When Should You Start Supplement Food?

Infants need healthy, suitable and energetic foods in addition to breast milk after the age of 4 to 6 months, depending on the individual case. Between the age of 4 to 12 months, breast milk is the top priority. However, gradually supplement food should assume a more vital role in babies' nutrition. The best time to start supplement food is at the age of 4 to 6 months. Because:

• Breast milk is not by itself sufficient. 

• The infant weighs twice as much as it did at the time of birth at this age. 

• At this tender age the level of iron in the infant' s body reduces and breast milk alone cannot compensate for it .

• Babies need more calcium as bones and milk teeth start to grow. 

• It is crucial that amine acid and fatty acids as well as vitamins be introduced to the diet at this phase. 

• The digestive system of infants is at this age adequately prepared to take in semi-solid foods, which are more viscous than breast milk.

• The best time to start supplement food is when babies show interest in foodstuffs in general.

It is necessary to start supplement food from the age of 4 to 6 months. Supplement food is really more than just a source of nutrition. At this sensitive age infants should become accustomed to semi-solid foods and be enabled to also chew and taste various other foods. It should be also borne in mind that supplement food should be first given in small amounts and gradually increased within periods of 5 to 7 days. This way if babies develop an allergy one way or another it can be readily controlled.

At the very beginning, supplement food should be more viscous than breast milk. The viscosity as well as the amount should be increased step by step so babies will have developed the ability of chewing and tasting food properly.

The best way to know when to start is to constantly weigh babies and study their growth patterns. The best indication of growth is an increase in the weight.

Babies must be weighed every month until age one, once every two months until age two and once every three months at age three to ensure their appropriate growth.

The first supplement food should be rice. Cereals can be inserted in the diet after a while.

Why You Shouldn't Start Supplement Food Too Early

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• The infant may catch diarrhea due to the inadequate growth of the digestive system.
• The infant may suffer from malnutrition. This is because when you start supplement food, the infant could be actually deprived from the privilege of breast-feeding .
• The infant will subsequently suck on the mother's breast in a shorter lapse of time; less milk will eventually secrete from the breast. 
• Allergies may appear.

Why You Shouldn't Start Supplement Food Too Late

• The baby's growth could be affected adversely. This is because breast milk alone cannot be a sufficient food after the age of 4-6 months.
• The baby may lose interest in tasting other foods.
• Proper chewing ability could be hindered, as a result of which the baby will not be able to take anything except breast milk or liquids. This makes the baby vulnerable to malnutrition.

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