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What to feed a 5 month old baby girl .
My 5 month old daughter is completely on breast milk . Now after 5months what would be good to feed her ?
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Till 6 months infants should be fed with breastmilk
After 6 months you can start including blend food items
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1. Mashed banana
2.boiled and mashed potato
3.pulses pure
4.vegetable pure
5. Oats porridge(mashed)
6. Blend khichdi
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Hello user
Sure ,we will help you
We have diet plan for infant from5- 6month to 2yrs.
Which include
. To get ideal height and weight
. How to intruduce food every month. Like grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, pulses, etc so that they give achieve their ideal requirements of all nutrients.
. To cure deficiency of vitamins and minerals
. To help them to build immune system strong and also cure digestive problem.
. How to introduce cow's milk at 1year.
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Ms. Trupti Padhi
Dietitian/Nutritionist
1 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
Gud evening pls try to start completely soft cooked foods in clear liquid forms or pureed form in small amounts from 6months onwards liquid to semi solid gradually to solid foods after 1yr onwards.
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Ms. Sunita Malhotra
Dietitian/Nutritionist
30 yrs exp
Chandigarh
Till six months the baby is to be fed only on breast milk . After six months liquids have to be started like rice water , dal water etc and starting one by one and to see its results . After seeing that the child tolerates then the second option to be started.
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