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Suggest Some Foods For Infants And Weaning Diet Chart

Hi Doctor My baby is 6 months 10 days old. He was exclusively on mother feed till 6 months. Now I have just started weaning him with banana shake, chikoo shake or in mashed form, suji kheer, apple juice... Please suggest if I am going in right direction and suggest some more foods for him. And if possible, please give a weaning diet chart with time gap. Thanks & Regards Isha
Mon, 20 Oct 2014
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Hello,
You did very good job by exclusively breastfeeding your baby upto 6 months of age.
It is very important to give only breastfeeding up to 6 months and baby does not require any thing else up to 6 months.
But after six months baby's need can not be fulfilled only by breast feeding, so we need to add some other food so that it can help in healthful growth of baby.
If you are still breast feeding your child, you may continue breast feeding up to 2 years of age.
The weaning food you started are good and you are going in the right direction.
Here are your recommendation for feeding:
1. Breastfeed as often as the child wants
2. give at least one small bowl serving at a time of

- mashed rice/bread/biscuits mixed in sweetened undiluted milk or mashed boiled/fried potatoes or mashed fruits
Give this sevings 3 times a day if breastfeeding and 5 times if not
You can continue this till the age of 12 months
After that i.e. up to 2 years of age add some food from family pot and if child wants breastfeed him as he wants. give this 5 times a day and in amount of one and half small, bowl.
After 2 years of age, give child family foods at 3 meals each day.
Hope this helps you.
Thanking you.
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Suggest Some Foods For Infants And Weaning Diet Chart

Hello, You did very good job by exclusively breastfeeding your baby upto 6 months of age. It is very important to give only breastfeeding up to 6 months and baby does not require any thing else up to 6 months. But after six months baby s need can not be fulfilled only by breast feeding, so we need to add some other food so that it can help in healthful growth of baby. If you are still breast feeding your child, you may continue breast feeding up to 2 years of age. The weaning food you started are good and you are going in the right direction. Here are your recommendation for feeding: 1. Breastfeed as often as the child wants 2. give at least one small bowl serving at a time of - mashed rice/bread/biscuits mixed in sweetened undiluted milk or mashed boiled/fried potatoes or mashed fruits Give this sevings 3 times a day if breastfeeding and 5 times if not You can continue this till the age of 12 months After that i.e. up to 2 years of age add some food from family pot and if child wants breastfeed him as he wants. give this 5 times a day and in amount of one and half small, bowl. After 2 years of age, give child family foods at 3 meals each day. Hope this helps you. Thanking you.