hi all,

my baby girt would be 5 and half months old in few days..i have started her on liquids only once a day at lunch..
pls guide me how to plan her meals with breast feeding..how many meals should she have in a day apart from bf? what all can i give her at this age?

pls guide me ..i m totally confused..and dont have anyone to ask for guidance..thanks a lot.. Aradhana replied. Hi,

Firstly congrats.....
there have been a lot of postings abt diet charts etc on this board, and Hetals diet charts seem to be the best.
U can look up any and u will get a ready reference,
However a broad guideline is:

Babies first food should be rice or finger miilet/raagi/nachni. CAn be home made or infant cereal.
In india a lot of ppl start off with wheat as the first food, which isnt so good as many children are allergic to wheat. Rice is a better option

Serving should be 1-2 spoons in the begining then increasing acc. to babys appetite.

Consistency should be semi solid. try adding a lil BM to the feed to help baby with the taste n digestion.

Start with once a day .. n then in 1-2 weeks move to 2 twice a day. ALso at what time of the day will depend on u..many advice as not starting anything at nite whereas some prefer nite time feeding as children n fuller sleep well. I started my daughters feed at nite. However, it should be early like 7 or so n then breastfeed later before sleep.

Other foods to have are dal.. moong,masooor,tuvar in that order, carrots,Avacados etc.
Introduce them slowly and 1 thump rule is after introducing anything new, wait for around 4 dasy to see how ur baby reacts,, then introduce something else.
However please avoid using sugar/ghee/jaggery/almonds or any dry fruits this early.. u can use almonds n ghee a lil later in small quantities.

Take care n best of luck