At 5 months, the baby is already turning over on his own and tries to sit with support. He recognizes not only his mother, but also relatives, and also distinguishes the intonation of the voice. At this age, his sucking reflex decreases and chewing. With the help of language and gums, the baby learns to swallow more thick food. The 5-month-old baby has a digestive system formed, the work of the stomach and intestines has improved, so he can find out new tastes. All these changes favors the fact that products with a denser consistency in the child’s nutrition at 5 months.
It is advisable to offer fruit juice, weak tea or rosehip decoction in a cup so that he learns to drink from it. At the 5th month of the child, the child can be transferred to a 5-single diet, with intervals at 4 hours.
Breast milk
For 5 monthly crumbs, mother’s milk is also the main food product necessary for its proper development and maintaining immunity. If the child is artificial feeding, its main diet consists of an adapted mixture. At 5 months (if this was not done earlier) in its menu you can gradually introduce cottage cheese, mixing with breast milk or mixture. Start introducing complementary foods from 1/3 hours. tablespoons, increasing the amount within a week.
Vegetable and fruit puree
By this age, the baby is already familiar with one -component puree. Perhaps he tried mixed vegetable or fruit puree, but if this did not happen earlier, at 5 months a child can be offered a dish consisting of two components. Enter a new product still needs to be gradually and carefully. Within a week, starting with small portions, it is recommended to add a new ingredient to an already familiar product. After 7-10 days, if the crumbs do not have allergic manifestations, one can offer another, new product. Thus, the baby’s diet will expand and be supplemented with new tastes.
The vegetable puree saturates the child faster, and thanks to their denser consistency, they prepare the baby for adult foods. Therefore, do not refuse to enter the crumbs menu.
Porridge
At 5 months, the baby’s diet can be diversified by various silence or milk porridge. Gradually, they will replace the last (before bedtime) feeding. Thanks to a thicker consistency, the porridge saturates the baby for a longer period, and it can sleep better. Enter the cereals in the child’s menu should also be gradually, like the rest of the complementary foods. First, it is recommended to offer the baby silent porridge, diluting with water or a mixture familiar to him.
For a 5-month-old child, it is not recommended to start complementary foods with pearl barley and millet porridge, coarse in consistency, as well as from semolina containing gluten. It can cause allergic reactions or gastrointestinal disorder, so semolina can be offered to a child only from 9 months of age.
At 5 months, pediatricians recommend giving the baby buckwheat, rice or corn porridge. They contain calcium and potassium, phosphorus and zinc, iron and magnesium, as well as vitamins. They are less allergic, especially buckwheat porridge, and very nutritious, well tolerated and absorbed by children. Entering the porridge into the child’s diet begins with 1-2 spoon before feeding and within 7-10 its amount gradually increases. It is recommended to introduce milk porridge after complete addiction to silent porridge. With diathesis manifestations, it is recommended to cook porridge in a decoction of vegetables. You can add wiped pumpkin or apple, cottage cheese to the porridge. Mixed porridge from different cereals are the most nutritious and useful.