Fruit complementary foods usually appear on the child's menu after the introduction of vegetables and cereals. Children eat it with pleasure, and parents are glad that they can give the baby's body useful substances. Peaches are some of the favorite fruits of many kids. But, so that they do not harm the health of the crumbs, you need to enter them correctly.
Benefit
- It is a source of vitamins A, C and group B.
- A general strengthening effect is noted, therefore they are recommended during recovery from diseases.
- Their use has a positive effect on brain activity, memory and performance.
- Due to the high content of potassium salts, they have a beneficial effect on the work of the heart muscle.
- They have a mild diuretic effect.
- Peach juice eliminates low acidity and constipation.
- Consuming the pulp and juice from this fruit helps to increase hemoglobin levels.
You can find out even more about the benefits by watching the program “Living Healthy”. It details flat (fig) peaches.
Minuses
- Due to their high carbohydrate content, they should not be included in the diet if you are overweight or diabetic.
- If consumed in excess, the child may develop a digestive disorder.
- Some children have individual intolerance.
From how many months can you introduce into complementary foods?
Introducing peaches to a child of the first year of life is recommended after the introduction of apples and pears into the menu, as less allergenic fruits. They are usually given to breastfed babies from the age of 7 months, and to artificial babies from 6 months.
How to give?
The introduction of peaches into the diet of a small child begins with mashed potatoes. Very often, mothers buy ready-made canned peach purees, the only ingredient of which is they. Their advantage is environmental friendliness and homogeneity.
If you want to make a baby puree with your own hands from home or store peaches, you need to wash the fruit and put it in boiling water for a minute. Then they are cooled, for example, under cold water, the skin is removed from them, the fruits are cut into pieces, removing the bone, and then the pulp is sent to a blender.
After grinding into a homogeneous mass, you can add a little water to the puree to make it more tender and liquid. On the first day, the baby is offered half a teaspoon of such mashed potatoes during breakfast, and if by the end of the day there are no signs of intolerance, the next day the portion can be doubled, gradually increasing to age norms.
Children over 10 months old can start offering peach without skin, not in the form of puree, but in small pieces. It is often mixed with homemade yogurt or curd. For babies over a year old, they can be added to various baked goods.
Tips for choosing
For baby food, you need to buy medium-sized peaches with a pleasant aroma. You should refuse to buy fruits with spots or damage on the skin. Also, do not use excessively soft or wrinkled fruits or fruits with rotten areas.
What to do if a child swallows a bone?
The stone differs from a peach in a rather large size, so a situation where a child accidentally swallows it is dangerous, since it can get stuck in the esophagus. If the bone enters the child's stomach, and the general condition of the child is not disturbed, then most often this foreign object comes out naturally without any particular difficulties on the second or fourth day after swallowing. At the same time, it is not recommended to help the child with laxatives and enemas, and foods with fiber (vegetables, grains, fruits) should be added to the crumbs' diet.
If a child complains of abdominal pain or severe nausea, he has a cough with shortness of breath, repeated vomiting is observed, or traces of blood are found in the stool, you should immediately consult a doctor.
What to do if you have an allergy?
If the baby reacts to the first portions of peach puree with a rash, redness, cough, runny nose, diarrhea or other negative symptoms, the new product should be canceled. With a pronounced reaction, you need to consult a doctor to select an antihistamine suitable for age. You can try this complementary food again in a few months.
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