The Stages of Introducing Baby to Solid Food

Previously I discussed about  How To Increase The Production of Breast Milk, I now discuss about The Stages of Introducing Baby Solid Food. After the baby is only given breast milk alone for 6 months or so called exclusive breast milk, it is time the baby was introduced to solid food first.

The feeding of the child should be adjusted with the stages of the development of the body. As a small man who was busy developing, in dire need of nutrients. Do not let her lack of intake of nutrients because their effect is very fatal once, even until later adulthood. Breast milk alone is not enough make children over 6 months.

The Stages of Introducing Baby Solid Food 

 

The Stages of Introducing Baby Solid Food

 

 

In breast feeding according to WHO this is easy, the baby could eat just about anything from the family dinner table and must be considered: frequency, amount, thickness, variety, activeresponsive feeding and hygiene.

• Even after the baby is 6 months old (7 months 30 days), the frequency of eating big first solid food given in stages 2 – 3 times a day.
• At the age of 6 – 8 months 29 days, the frequency of the main food (great meal) are given 3 times. Give a snack such as fruit or biscuits 1 – 2 times a day.
• At age 9 – 11 months 29 days, the frequency of the main meals (eat) given 3 – 4 times a day. Give a snack 1 – 2 times a day.
• At the age of 12 – 24 months, the frequency of the main meals (eat) given 3 – 4 times a day and also 1 – 2 times an extra snack.

The reason why the frequency of feeding children must often is because forced-eating food little by little when the vacuum intake of calories and nutrients that he had so seriously.

Meal times should be adjusted with the family meal time so that the baby is learning to eat more excitement. But don't get too close to the time clock cots.

Measure The Amount of Food Given

The frequency and amount of eating just the right food given in solid food guide version WHO adjusts to baby's stomach capacity and the average calorie content of Calories in porridge is estimated to be approximately 0.8 kcalgram. Capacity size baby's stomach is still small well. Newborn size only of his marbles, 3 days of increases amounting to ball bead seats and age increased to 1 week of ping pong balls. Well, this measure will gradually enlarges the size of a tennis ball in infants aged 6 – 12 months (there are sources that write down the magnitude of the stomach of the baby the size of a fist his hands).

• According to research, the capacity of the stomach that baby around 30 g of food/kg body weight.
• At the beginning at the age of 6 months the amount of food given by measure about 2-3 tablespoons per time allotment.
• At the age of 6 – 8 months 29 days, the number of rulers ' food is raised gradually from 2 – 3 tablespoons into ½ cangkirmangkok (125 mL) per time allotment. So when an infant aged 6 months 2 weeks be expected already smoothly packed so that it can be given a bowl of half rate (125 mL) while eating. – the size of the Cup Bowl used 250 mL.
• At age 9 – 11 months 29 days, the amount of food was raised by measure, gradually becoming Bowl ½ Cup (125 mL) – 250 mL Bowl Cup size.
• At the age of 12 – 24 months, the amount of food was raised by measure, gradually became the Bowl ¾ – 1 cup (250 mL – 175) – 250 mL Bowl Cup size. 

 

The Texture of Solid Foods

According to the instructions of the WHO, at the age of 6 months given texture is finely pulverized food (pureed or mashed food filter, which pounded/mashed). Make sure the food is not too liquid texture or dilute, so use little water. So the texture of liquid slurry, but if a spoon is tilted the porridge does not spill.

• At the age of 8 months babies can already introduced with food finger food.
• At age 9 – 11 months 29 days the texture of food raised to mushy foods (rice, porridge without food filtered, finely chopped or sliced food-soft).
• At the age of 12 months the texture of baby food could've been eating table food families: coarse chopped, sliced or hand-held.

The texture of this food adapted to the development of the nervous system and oro-motor's baby. On top of the already delivered about the emptiness of the supply of energy and nutrients the stomach size is also small. So we can only give a little amount of food but the frequency is often a good idea, it is also easy to digest.

The selection of food texture is adjustable as well with the process of digestion of food. The process of digestion of food there are two stages, namely mechanical digestion by oro-motor mandible teeth and digestive enzyme enzymatic reaction by chemically breaking food. Enzymatic reaction would be perfect if the surface area of the touch between the particles the more efficient, so that the particle size of materials ingested food should've been small.

Texture of Solid Food

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The Stages of Introducing Baby Solid Food 

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The Physical Ability Of Infants To Eat

Infants aged 5 months learning new moves the jaw joint and the more powerful suction reflex.

•  Baby 7 months old can clean the spoon using his lips. The current baby of the jaw joint can move up and down the tooth also still whit new usually have incisors on duty cut not grind the food, so the process to chew the cud and the resulting particles are still rough. 
• Started 8 months baby has been able to move his tongue to the side and push the food to teeth-geliginya, the more stable balance and hold so she can already receive food finger food.
• 10 months is the critical time of expected baby can already eat semi-solid food texture ("lumpy" solid food) so that it began to introduce the food mushy with no strain on aged 9 months. If late raise food texture then children will be increasingly difficult to eat foods that are more dense. 
• 12 month baby has the jaw joint is stable and able to perform the movement of rotation so that could've been more sophisticated in chewing food texture grainy. At this point the baby is ready to eat the food table as eaten by the family.

If the baby were forced to eat solid foods early own-for example as in the baby led weaning must be considered also the risk of choking that is still very large. That's an article about The Stages of Introducing Baby Solid Food. I hope this article The Stages of Introducing Baby Solid Food can help you who are confused about infant feeding guidelines. Please read other related articles. Thanks for visit http://babyworldss.blogspot.com/

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