The main stages of dietary diversification(From 12 months)

From 12 months: Baby eats almost everything

Vegetables and fruit. It is at this age that you can introduce your child to the vegetables, rich in vitamins and fiber: grated carrots, peeled and seeded tomatoes, cucumber, seasoned yogurt or a few drops of olive oil. Avoid: dressing, because his stomach is not ready to absorb the vinegar, and dried vegetables unmixed. It will take about 15 months to her that he can consume dry mashed vegetables: beans, split peas, lentils, etc. Depending on its teething, he continues to find the pieces. You can alternate 150-175 grams of vegetables per meal with dishes from starches. In its second year, as fruits vegetables can now be offered in pieces. Prohibited: in the small core fruits, peanuts and always up to 4 years, to prevent the risk of aspiration.

Meat, fish, eggs. Your baby can eat 25 to 30 g of meat or fish per day. To 18 months, its first molars and canines allow it to consume the ground and even in small pieces. It can also discover the joys of boiled egg: choose them small arms, first occasionally, then twice a week to replace 30 g of meat or fish.

Milk and dairy products. Although diet looks more and more like the great, milk remains central, and milk of growth is far better than a conventional cow’s milk. Up to 3 years, give 500 ml of milk per day growth. The growth of milk is lower in protein and therefore reduces the risk of overweight. Moreover, it contains linoleic acid, the toddler desperately needs for the maturation of his brain. Finally, it is twenty times more iron than cow’s milk classic. Lunch and afternoon tea, complete with other dairy products. Avoid straining the dairy: it takes him three or four a day, no more.

The main stages of dietary diversification(10-12 months)

Baby 10-12 months: the establishment of good eating habits

This is the time to install a rhythm of four meals a day at regular times and avoid as much snacking. Healthy eating habits are learned early …

The vegetables. Your toddler now consumes about 250 grams of vegetables at lunch and dinner. At this age, you can start to offer him fondant pieces. Start slowly, mixing vegetables (but also fruit) increasingly large. From 10 months, you can serve him all kinds of cabbage, turnips, salsify and artichoke.

The fruits. At this age, children should consume about 250 grams of raw fruits and cooked daily. Almonds, hazelnuts and peanuts are strongly discouraged for fear it makes a wrong. Avoid also: let him get by with stone fruit (cherries, apricots).

Meat, fish, eggs. even add a teaspoonful (20-25 g total): it’s time to grind the meat as soon as his incisors pierced. Your child may consume 1/3 of boiled egg.

Starches. He continues to consume rice, semolina and pasta with vegetables. It can also eat some bread but beware of snacking! Wholemeal bread, too rich in fiber for the digestive system of babies is avoided.

Dairy products. In addition to the milk bottles, offer your child a little cheese (about 15 g per day) alternating with yogurt, cottage cheese and chipmunks “special baby”.

Les grandes étapes de la diversification alimentaire (8-9 months)

Baby 8-9 months: heading towards a more varied diet

The vegetables. Give it about 200 to 250 grams of vegetable puree to each of two meals. Wait before offering the vegetables that are considered difficult to digest (cabbage, pepper …). Good to know: they grow in your garden or in fresh shelves of your supermarket, vegetables should be consumed soon after harvest to preserve their flavor and all their vitamins.

The fruits. Among the novelties that can digest raspberry, apricot and kiwi compote. You can start to learn about other ripe raw fruits, fresh or frozen but always peeled, mixed, without skin or seeds. Hand quantity, you can ask him about 200g compote daily.

Starches. Fine pasta, rice and semolina can be given to children between 8 months and older. However, it is better to associate them with vegetables for the meal is balanced.

The proteins. In total, children can consume 15 to 20 grams of meat or fish, or a quarter of hard-boiled egg a day.

Cheeses. Around 8 months, you can add a pinch of grated cheese, Emmental or Gruyere in his mashed potatoes or soup. Let her discover pasteurized cheeses from different regions by removing the crust. Note that 10 grams per day is enough. Forbidden: the raw milk cheese to avoid listeria or salmonella.

The main stages of dietary diversification (between 4 and 7 months)

Food diversification goes beyond the mere awakening of taste. The color, texture and smell of food also count in learning nutrition. Your mission: between age 4 and 18 months, share your little desire and the pleasure of eating.

The early food diversification: between 4 and 7 months

Until now, taking your baby meals made exclusively from milk. Between 4 months and 7 months of age, it is time to spend with vegetables and mixed fruit.

The vegetables. At first, choose low-fiber vegetables, cooked, with sweet flavors: carrot, green beans, leeks (white), spinach, pumpkin and zucchini (seeded and without skin). A little potato can serve as a binder. Go gradually to around 130g. For babies who have trouble getting used to the spoon, raw vegetable soups can be given with a spoon or bottle. In the latter case, start with a spoonful in her milk at lunch, then add more vegetables in the bottle in the same time decreasing the amount of milk.
Advice: give it a vegetable daily. This allows your child to learn more easily with the flavor of each vegetable. To provide essential fatty acids to infant vote, add a teaspoon of olive oil or a knob of butter in its purees. Prohibited vegetables because more difficult to digest: cabbage, cauliflower, artichokes, turnips, onions, celery, tomato pulp, peppers, eggplant, parsley, leek and green.

The fruits. At first, choose the apple, banana, pear, peach, apricot, quince as well smooth sauces. Start with two or three teaspoons then increase to reach the end of a month the capacity of a pot of 130 g.

The proteins. After the vegetables and fruits, to 6-7 months, it is the turn of meat (chicken, turkey, veal, beef), white fish (hake, cod …) and eggs (egg 1/4 hard in the beginning) to be introduced. Start with a few teaspoons that you will mix with the mashed vegetables.

Milk and dairy products. Milk remains the basis of the small feeding. They must consume 500 ml per day. In addition to its follow-on milk, dairy products you can choose “special baby” made with milk 2nd age

The early food diversification: between 4 and 7 months

Until now, taking your baby meals consisting exclusively of milk. Between 4 months and 7 months of age, it is time to spend with vegetables and mixed fruit.

The vegetables. At first, choose low-fiber vegetables, cooked, with sweet flavors: carrot, green beans, leeks (white), spinach, pumpkin and zucchini (seeded and without skin). A little potato can serve as a binder. Go gradually to around 130g. For babies who have trouble getting used to the spoon, raw vegetable soups can be given with a spoon or bottle. In the latter case, start with a spoonful in her milk at lunch, then add more vegetables in the bottle in the same time decreasing the amount of milk.
Advice: give it a vegetable daily. This allows your child to learn more easily with the flavor of each vegetable. To provide essential fatty acids to infant vote, add a teaspoon of olive oil or a knob of butter in its purees. Prohibited vegetables because more difficult to digest: cabbage, cauliflower, artichokes, turnips, onions, celery, tomato pulp, peppers, eggplant, parsley, leek and green.

The fruits. At first, choose the apple, banana, pear, peach, apricot, quince as well smooth sauces. Start with two or three teaspoons then increase to reach the end of a month the capacity of a pot of 130 g.

The proteins. After the vegetables and fruits, to 6-7 months, it is the turn of meat (chicken, turkey, veal, beef), white fish (hake, cod …) and eggs (egg 1/4 hard in the beginning) to be introduced. Start with a few teaspoons that you will mix with the mashed vegetables.

Milk and dairy products. Milk remains the basis of the small feeding. They must consume 500 ml per day. In addition to its follow-on milk, dairy products you can choose “special baby” made with milk 2nd age.