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WEANING
Remember:
- Encourage self-feeding.
Some meals to try:
Breakfast:
Lunch:
After 1 year: Minimum of 350 ml milk daily or 2 servings of dairy products e.g. curd, paneer.
Hints for successful weaning:
Some meals to try:
Breakfast:
- Nachni khir
- Rice khir
- Sooji halwa/upma
- Boiled egg and bread finger
- Stewed apple with curd/yoghurt
- Mashed banana with milk
Lunch:
- Khichri
- Spinach curry or spinach and tomato soup
- Mashed rice with yoghurt/curds
- Mixed seasonal vegetables soup (carrot, spinach, tomato, lauki (bottle gourd/dudhi) and potato
- Stewed fruits with custard.
- Same as for lunch
After 1 year: Minimum of 350 ml milk daily or 2 servings of dairy products e.g. curd, paneer.
- Dairy products: Whole cows milk may be now used as a drink.
- Starchy foods: minimum 4 servings daily.
- Vegetable and fruits: minimum 4 servings daily
Hints for successful weaning:
- Allow plenty of time for feeding, particularly at first.
- Choose time of the day when you both are relaxed.
- Start with small amounts of food and more frequently
- Introduce new foods mixed with familiar foods
- Try not to get upset if your baby refuses food. Take the food away and try again later. Go at your baby's pace.
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