Nestle 6 month baby food chart
Introduce First Food to your Baby
6 to 8 months
Article
Around the six-month mark, your baby will probably show signs of being ready for bites of their first food. This is unofficially called the “om-nom-nom” stage because it’s among the more common sounds you’ll hear from them around this time.
6 mins to read Jul 31, 2017
2. Introduce new foods in the morning
You may find that morning is the best time to offer new foods because your baby is more likely to be hungry, happy and receptive to trying new things. Plus, you’ll have the full day to monitor for food intolerances or allergic reactions.
3. Offer small amounts at the beginning
Start slowly, with one to two teaspoons of food, and see how your baby does. You can offer more if they seem hungry and interested — it’s all they need for the first go-round.
4. Pay attention to texture
Your baby’s first food should be smooth in consistency and lump-free to prevent choking. Mixing solid food with breast milk or with infant formula may help with the consistency and also make it taste more familiar.
Instructions for first feedings with baby cereal: Place one tablespoon of cereal into a bowl and mix with three or four tablespoons of previously boiled, lukewarm water, breast milk or iron-fortified infant formula (depending on the cereal you’re trying). Mix in enough to make a runny mixture.
5. Experiment with temperature
Practise serving foods at different temperatures. But remember, too cold is unenjoyable and too hot is unsafe! Both would likely lead to a negative experience for both of you.
6. Get comfortable using a baby spoon
Dip the tip of a soft slim spoon into the food and offer it to your baby, but don’t force it in. Wait until they open their mouth. If they reach for the spoon, let them try it! They may even want to use their fingers to catch the food.
You’ll succeed with a bit of patience.
Make mealtime fun: Positive reinforcement works. Saying “Yay! Good job!” in an excited and proud way will make your baby more likely to want to try the food again.
7. Cook everything thoroughly
Babies are more vulnerable than adults are to bacteria that can grow in food. Raw or undercooked meat, poultry/eggs or fish should never be offered to infants or young children.
8. Offer a new food for at least 2 days before introducing another one
In case of an adverse reaction, this delay will help you better identify the culprit. If this happens, stop feeding the food right away and talk to your baby's doctor.
9. Don’t get discouraged — it’ll come
It may take a few days before any food actually makes it into your baby’s tummy. That’s okay! Eating food is a skill you take for granted, but you had to learn it just as your baby does. Looking at, touching or smelling the food without eating it is common — these are all senses your baby’s still learning.
Continue to pay attention to your baby’s hunger cues so you can breastfeed or formula feed accordingly. Learn more about your little one's hunger cues here.
Health experts advise not to delay the introduction of any specific solid food beyond six months of age, regardless of family history of allergy. You can introduce peanuts, soy, whole eggs, fish and wheat as you would any other food and monitor for allergic reactions. Consult your doctor if you have concerns about introducing solid foods or about allergies in your baby.
Food for thought:
Always use a spoon, never a bottle, when feeding solids.
These foods are not appropriate for your little ones at the early stages of food introduction:
Choking hazards
Foods that are hard or crunchy, small and round shaped, or sticky can block your baby or small child’s airway. Be sure to prepare foods according to your child’s age and their ability to chew and swallow. And, you should always supervise your baby while they are eating.
Whole (3.25%) cow’s milk
Whole (homogenized) cow’s milk (3.25% milk fat) can be introduced between 9 and 12 months of age, once your baby is eating a variety of iron-rich foods. Cow’s milk is low in iron, can take up room in baby’s tummy and displace iron-rich foods, and can even inhibit iron absorption.
See why your baby isn't ready for cow's milk right away when they start solid foods.
Honey
Do not feed honey (pasteurized or unpasteurized) to infants under one year of age. Honey, including pasteurized honey, has been linked to a type food poisoning called infant botulism, and should not be added to baby foods or used on soothers, nipples or teething toys.
Sugar & salt
Avoid adding sugar and salt when preparing food for your baby. This will help your little one fully experience new foods and develop a taste for its natural flavours.
Sweetened beverages
Choose fruits and vegetables over fruit juice and avoid other sweetened beverages.
