For the entire time of its development, the nine -month -old baby has learned a lot, he is already steadily sitting and crawling, even trying to get to his feet. By this time, he can already find several milk teeth that make it possible to chew food. In order for the baby to learn this process, the child’s nutrition at 9 months should include more rough food.
In the diet of 9 months old, there are still various cereals, vegetable and fruit puree, as well as puree meat and fish dishes, cottage cheese and kefir. Before the appearance of milk teeth, the child was not yet able to chew food, so the most optimal food for him was a homogeneous mass, which is easy to swallow. At nine -month -old age, the child can already be accustomed to more rough food, preferably starting with a vegetable puree, wiped on a grater or a crumpled with a fork. Such a dish turns out a more rough consistency and gives the baby the ability to cheat vegetables with your teeth. Of course, he will not immediately be able to cope with this task, but with the help of gums and tongue, the baby will find chewing and teeth.
Meat in the diet of crumbs
When cooking meat from meat, you already need to grind not boiled meat, as previously customary, but raw. Therefore, a baby at 9 months is recommended to prepare dishes from twice twisted raw minced meat. From it you can cook steam meatballs and cutlets, various vegetable casseroles combined with meat mass. After breastfeeding, the baby is used to only sucking, and the process of chewing for him is a difficult task. Therefore, so that the baby does not choke during food, he needs to offer food in small portions.
Vegetables and herbs
At the age of 9, the child can already use various products. His diet should have carrots, pumpkin, green peas, beets, potatoes, cabbage, zucchini. The baby can also be given fresh greens, which is inserted into the menu gradually. Dill, salad leaves and parsley, pre -chopped, is recommended to add to meat or vegetable puree. We must not forget about vegetable oil, it should still be present in vegetable dishes. This oil is a source of vitamins and polyunsaturated fatty acids, which contribute to increasing immunity.
Porridge in the baby menu
The main part of the children’s diet at this age is cereal. And if until now the baby has received oatmeal, buckwheat, semolina or rice porridge, at 9 months you can diversify his diet of pearl barley or barley milk porridge. To enrich the porridge with vitamin A, a little butter is added to them. If until this time, the baby eats porridge on the water, then the input of milk porridge should pass gradually, diluting the milk at first with water.
Breast milk and baby 9 months
Despite the wide variety of products that the baby receives, and at 9 months, mother’s milk remains an integral component of the child’s nutrition. It is not only a food product, but also a psychological unity with mom. Therefore, if possible and at 9 months of age, it is advisable not to deprive the baby of the joy of breastfeeding.