So many recommendations and tips on when and how to introduce a child's feeding, which is sometimes lost. Everyone says that only his method is correct and true! How to understand where the truth is? It seems that it is worth pushing away from the fact that we are animals. It sounds a bit rude, it's better to replace the term - mammals, but believe me, nothing changes from this. We are the children of the earth, and it is she who can feed us. Somehow our ancestors survived without the wonderful jars of "Hines" or "Agusha", without the recommendations of doctors and nutritionists. By the way, to this day all the individuals of our class live (monkeys, for example). They are not tormented by the question of how to introduce a child's feeding. They just enjoy maternity and act on the situation.
The question of whether it is worth giving a try to the child what we eat is controversial. Although ... Watch your baby not as a mother, but as an outside observer. The child pulls everything in his mouth, tries "on the tooth," licks and sucks from birth. You are not surprised? Maybe by nature he was given the opportunity to study food first, in order to survive. Do we have the right to deprive him of this? By the way, note that the key word is "to try", this is important. The main food for the child is milk (so conceived by nature), even if his mother does not have it. Therefore, the introduction of complementary feeding to infants, in principle, should not be discussed. Their main food is milk. Now about the lure, or rather, about the opportunity to try. According to the stories of our grandmothers, the mother and her child would sit with everyone at the same table (ate from one cup in Russia), ate herself and let them try everything for her baby. It was he who decided whether he liked it or not, whether he wanted to or not. The question of how to introduce a child's feeding was simply not standing. And by the time the little man could hold a spoon, he had an idea of what he needed and what did not, and his body was ready to digest everything that he put into his mouth. Usually it happens about six to eight months. Everything depends on the physical and mental development of the baby. True, based on reality, it is worth mentioning that the food today and in the old days vary greatly. Our "table" is much more abundant. So if without fanaticism to begin to instill in a child a culture of proper nutrition (without sausages and bacon), then by the right moment he will love pumpkin and apples, yogurt and cottage cheese, what nature gives, and not cook at factories.
The only thing that experienced parents put emphasis on - the introduction of vegetable complementary foods or fruit must be primary and make up no more than 10 ml per month of a child's life. Simply put, a month old baby can add 10 ml of apple or pumpkin juice into the water (in pure form do not give). Do it no more than once a day for several days until you realize that there is no allergy or other side effects. Then you can enter something new. In time, give mashed potatoes and vegetable oil. When you realize that your child reacts well to fruits and vegetables with ruddy cheeks and a good weight set, enter cereals: cereals and pastries (bread, biscuits, bread). Do not zealous with volumes. By the way, your child may well refuse them in favor of milk. Remember: he has the right to do so. It is not necessary to adjust it to the standards and rules of newfangled trends. He knows better than you know what he needs. You only need to give him the opportunity to try and draw his conclusions. Love your children, believe me, the question of how to introduce a child's feeding is not the most important thing in life. The main thing is that the baby is healthy and happy.