Feeding The Baby

Author: Victoria Aly Time for reading: ~1 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022

According to the recommendations of the World Health Organization, the child should be fed breast milk during the first 6 months of life. This is a period in which breast milk supplies all the necessary nutrients and energy. With proper nutrition, feeding should begin at 6 months of age , when different foods are included in a certain sequence - fruit and vegetable purees, meat, eggs, instant porridge. They give the child's body energy, complete proteins, vitamins and minerals.

The World Health Organization defines four principles of nutrition:

timely - choosing the optimal age for feeding;
adequate - supply of the required amount of nutrients and energy;
correctly - the amount and consistency of food to meet the functional capabilities of the child's body;
safe - properly selected products, proper handling, storage and observance of appropriate hygiene.

It is important to know that breast milk continues to be an important source of nutrients during the feeding period and provides half of the energy needs of the child aged 6 to 12 months. If the mother does not have breast milk during the feeding period, it is recommended to give transitional milk for babies up to 1 year. At 12 months of age, the child can be gradually given fresh cow's milk. Yeast is included in the children's menu after 6 months of age, and it is considered better to do so after 12 months.

The child's health and nutritional status, birth weight and weight gain should be taken into account when starting feeding . During this period, the child's body has a rapid growth and development and with the diet his diet and habits change. It starts eating every 4 hours. Foods are harder to digest and stay in the stomach longer. Then the child learns to swallow and chew coarser and thicker products and gets used to different tastes.

In Bulgaria, children are fed milk - vegetable and fruit purees. This is done after consultation with a pediatrician, who must assess the state of health, physical development, to find out if there is a family burden in the family - food allergies, malnutrition (malnutrition), obesity and others.

Feeding The Baby

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