Nutrition for children aged 6 months to 1 year

The fact that a child of this age starts to have more dense foods, chews it and swallows it, contributes to the development of speech skills. The consistency of this food must be the same as that of thick soup, puree, and include soft pieces. You can buy baby food the right consistency, and you can cook it at home, using a food processor. When a child is seven months, you can give him food that he can handle. Such food, he may take himself, it does not require intense chewing and should represent small pieces, it can easily swallow. MAKING BABY FOOD AT HOME Equipment Needed: blender and sieve. Preparation: Wash all utensils, equipment, and the table surface. Wash hands with soap and water preparation use basic products that do not contain added sugar, salt, spices, margarine, butter, etc. Once the baby was seven months, his food should be soft, but contain lumps of Use clean fruit and ripe fruit. Will remove all the peel, remove seeds and core (or bring canned fruit). Mash fruit thoroughly in a mixer. (Hard fruits like apples, you must first expose cooked.) If the vegetables are soft enough, take them out of mashed potatoes. Examples: mashed bananas, apples, apricots, pears and peaches Vegetables Thoroughly scrub. Remove the stems, rough skin or seeds. Boil or cook for a couple that were soft. Mash and serve warm. Examples: mashed green beans, peas, pumpkin, carrots and potatoes, meat is thoroughly cooked meat. Trim the fat, skin and remove the cartilage. Rotate through the meat grinder and add water to make mashed potatoes (usually taken 1 / 2 cups water 1 cup cooked meat). Examples: mashed potatoes with pork, chicken, fish, beef, lamb, turkey juices Use frozen apple, cranberry and grape juice or bottled water. Restore frozen juice in accordance with the directions on the package. If need be, strain. Avoid "fruit drinks" Put in the freezer the remaining portions, putting them in a tray of ice and tightly closed, or you can within three days, storing them in the refrigerator in a tightly closed container. You can not freeze these foods after thawing. All residues from the plate to throw out the child. After a spoon in the food residues enter the bacteria that make food during storage in the refrigerator spoiled the age of nine months, children are ready to make a puree and chopped fine products. By the end of the first year they can eat food intended for adults. Although children of this age for the most part still need to make puree and chopped food, they may already have what they eat other family members. They are able to drink from a cup and a spoon. For the year kids doing a very long way in its development!