Contents
- Food diversification: which vegetable at what age?
- Baby diversification: what fruit at what age?
- Diversification: which milk at what age?
- Other baby milk products: at what age?
- Meat and fish, at what age to give baby?
- The egg, at what age to give it to baby?
- Diversification: which cereals and starchy foods at what age?
- What fat at what age for babies?
Food diversification: which vegetable at what age?
From 4 to 6 months: the discovery of sweet vegetables
Between 4 and 6 months, food diversification can begin. At this age, all cooked vegetables, not very fibrous and sweet flavors, are recommended: carrots, zucchini, green beans, beets, pumpkins, pumpkins, white leek … They must be introduced one by one and carefully mixed into purees.
Recommended quantity: 1 to 2 scoop (s) at the very beginning to gradually reach the capacity of a small jar (130 g) per day.
From 7 to 12 months: all cooked vegetables
All cooked vegetables can be cooked, but choose them according to the digestive tolerance of your Baby. Around 8-10 months, you can start to introduce the very tender pieces.
Recommended quantity: according to his appetite, between 120 and 200 g at noon, then gradually, you can also offer it in the evening.
From 1 to 3 years old: the discovery of raw vegetables
The rawness also are now allowed, provided they are cut in small pieces : raw carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, salad …
Around 18 months, dried vegetables – crushed or mashed – enter Baby’s plate: lentils, dried beans, flageolet beans, chickpeas, split peas …
To remember
- At the start of diversification, introduce the vegetables as porridge / mash because Baby does not know how to chew well.
- Better to introduce only one new vegetable at a time.
- Start food diversification with vegetables boiled or steamed, without salt or fat.
Baby diversification: what fruit at what age?
From 4 to 6 months: apple or pear compotes
To begin, a few spoons of compote smooth enough. Gradually increase the amounts. Fruits to favor: apple, pear, banana, peach, quince, and apricot. Then quickly, you can also offer him exotic fruits (mango …).
Recommended quantity : according to his appetite, half of a small pot of compote of 130 g or the whole small pot.
From 7 to 12 months: all seasonal fruits
Baby eat all the fruit. Around 9 months, we can start to make him taste raw fruits, provided that they are very ripe and crushed.
Recommended quantity: 1 to 2 fruit compote per day according to his appetite.
From 1 to 3 years
From 12 months, he likes to make new culinary experiences such as very finely grated apple. Even if your child chews properly, continue to offer him fruit in small pieces to avoid the risk of taking the wrong path.
To remember :
- Introduce the fruits in the form of purees / compotes / juice 100% pure fruit with no added sugars.
- Better to introduce one fruit at a time.
Diversification: which milk at what age?
Breast or infant milk remains the number one food for your newborn baby throughout their first year.
From 4 to 12 months: infant or breast milk remains central
Le breastmilk provides all the nutritional needs of infants. In the absence of breastfeeding, the follow-on milk ou 2nd age milk, around 6 months, can take over.
Around 10-12 months, the growth milk can be introduced into Baby’s bottle. Until 3 years old, he will need at least 500 ml of milk per day.
Other baby milk products: at what age?
From 6 to 8 months: yogurts
Mother’s or infant’s milk remains the basis of his diet during his first year. To diversify the flavors, you can give it for lunch or as an afternoon snack. yoghurt, white cheese or a plain little Swiss that contains infant milk.
From 8 to 9 months: cheeses make their entry
Cheeses pasteurized can begin to be introduced into baby’s meals. They can be grated into purees or given in portions.
Recommended quantity: 1 small portion ofabout 10 g
From 10 to 12 months, all kinds of cheese pasteurized (Roquefort, ossau-iraty, brie, etc.) can be given to Baby.
Recommended quantity : about 15 g.
Meat and fish, at what age to give baby?
From 6 to 8 months: mixed meat and fish
To begin with, the pieces of meat (veal, beef, chicken, etc.) or fish (hake, cod, etc.) should be mixed very finely and mixed with the vegetables.
Recommended quantity: maximum 10 g per day (1 to 2 teaspoons).
From 9 to 12 months: minced meat and fish
You can now give Baby fish or meat finely chopped, always alternating.
Recommended quantity : about 15 to 20 g per day (3 to 4 teaspoons).
From 1 year to 2 years old: the first pieces
Little by little, with the arrival of his first teeth, baby will be able to enjoy meat and fish cut into small pieces.
Recommended quantity : 20-25 g per day (5 teaspoons).
2 to 3 years
About 25-30 g of meat or fish in small pieces (6 teaspoons).
The egg, at what age to give it to baby?
From 6 to 8 months: crushed hard-boiled egg
To start, the best is the crushed hard-boiled egg.
Recommended quantity: 1/4 of hard-boiled egg, replacing its portion of meat or fish.
From 9 to 12 months: the first omelets
Always replacing its portion of meat or fish, the egg can be hard-boiled or as a well-cooked omelet. Avoid preparations made with raw or undercooked eggs.
Recommended quantity: between 1/4 and 3/4 of an egg according to his appetite.
From 1 to 3 years
Soft, calf, flat, hard… You can vary, obviously taking into account your child’s chewing and swallowing capacity! Always instead of meat or fish.
Recommended quantity : 1/2 egg to 1 egg depending on his appetite.
To remember :
A few years ago, we waited before introducing egg white that we suspected allergenic. Today, as part of food diversification, the egg (yolk and white) is offered at the same time as fish and meat.
Diversification: which cereals and starchy foods at what age?
From 4 to 7 months: the introduction of infant cereals
From 4 months, you can start adding gluten-free infant cereals in her baby’s bottles. Around 6 months, it is possible to give him cereals with gluten.
Recommended quantity: 1 teaspoon in the morning and evening bottles.
From 8 to 9 months: rice, semolina, pasta
In addition to infant cereals, Baby can now consume semolina, rice and fine pasta.
Recommended quantity: 1 to 2 tablespoon (s) of starchy foods – depending on baby’s tolerance and weight – with vegetables.
What fat at what age for babies?
From 6 months to 3 years: olive oil and butter
You can add to each of the two meals baby fat, in the form of vegetable oils (rapeseed, walnut, olive, coconut, etc.) or butter.
Recommended quantity: 1 teaspoonvegetable oil ora knob of butter at lunch and dinner.
To remember :
- Fat must be added in small quantities in food (a knob of butter or a teaspoon of vegetable oil per meal).
- It is recommended vary vegetable oils.