Faris & foods

From seven to nine months

From now, your baby's ability to join in with family meals increases enormously. You should offer him a wide range of foods to fulfil his nutritional requirements, and to get him used to eating different flavours. There are also fewer foods to avoid.

If you are buying commercially produced food, the ranges normally go from four to seven months and seven months upwards. In fact, there's no nutritional reason why a baby of six months can't eat jars of food labelled seven months plus (although the consistency may need adjusting).

Now's the time to introduce:

• Mashed or minced food, not purées. Be sure to include some lumps.



• A wider range of starchy foods - bread, couscous, pasta, baby breadsticks, breakfast cereals, oats, in addition to cornmeal, potatoes, rice and millet. Give two to three servings a day of starchy foods.



• Cooled, boiled water from a beaker with a soft spout, when she is thirsty, in addition to her daily breastmilk or 500ml to 600ml (17oz to 20oz) of formula. If you do choose to give fruit juice, keep it to mealtimes only and dilute it one part juice to 10 of cooled boiled water, and use a beaker or feeding cup, not a bottle. Keeping juice to meal times helps with iron absorption and reduces the risk of damage to emerging teeth.
* Faris hanya minum tak sampai 5oz daily selama2 dia kat rumah babysitter..:( Camno?


• Citrus fruits, such as oranges and satsumas.



• Eggs which are well cooked, fish and shellfish can be added to the other protein-rich foods in her diet - lean red meat, poultry and lentils. Aim for one serving of protein-rich food a day.



• Unsalted, smooth nut butters. If you have a family history of allergies, the Department of Health advises steering clear of nuts until your child is three. But the Food Standards Agency has said this advice should be withdrawn, becuase there is not enough evidence to support it. As the official advice is a little unclear, you may want to seek your GP's advice.



• Dairy products, such as fromage frais, yoghurt and cheese. Although you should wait until one year to introduce cow's milk as a drink, it can be used in cooking or in your baby's breakfast cereal, so make a cheese sauce to add to vegetables or pasta.



• Follow-on formula can be used if you wish.



• Finger foods are great once your baby can hold things, and allow her a degree of control. Try cooked green beans or carrots, cubes of cheese, slices of banana or soft pear.
• * Finger food ehh.. No idea mcmana nak gayakan buah2an kat si kecik nie..*sob..sob..*

p/s: inilah nasib mama yg Malas tak kreatif.. dowh..:(

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