you need to follow some rules, because feeding him is not always easy. In order for the baby to eat well and with appetite the food offered by the mother, you should not force him to eat and entertain at the table. And also do not stretch the feeding for a long time. Eating should last 15-30 minutes. If the child is healthy, but refuses to eat, it is better to postpone feeding for a while until the baby gets hungry. Over time, he will get used to the diet and will no longer refuse.

In order for a child who has reached the age of one to develop properly, he needs (per 1 kg of body weight) per day 4 g of protein, 16 g of carbohydrates. Most of the fats and proteins should be of animal origin, such as lean meat, chicken, beef, chicken or beef liver. To feed a child, you need to add butter to the dishes. At the same time, you must always remember that fresh oil, if it has not been heat-treated, should be given to the child very carefully so as not to cause stomach upset.

What not to give children

Today, moms and dads are interested in what should be the menu of a child at 1 year old, if you can’t give him almost anything, judging by what pediatricians say? Pediatricians say that many products for the baby are dangerous and destructive. It is impossible to feed a child with many products, but at the same time, his body must receive all the necessary elements. What then to feed a one-year-old baby and how to make a diet for a child at 1 year old?

Yes, the question of what should be the nutrition of a child at 1 year old should be approached carefully, carefully and with due responsibility. After all, improper feeding can lead to the development of various diseases, the treatment of which will take many years and effort.

When accustoming a baby to adult food, it should be borne in mind that such foods as, for example, fried foods, mushrooms, various smoked meats, sausages, sausages are very harmful for a one-year-old baby. These foods should be excluded from the diet of crumbs.

It is very good when vegetables and fruits are included in the diet. But they also need to be fed carefully. Fruits should be given in crushed form, otherwise the baby may choke. It is better to grind them in a blender.

From what products are included in the baby’s menu during the period of development of his body, it depends on whether his health will be good for the rest of his life. Therefore, every day you need to feed your baby exclusively with a balanced diet.

Every mother wants to see her child healthy and from the first days of his life begins to give him everything he needs. This is breast milk, which has useful substances and trace elements necessary for the growth and strengthening of the child's body.

However, in addition to the feeding process itself, other factors are also important - proper breast care, comfort of position, pumping, the need for supplementary feeding, etc.

Find out all the nuances from our article: how to properly feed a newborn baby, the rules for breast milk and formula feeding, nutritional features with mixed feeding, how often and after what period of time to feed the baby (schedule and rate of food intake for the baby).

natural feeding

In the first year, breast milk is a vital food for an infant. In order for this period to bring only joy to the baby and mother, you should know about the basic rules of feeding.

What determines the amount of milk a mother has

The amount of milk can be affected by:

  • transferred stresses;
  • insufficient sleep;
  • mother's dietary habits;
  • insufficient physical activity;
  • fatigue
  • hereditary predisposition;
  • lack of rest.

Breast size does not affect the amount of milk. Neither the shape of the nipple nor the type of milk matters.

Read on our website! Let's talk about the manufacturer and the composition of the product, how it differs from other infant formulas.

Breastfeeding rules and breast care

When feeding, there is only one rule - feeding should be carried out in a separate room where there is no one but mother and baby.

It does not matter what position will be taken during feeding - sitting, lying, standing; the main thing is complete relaxation and comfort.

Separately, you need to talk about pumping and breast massage. These procedures should be carried out in the first 3-4 weeks after childbirth. Then the flow of milk is normalized.

Before expressing and massaging, hands and breasts should be washed with soap and water. Alcohol-based products should not be used.

Ordinary baby soap is an excellent antiseptic. It is also necessary to ensure that the detergent does not remain on the chest after washing procedures.

It is not recommended to use soap before each feeding.. The tool is able to remove the fatty film that protects the mammary glands from external influences.

So wash your breasts only once a day. If necessary, warm running water is sufficient.

The massage itself is not difficult.. However, make sure that the glands are of the same density. When seals are detected, massage is carried out in this area more intensively.

The chest is supported by one hand from below. The second, with the help of 4 fingers, you need to massage the mammary gland in a circular motion, starting from the ribs and moving towards the nipple. The hand that supports the chest from below should not be inactive - the technique is similar.

At the site of compaction, movements do not increase, only the duration of the massage increases.

Pumping is an important step for a nursing mother. If left unattended, an excess amount of milk will lead to the development of mastitis.

So, only two fingers should be involved in pumping - index and thumb. It is important to press not on the nipple, but on the tissue of the gland. The most effective pumping method is using a breast pump..

The many difficulties associated with breastfeeding consist in the appearance of cracks and abrasions on the nipples. These phenomena occur due to:

  • child's activity;
  • characteristics of the mother's skin;
  • insufficient hygiene.

