How do we introduce solid foods?

It can also be continued with formula milk for 6 months exclusively. It is not recommended to introduce food before 4 months because the baby's digestive and immune system is very immature and can cause digestive or allergic diseases.

Neurological development and feeding

The introduction of food is adapted to the neurological maturation of the baby. From birth the suction and swallowing reflex of liquids is present, so the most appropriate diet will be breastfeeding.

Until the 4th or 5th month the baby does not accept well the semi-solid foods that are given with a spoon because it has the reflex of extrusion of the tongue (it sticks the tongue out frequently). From 4 to 6 months you already have the ability to swallow semi-solid foods (porridge). From the age of 6 months, he can be seated, which will facilitate spoon-feeding.

The chewing movements appear between the 7th and 9th month even if they do not have teeth. (You can offer the baby to give food not so crushed).

Complementary feeding

4- 5 months

• You can start indistinctly with cereals, fruit.
• Gluten-free cereals: rice, corn, tapioca, soy, millet. Hydrolyzed cereals are recommended, they are more digestive for the baby. A ladle per month is prepared in one of the feedings with the milk that the child takes (maternal or artificial). It is recommended to spoon in the morning or at night.
• Crushed fruit: pear, apple, banana and orange (in the snack). Wash, peel and remove the seeds and the core.
• The proportions of fruit can vary, fruits can be offered separately and in natural juice, cooked fruits can be occasionally cooked (baked apple), and if there is rejection of fruit:
• Modify proportions or give a type of fruit alone, heat slightly, mix with breast milk or formula, add a tablespoon of gluten-free cereal and never add sugar or honey.

6 months

• Shredded vegetables: potato, green bean and carrot. Always well cooked and add raw olive oil, do not add salt.
• Chicken boiled / grilled and shredded with the vegetables. About 60-80 grams up to 12 months.
• Follow-up milk (type II)
• Adapted milk yogurts (not essential)
• Cereal with gluten: wheat, barley, rye, oats.

7-8 months

• Shredded vegetables: add some more and always check tolerance: onion, zucchini, pumpkin, tomato, chard ...
• Avoid spinach, beets, asparagus, turnip, and cabbage / cauliflower.
• Fruit: Add more types, avoiding red and exotic fruits: kiwi, strawberry, cherry, peach ...
• Do not leave the vegetables cooked for more than 24 hours.
• Beef, rabbit and turkey (cook and mash with the vegetables).

9-11 months

• The purees can be given less crushed and some soft food can be given in small pieces.
• White fish: (maximum 80 gr).
• Egg yolk: (start with a quarter of a cooked yolk and add it to the vegetables with the chicken. Maximum 2 yolks a week).
• Legume without skin: lentils, chickpeas, beans ... A tablespoon in the vegetable puree.
• Cooked ham.

12 months

• Pork and lamb.
• Whole egg (well cooked or in an omelette). Maximum 2 a week.
• Cow's milk: 500ml / day, normal yogurts and fresh cheese. Follow-up milk (type 2) can be continued up to 18 months; it is more enriched in iron.
• Pasta, rice and semolina.
• All kinds of vegetables.
• Blue Fish.
• Yogurt and fresh cheese.
• Cookies.
• "Start eating like an adult." Chopped, solid food. Add the salt in moderation.

18 months

• Ground nuts.
• Cocoa and chocolate: in moderation.
• Rest of fruits.
• Milk type 3 or growth: it is advisable to give up to 3 years. You can also give cow's milk (500 ml / day).

2 years

• Seafood and squid.
• Sausages and cured cheese.

5 years

• Whole nuts (previously not due to aspiration risk).