During infancy (the first two yers) tha baby takes varied numbers of meals,according to feeding pattern and feeling of hunger and desire for food.Common number,however is usually six.
We will give you a guide for foods to be introduced by month from the 4th to the 12th.Each food forms either a separate meal that replaces a milk feed or is a extra feed or is a extra feed,according to need.
On 4th month:
-orange or tomato juice for vitamin C (sometimes given earlier)
-milk pudding: for prrotein,starch and other nutrients.
On 5th month:
-vegetable soup( by bottle): for iron,iodine and vitmin C
-yolk of boiled egg: for protein,iron,B Vitamins and others.
On 6th/7th month:
-fruits for vitamins and minerls as mashed bananas or composted (cooked) fruits
-mashed vegetables given by spoon.
On 8th/9th month:
boiled pottoes or sweet potatoes
-piece of bread or biscuits.
On 10th/12th month:
-mashed liver of chicken
-minced meat of chicken,cattle or fish.
-peeled mashed stewed beans.
During the second year the mother is guided how to make a balanced diet from selected foods plus milk feeds,until weaning is completed.
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