After the birth of the first baby, you need to know many important things about the baby’s best nutrition. Healthy nutrition is good for a baby’s health and growth. Both the doctor and the older woman can help you choose a nutritious diet for your baby. The following are some of the essential nutrients for babies.

1-Breastfeed

Nothing is better than breastfeeding after the birth of a baby. Breast milk is full of all nutrients needed for the growth of the newborn baby. Breastfeeding should be carried on for six months, at least. It is important to note that breast milk carries all nutrition that the mother takes. It is, therefore, necessary for a mom to follow the diet chart prescribed by the doctor to provide the baby with all the required nutrition. The doctors generally advise mothers to drink milk and eat green vegetables and white meat.

2- Infant Formula carries nutrients

Owing to any medical reason, if you cannot properly breastfeed your baby, you are advised by the doctor to feed your baby with infant formula. It is generally made from cow’s milk and carries the following nutrients.

• Protein
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin D
• Calcium
• Vitamin E, B
• Magnesium
• Iron
• Sodium
• Potassium  

The infant formula made from cow’s milk carries all nutrients that your baby needs after mom’s breast milk. The infant formula can be carried from baby’s birth to the age your doctor advises.

When to start giving food to the baby

There is a debate on the baby’s proper age for starting food. To start giving food at very little is not considered too hazardous for fear of choking, obesity, or bellyaches. On the other hand, introducing solid food too late means your baby will not grow well. The doctors generally advise the moms to start giving solid food in tiny bits from the age of 4 months. Also, some of the signs help you start giving solid food to your baby.

• When you see your baby can sit on the chair on its own, you can start giving solid food to your baby in little bits with a little spoon.
• Also, you can start giving food to your baby when you see your baby struggling to catch the food placed in front of it.
• The third sign of starting your baby’s solid food is when you find your baby to move the food to the back of the throat to swallow.

Some necessary foods for your babies

Starting from 4-6 month

You can start feeding your baby the following foods from the age of 4 months.

• Sweet potatoes
• Rice
• Apples
• Bananas
• Butternut squash
• Green beans
• Pears

Starting from 6-8 months

• Apricot
• Yogurt
• Mango
• Peaches
• plums
• chicken
• carrot

Starting from 8-10 month

• Blue barriers
• Broccoli
• Grapes
• Turnip
• Coconut
• Cauliflower
• Cucumber
• Cheese
• Beef
• Egg

Starting from 10-12 month

• Corn
• Spinach
• Strawberry
• Cow milk
• Tomatoes

How to feed your baby in a proper way

Having known a lot of nutrients to be given to your baby at different ages, you need to know how to feed your baby properly. You better understand that it is hazardous to feed solid food to your baby improperly. Deaths have occurred owing to feeding babies in an improper way.

Feed your baby with a spoon

You cannot hand over the solid food to your baby to eat. At the very early age of your baby, when you start giving solid food, it is necessary on your part to mash the solid food to be properly chewed by the baby. Feed your baby bit by bit despite taking more time than usual.

Never feed cereal in the baby bottle

The baby cereal is generally is thicker than milk. You cannot feed the baby cereal in the baby bottle, either. There is a sure choking hazard in this improper way of feeding.

Feed slowly

t is time for your baby to learn how to eat. The learning process is always slow. Try to feed your baby bit after bit. It may take some time, but you are supposed to be patient as a parent while feeding your baby. Let your baby chew and swallow the first bit before you give the second serving.

One food for more than once

Try new food more than once. The baby will start feeling its taste and will learn how to swallow quite easily.

Carry on some food for some days

Carry on giving proper food to your baby for some days. When you feel your baby can digest the food properly, then you can try another food. Giving a baby too many foods at a time affects the baby’s digestive system.

Conclusion

Therefore, it is pertinent to have the best nutrition for your babies so they can have good health and achieve an optimum level of strength for their future life.