Monthly Guide To Feed The New Born Baby

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New born babies experience hunger fluctuation within minutes or seconds sometimes. At the same time parents are confused what to feed their infants. Some babies experience early growth and their diet includes solid foods other than breast milk. Some babies start a little late due to their stomach intake. It is necessary for parents to look out for such signs and feed their baby’s accordingly. Also parents should consider the opinions and discuss it with the baby’s pediatrician.

Month to month food chart for babies

Food for new born babies appearance
It is advisable that new born babies should be given breast milk or formula milk after every 2-3 hours. You should feed them approximately 60-120 ml. As they grow older and their digestion system starts developing you can increase the quantity to 120-220ml.

Food for 5-6 months old
Along with regular intake of breast milk or formula milk new born babies can be given mashed bananas and apples in their breakfast. It is important to see that they an open and close mouth around the spoon. For their lunch they can have well cooked pureed and strained ...
... carrot and sweet potato. If they still feel hungry you can feed them with pulse soup after boiling pulse in sufficient water (water of moong dal)

If you see any allergies then discontinue that particular food and talk to pediatric regarding possible remedies of allergy. If your baby refuses to eat whatever you are offering then don’t force, just try it next day.

Food for 6-8 months old
As babies are doing more physical activities here, it is important to give them iron rich food like Iron-fortified cereal like rice, oats mixed with milk. You can mix two fruits like banana, peaches, pears, plum, and mango together and puree them for better taste. You can try the combination with different vegetables like sweet potato, carrots, beans and potato.

You can also feed them with unsweetened yogurt from low-fat milk (very small quantity) and small portion of Tofu or cheese.

Food for 8-9 months old
You can introduce new grains and millets in your baby’s diet. You can try with amaranth, barley, finger millet, sesame, pasta along with rice & oats. You might like to introduce wheat, buckwheat at this stage. You can cut grapes into small pieces and give it to your baby. Vegetables completely cooked/steamed like Carrots, beans, broccoli, onion, peas, sweet potatoes and cauliflower and onions. Try foods like cottage cheese, fish, and egg yolk.

Fish and eggs can be allergic. So whenever you introduce it into your baby, monitor your child for any signs of allergic reactions.

Food for 10-12 months old
Babies love different shapes, colors, textures. You can try the same food in different forms. You can introduce apices in their foods too. You can give them pulses to eat like Rajma(kidney beans), White Channa(chickpea), green peas and lentils and also try Dairy products like Low fat yogurt and cheese. Also give them non-vegetarian fully cooked foods like egg yolk, egg white, fish and meat. You can make khichdi by mixing rice & pulses together and add little spices.

If your baby won't eat what you offer the first time, try again in a few days. Introduce new foods one at a time. Wait two or three days, if possible, before offering another new food. (Wait three days if your baby or family has a history of allergies.) It's also a good idea to write down the foods your baby samples. If he has an adverse reaction, a food log will make it easier to pinpoint the cause. The order in which you introduce new foods doesn't usually matter. Your child's doctor can advise you.

About Us - Chanakya Oza is director of babuline and Received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Chanakya worked with Merrill Lynch in New York in their Investment Banking Division from 2001 to 2007. Currently, Chanakya is responsible for business development and oversees the day-to-day operations of Babuine.