Nutrition of the newborn

What nutrition should a baby at 4-6 months of age receive?

If your baby is breastfed, then it is at this age that you need to introduce complementary foods (corrective products) - fruit and vegetable juices and purees.

What should the diet be like between one and three months of age?

If the child is bottle-fed, he or she should be fed six times a day with an interval of three and a half hours during the day and a six-hour break at night. From the moment complementary feeding is introduced, children are transferred to five meals a day every four hours with an eight-hour break at night.

Why do breast problems occur and how can they be treated?

The first problem is an uncomfortable nipple shape for the baby. If the nipples are flat or inverted, this makes breastfeeding very difficult, especially when the baby is easily excitable.

Which type of breastfeeding is healthier for the baby?

There is no doubt that natural feeding (i.e. breastfeeding) is much better than artificial feeding. A huge advantage of breastfeeding is the absolute sterility of breast milk. In addition, breastfeeding is a huge money saver.

What can and cannot be eaten after childbirth and while breastfeeding?

The diet should include more dairy and fermented milk products: 3-4 glasses of milk per day, kefir, yogurt, cottage cheese. Do not forget that you should drink about two liters of liquid per day...

Artificial feeding

There are very few contraindications to breastfeeding, but there are many reasons not to breastfeed. 64% of mothers start breastfeeding, but 52% continue it for only 2 weeks and 39% for 6 weeks.

Breastfeeding

It should be considered a mistake to recommend that mothers infected with HIV switch to formula feeding, since if the infant has escaped infection in utero, it is unlikely that the infant will become infected from the mother, and the benefits of breastfeeding may outweigh the small additional risk of infection.

Nutrition for babies up to one year of age

Mother's milk is the best nutrition for a child, guaranteeing its harmonious development and growth.