Nutrition of the child from 3 months

Your baby has reached the age of three months, is gaining weight well and fully corresponds to the norm physiological development. You are very pleased with his new achievements, which at this age comes every day! But probably you will be interested in the nutrition of the child from 3 months, because it is already somewhat different from the one to which you are accustomed.

In particular, among the innovations in the nutrition of the baby from 3 months of age, the mother needs to gradually give up the night feeding, which only tires her and the baby, preventing you from getting enough sleep and feeling cheerful and cheerful by the morning. "How?", You ask? This is done very simply.

First, do not wake the baby for feeding, if you are accustomed to feeding it by the clock. If he does wake up, you will try not to approach him for several minutes. It is likely that he will cry a little and fall asleep, this is not uncommon. If he already shouted out in earnest, then, of course, it is worth it to feed, but in the future practice a pause between his waking up and your appearance at his crib. Maybe from the side it seems a little sadistic method, but if you do not translate the diet of a 3-month-old baby to a new level - it will only complicate it (first of all!) Life.

Probably, at this stage you are already gradually giving your child apple juice. After a couple of weeks, you can diversify his menu, gradually give him other juices, for example, cherry. Do not give the child the same juice every day, they should alternate and each time to expand and expand the range of his drinks, introducing the child to such juices: plum, cabbage, beetroot. When the child is already three months old, you can significantly increase the amount of juice that he consumes, start giving, orange, tangerine, lemon, tomato and many other juices.

By the way, did you know that by introducing apple juice into the baby's nutrition, we will avoid the problem of iron deficiency in the blood. However, you do not forget to consume enough vitamins, because the baby is still on breastfeeding and the mother's milk should be rich in vitamins and nutrients.

Each time, giving the child a new juice, carefully follow the reaction of the baby: there are no rashes or redness - you should never forget about allergies! If the juice is very sour (and you after all try it before giving the baby), dilute it with boiled water and add a little syrup, otherwise it will be very difficult for you to persuade your child to drink it again.

When preparing juices for your baby, you should observe four basic rules, which we simply can not not tell you.

The first rule : choose only the ripe and fresh fruits and vegetables to make juice for your baby.

The second rule : in no case do not use metal juicers, since metal destroys vitamin C, which is usually present in any juice. It is best to take a hand-held glass juicer - and the juice will retain its taste qualities, and there will be more benefits from such a drink.

The third rule : do not press the juice in reserve, do not be lazy every time to squeeze fresh for your child, because there are some juices that quickly oxidize and lose taste. Yes, and you yourself, probably, it's nice and quiet to give the child with 3 months of fresh juices.

The fourth rule : if you have cooked the juice before the child woke up, it should be put in a dark place, since vitamin C is very quickly destroyed under direct rays of light.

It should also be remembered that some juices weaken the stool of the baby, while others, on the contrary, are fastened. Do not get carried away with such juices as: pomegranate, black currant juice and cherry - these juices can cause stagnation in the intestines of the baby, which will negatively affect his and your well-being. But when a child has problems with a chair, it will be very useful to drink cabbage and beet juice.

Do not get carried away and grape juice. Vitamins in it a little, but there is a lot of fruit sugar, which can cause gas formation and intestinal colic. Carrot juice, on the other hand, is very useful, as in it there is an incredible amount of vitamin A, which is very important for growth and vision. But this juice, too, should not be abused, because the child's skin from the frequent use of it can turn yellow. As we said above, alternate juices.

To offer juice to the kid costs no more than three times a day and without fail, and to not break appetite, it needs to be done after breastfeeding.

It should be very scrupulous to treat the preparation of juices for your child.

If it is apple juice, then it is good to wash the apple, scald it with boiling water and peel it. Then finely chop the apple (practically turn it into a puree) and squeeze it through the cheesecloth. We remind you, for the preparation of juices, use only glass and china dishes! We also do all the rest with fruits: wash, scald, clean, cut and squeeze. These procedures are simple, so do not be lazy and always spoil your child with 3 months of all-possible juices - let him get acquainted with the tastes, while simultaneously getting enough vitamins in the process of nutrition.

But juices are not the limit. From the age of 3 months the child can already be accustomed to a kashitseobraznoy food, namely, to fruit puree. Fruit puree is useful not only because in it, as well as in juices, there are vitamins. It is useful and vegetable fiber, which is so necessary for the digestive system of the baby. And, as well as with juices, it is worth starting with apple puree. After that, you will enter every week new foods in your baby's menu. But do not forget to follow the reaction of the organism here too - has the allergy manifested itself?

All purees are prepared as well as juices, only without the last phase, without squeezing. Puree should be done a little, so that the baby ate it at a time. Do not store it in the refrigerator, it will have time to deteriorate and lose the necessary substances even before the baby gets hungry.