Despite breast milk being ideal, it does not provide all the nutrients needed for growth after 6 months. Complementary foods are introduced to expand the baby's nutrition. Foods should be introduced gradually starting at 6 months with pureed vegetables and cereals. Meats are added at around 8 months. Complementary foods should be nutritious, energy-dense, and introduced in addition to breastfeeding at regular meal times.

1. In connection with the growth of the child, the needs for
basic food ingredients are not satisfied, only with breast
milk, no matter how much it is introduced, therefore,
starting from 6 months, foreign food called
complementary foods is introduced.

2. Despite the fact that breast
milk is an ideal food for an
infant, at a certain period
it can no longer satisfy the
baby's needs for basic
food ingredients. The need
to expand the child’s
nutrition is due to the
following main factors:

3.  1. The need of the child’s body for energy and a number of
nutrients (various groups of carbohydrates, vegetable oils,
microelements, etc. necessary for the further growth and
development of the child), the intake of which only with
human milk becomes insufficient.

4. 2. Need for the
additional
introduction of
complex
carbohydrates,
ballast substances in
the form of fiber,
required for the
normal functioning
of the
gastrointestinal tract
of the child.

5.  3. The need to train
the baby's
masticatory
apparatus and
prepare its
gastrointestinal tract
for assimilation of
the necessary
nutrients after
weaning.

6. FEEDING SHOULD BE:
Timely
 Adequate nutritional value
 Sufficient in frequency and quantity
of food per reception.
 Safe

7. First Supplement - Vegetable
mashed potatoes.
Second Supplement - Gluten Free
porridge.
The third addition is minced meat.

8. The first lure is a vegetable
puree from 6 months. (Of the
vegetables that grow in the
area.) Within 10 days.

9. The second lure is gluten-free cereal (rice, corn,
buckwheat). Within 10 days.
Gluten-containing (wheat, barley, pearl-barley) are
introduced 9 months later.
Semolina porridge from 3 years.
You can not constantly feed with pureed food. From
6 months homogeneous mashed cereals are given,
by 8 months in the form of small grains,
and from 9 months, most of the food can be finely
chopped with a sharp knife.

10. The third lure is minced meat. (From the 20th day).
Meat is a complete source of iron, protein, and other
nutrients. It is initially given in the form of puree from
lean meat (lamb, beef, horse meat, pork, rabbit, poultry
meat). From 8 months - in the form of cutlet or meatballs,
and from 9 months - cut into small pieces and from this
age you can introduce liver, fish into the diet.

11.  You need to choose the
most convenient time
during the day:
 - when the child is more
active;
 - when the child is
hungry;
 - when the mother can
devote more time to the
child.
 It is better to establish a
daily diet and feed the
baby at approximately
the same time.

12. NUTRIENT-ADEQUATE COMPLEMENTARY
FOODS:

 - Must provide enough energy
 - Food for feeding should be thick enough (a
lowered spoon is slowly sinking)

13.  - Broths and soups are not recommended, as they
do not have sufficient energy value for the child.
- To enrich complementary foods, you need to add 1
teaspoon of vegetable oil or butter, or homemade
cream.

14.  1. It is given before breastfeeding.
 2. Introduced gradually - starting with a
teaspoon, increasing the volume focusing on
the child.

15.  3. A homogeneous, moderate
density (mashed potatoes) one-
component food is given that is
typical for a given locality.

16. 4. First of all, they begin to enter with vegetables, cereals
and fruits. The period for introducing new products
should not be extended. A child needs a varied diet to
receive all the important nutrients. Within a month, the
child should receive all groups of products, including
meat, from which 3 complementary foods are formed in
addition to 6 breast-feeding.

17. AMOUNT OF COMPLEMENTARY FOODS PER
FEED:
 When breastfeeding:
 6-7 months 150 ml
 8-10 months 180 ml (not complete)
 11-12 months 225 ml
 12 months - 2 years 300 ml (1.5 cups)
 2 years and older 350 ml (2 almost full
glasses)

18.  In the absence of breastfeeding:
 8-12 months 225 ml
 12-24 months 250-300 ml

19. THE FREQUENCY OF TAKING COMPLEMENTARY
FOODS
6 to 12 months 12 months to 2 years 2 years and older
3 times a day if
the baby is
breast-fed
5 times a day if
the baby on
artificial feeding
3 main meals +
2 nutritious snacks
3 main meals +
2 nutritious snacks