Preventive measures must be followed. This includes:

  • the nipple after feeding should always be dry (for this, it is blotted with sterile gauze);
  • cleanliness of the chest;
  • a nursing mother should not wear underwear containing synthetics - only cotton;
  • the child should capture the areola (halo), and not the nipple;
  • if a crack is found, treatment is started immediately;
  • mother's nails should be short (so as not to be scratched during pumping);
  • do not keep the baby near the chest for more than 20 minutes;
  • you can not bring the baby to such a degree of hunger that he pounces on the chest;
  • perform massage and pumping;
  • Keep your chest open as much as possible.

For the treatment of abrasions and cracks, vitamin A is used on an oily basis (sold in pharmacies), Bepanten, sea buckthorn oil, special aerosols (without antibiotics).

In case of suppuration, you should immediately consult a doctor.

Catering by the hour or on demand

After how many hours should a newborn baby be breastfed?

Two breastfeeding options are being considered– feeding by the hour and on demand. Both options are equally relevant and acceptable.

Feeding by the hour is carried out strictly at a certain time every 3 hours. At night there is a break - 6 hours.

This mode lasts up to 2 months. Then the interval between feedings increases to 3.5 hours, and at night - up to 7 hours.

The advantage of the method is teaching the child to discipline from early childhood. Otherwise, this method is a radical choice on the part of the mother, since not all children agree with the regimen.

Feeding on demand is the most popular choice among modern parents.

After birth, the child experiences severe stress, and the only effective way to get rid of it is physical contact with the mother. So it is so important to put the baby to the breast when he wants it. After all, sucking is not only the process of getting food, but also an effective method of calming the baby.

This method is a highly effective means of maintaining lactation.

However, frequent feeding will not allow mom to do household chores., therefore, the baby should not be applied to the chest at the first signs of anxiety, smacking lips, grunting, sniffing, but when the baby really needs food - 1 time in 2 hours with a 20-minute feeding duration.

A few words about the breastfeeding regimen and how to properly feed a newborn baby with breast milk, Dr. Komarovsky will tell:

Which option to choose

Basic rule - A healthy child knows when he needs food. You should not wake him up just because, according to his mother, it is time for him to eat. Exceptions are such cases:

  • if the mother needs to leave urgently;
  • children who are underweight.

The optimal interval between feedings in children under 1 month is 2-3 hours. Further, the baby himself will gradually increase it as he grows and develops.

An important condition is attachment to only one breast during one feeding. This rule is irrelevant if the baby has not eaten enough or the mother has cracks on the nipples.

Make sure that the baby performs swallowing movements during attachment, and not sucking. If you don’t stop his desire to “hang” on his mother’s chest in time, then in the future it will be hard enough to wean him from his favorite thing.

Bottle feeding baby

Bottle feeding a baby is different from breastfeeding. In the latter case, he himself determines the volume of milk and the duration of the meal. Due to this, milk production adapts to the needs of the baby. and changes as it grows.

Breastfeeding a baby if the mother is not around can be done in different ways. This situation is justified due to the inability of the mother to put the baby to the breast (severe pain, urgent departure, etc.).

Then it is allowed to feed from a bottle with a nipple. Today, this method is in demand for artificial and mixed feeding or in case the mother is not around.

Nipple advantage- the safest and most natural process of eating food.

However, there are significant differences between bottle sucking and breastfeeding. In the first case, the baby makes less effort. Therefore, after meeting with the bottle, many babies refuse their mother's breasts.

The alternative is the choice of a special nipple.

  • When the bottle is tilted, no milk drops should come out of the nipple.
  • When pressing on a wide area of ​​the nipple, a trickle should go.

Remember to take care of your bottle. It is necessary to regularly rinse and rinse children's containers with boiling water.

Expressed breast milk can be frozen. This will save all the vitamins and useful trace elements, and the newborn will not remain hungry if the mother has left on business. Mixing milk after several pumpings is not recommended. The frozen liquid is stored no more than 2 months.

What to do if there is no lactation

What to feed a newborn baby if there is no milk? Often in medical practice there are cases when the mother does not have enough milk to adequately feed the baby. Additional measures agreed with the doctor can correct the situation..

  • Mom should drink at least 2 liters of water per day.
  • Apply crumbs in the first days of his life should be as often as possible.
  • Do not replace mother's milk with other fluids.
  • Night application is the main condition for good lactation.
  • Proper nutrition for the mother is also important.

10-15 minutes before feeding, the mother needs to drink a glass of warm sweet tea with milk or dried fruit compote.

No stress and worries: with emotional disorders in women, lactation worsens.

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Introduction of formula into the infant's diet

If, despite all the efforts of the mother, there is still enough milk, then, willy-nilly, you will have to use additional nutrition - switch to mixed feeding. In the case of a complete transfer to milk formulas, we can talk about artificial nutrition.