You can also offer water regularly. For older babies no longer eating breastmilk or formula, their main milk source should be whole cow’s milk. Plant-based beverages don’t offer enough nutrition for toddlers under two, and raw or unpasteurized beverages are not safe for babies and toddlers. For more information on what to avoid, see Safe Food Handling: Making safe food choices for your baby.
Wondering which new foods to try? For more on foods appropriate for your little one, check out the Nestle Baby Feeding Guide.
A Day In Your 6 To 7 Month Old’s Diet
6-12 Months
Article
This sample day was created by registered dieticians to help meet the nutrition goals for your 6 to 7 month old baby. Your child may eat more or less, so always follow his hunger and fullness cues.
5 mins to read Jan 20, 2018
Morning feeding
Milk feed (cow’s milk should not be offered to babies younger than 1 year old)
Breakfast
2 tablespoons pureed fruit, such as peaches or pears
2 tablespoons dry infant cereal mixed with milk that baby is currently using (for NESTUM) or mixed with previously boiled, cooled water (for CERELAC)
Mid-morning snack
Milk feed
Lunch
1/4 cup or 4 tablespoons pureed vegetables, such as carrots
4 tablespoons pureed meat
Milk feed
Afternoon snack
Milk feed
Dinner
2 tablespoons dry cereal mixed with milk that baby is currently using (for NESTUM) or mixed with previously boiled, cooled water (for CERELAC)
2 tablespoons pureed fruit
Milk feed
Evening feeding
Milk feed
Foods to wait on
Giving your baby more adult foods, such as sweetened beverages, chips or cookies, may seem like a treat for your little one, but nutritionally these don’t offer much.
Hold up on the sugar and salt
Some babies are being introduced to salty snacks, chips and soda as young as 7 to 8 months old. These foods are inappropriate for such young children and run the risk of filling them up before they can eat more nutritious foods. This also establishes poor eating habits at a very young age that may become harder to change as time goes on.
Do not offer sweetened beverages
Sweetened drinks should not be part of the infant’s diet. And, because of their relatively high natural sugar content, some nutrition and health experts suggest that fruit juices should not be introduced during the first year. If you choose to offer juice, you may start after six months by offering juice from a cup to introduce new flavours. Never offer juice in a bottle. Start with 30 t0 60 ml per day, and limit juice to no more than 120 ml a day. Only give your child 100% juice, not juice drinks or other blended juice-like beverages, which contain added sweeteners.
Waiting on cow’s milk
Cow’s milk is not an appropriate beverage for your baby before 1 year of age.
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Talk with your paediatrician to see which milk option is right for your child once he’s reached his 1 year old birthday.
Hold off on the honey
Honey can contain botulinum spores and cause serious health problems. Even in small amounts, honey can be dangerous for a baby younger than 12 months.
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Milk porridge Nestle from 6 months. multi-cereal with apple and banana (200 g)
Not a public offer
| Manufacturer: | Nestle Russia OOO |
| Brand: | Nestle |
| Country: | RUSSIA |
| Bottle / packaging color | |
| Gross weight: | 248 |
| Volume: | 1131 cm 3 . |
| Barcode: | 4600680023434 |
| Pieces purchased: | 5 |
Description
Milk multi-cereal porridge with apple and banana for feeding children older than 6 months in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The ideal food for an infant is mother's milk. The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months and subsequent introduction of complementary foods if breastfeeding continues. Nestlé supports this recommendation. To decide on the timing and method of introducing this product into the diet of a child, a specialist consultation is necessary.
The porridge is prepared using a special technology of gentle splitting of cereals CHE.
Thanks to this, a natural sweet taste appears in the product, porridge is better absorbed and has an increased nutritional value. Porridge is a healthy balanced food for healthy children. Enriched with probiotics - live bifidobacteria BL. They contribute to the normalization of digestion, the growth of healthy microflora and the strengthening of immunity, which is very important during the introduction of complementary foods. Porridge contains a complex of vitamins and minerals iRON + for healthy growth and development.
Compound
flour (wheat (57%) (contains gluten), oatmeal (7.
