Sooner or later, the mother faces the question of introducing porridge into the baby's diet. Do you want to cook it yourself or buy it ready-made? Boil porridge in milk or water? And how much porridge does a child need? Such questions are of concern to all young parents.
Instructions
Step 1
First you need to take into account that cereals are introduced into the baby's menu after the introduction of vegetable puree, i.e. about 5-6 months. If the child is not gaining weight or height well, then preference can be given first of all to complementary foods in the form of cereals. If there are no problems with this, then about a month after the introduction of vegetables, you can start porridge.
The so-called gluten-free cereals are introduced as the first complementary foods to the baby, i.e. cereals that do not contain vegetable protein - gluten, which can cause allergies. These include buckwheat, rice and corn porridge. After these cereals, oatmeal, wheat, semolina and others are already introduced.
Children under 1, 5 years old are recommended to cook industrial cereals. They are significantly crushed, as a rule, enriched with vitamins and minerals, do not require cooking, which saves time. In addition, the range of such cereals is very large. They are dairy (milk powder or milk mixture) or dairy-free, single-component or multicomponent, with and without various additives.
If the possibility of using industrial cereals, then you can cook it yourself. To do this, grind the cereal in a coffee grinder to a state of flour. Then boil the porridge in water, then add about 30 ml of breast milk or formula. You can also add about 5 grams of butter. For the first feeding, it is not recommended to add salt and sugar to cereals.
At first, porridge is prepared quite liquid, gradually brought to a thicker consistency. It is better to cook porridge with cow's milk after a year, since it can cause an allergic reaction in young children.