What to give

The baby should receive food that is as close as possible in composition to breast milk. These products are mixtures. All mixtures are divided into 3 groups:

  • partially adapted (children after a year);
  • less adapted (after 6 months);
  • maximally adapted (up to 6 months).

The best will be the mixture, on the packaging of which it is indicated:"Designed to feed children from birth to 1 year."

You should not change baby food often, because the baby may develop unpleasant reactions in the form of diarrhea, frequent regurgitation, allergic rashes, etc.

It is necessary to switch to another mixture in case of:

  • if the baby is not gaining weight;
  • if he has frequent constipation.

It is unacceptable to give diluted cow's milk as a supplement (full feeding). This can lead to irreversible consequences.

The product does not contain those beneficial minerals and vitamins that are found in an adapted formula or mother's milk.

Mixed feeding rules

  • Breastfeed first, then formula.
  • Only one feeding can be replaced with a mixture.

You need to introduce the product gradually, starting with a small amount. The temperature of the mixture should not exceed the temperature of the child's body. It is necessary to dilute the product only with boiled water.

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Feeding hours and dosage

How to properly feed a newborn baby with a mixture and do I need to do it on time?

With artificial feeding in the first months of life, 6-7 meals a day are recommended with an interval of 3-3.5 hours.

At night, a 6-hour interval should be done. It is important to take into account the required volume, which is calculated depending on age and weight.

So, for the first six months of life, an infant needs 115 kcal per 1 kg, after 6 months - 110 kcal.

The daily amount of food needed by a baby with normal weight indicators is:

  • from 7 days to 2 months - 1/5 of body weight;
  • from 2 to 4 - 1/6 of body weight;
  • from 6 to 12 months - 1/8.

Introduce a new mixture according to the following schedule:

  • 1 day - 10 ml 1 time per day;
  • 2 day - 10 ml 3 times a day;
  • Day 3 - 20 ml 3 times a day;
  • Day 4 - 50 ml 5 times a day;
  • Day 5 - 100 ml 4 times a day;
  • Day 6 - 150 ml 4 times a day.

Start of complementary foods

Learn to distinguish between "complementary foods" and "supplementary foods". In the first situation, the baby receives additional food to prepare for adulthood and food. In the second, it is supplemented in case of a lack of milk with mixtures.

Complementary foods are introduced at 6 months of age- with breastfeeding and 5 - with artificial nutrition. Until this period, except for mother's milk, formula and water, nothing can be given.

Start slowly and with caution. The first time you need to give half a teaspoon of complementary foods, and then supplement with milk or formula. A "test" is possible before the second feeding, at 9-11 am.

Evaluate the child's reaction to a new product. If rash, irritation, anxiety, constipation (diarrhea) is not found, then the next day you can give 2 times more.

In no case should you introduce an unfamiliar product during illness or after vaccination. If any reaction occurs, the start of complementary foods is delayed for 1-2 weeks.

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Where to start feeding

It's best to start with vegetables. These are zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli. Any vegetable is thoroughly washed and boiled (in a double boiler or in a regular saucepan). Then grind with a blender.

On the first day - half a teaspoon. Then the dose is increased by 2 times every day and brought to normal.

If there are no extraneous reactions to a new product, after 4 days you can try another vegetable, and then mash from the previously proposed products. After 10 days, one intake of dairy food should be completely replaced.

For 7 months you can offer porridge. This should be done at the very last reception - before a night's sleep. To begin with, the baby should be introduced to buckwheat, rice and oatmeal, then gradually expand the diet.

Use special baby cereals intended for 7 months of age. Giving semolina at this age is not recommended due to the presence of gluten in it.

At 8 months, two feedings are already being replaced. Now you can introduce your child to fermented milk products - kefir. On the 4th day, offer low-fat cottage cheese.

Fruits are introduced into complementary foods when the first tooth appears in the baby.. The first is an apple. It is not recommended to fully replace feeding with fruit. They are given in addition to the main food.

Meat is introduced at 9 months of age and fish at 10 months. You can add half the yolk and vegetable oil to the diet. From 10 months, soup is already being prepared on meat, fish broth, where bread crumb is added. The introduction of vegetable oil and cookies is allowed.

By one year of age, all 5 feedings should be completely replaced. Although some mothers still put the baby to the breast at night.

Water must be included in the diet. Its temperature should correspond to the body temperature of the baby.

The most important thing while breastfeeding is to eat well.. Prohibited during this period:

  • consume alcoholic beverages;
  • eat spicy, salty, spicy food.

Necessary:

  • exclude cow's milk, peas, beans, white cabbage from the diet;
  • limit the use of caffeine, chocolate;
  • exclude fast food and convenience foods.

During the feeding period, stress should be avoided, sleep and rest should be adhered to.

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