Contents:
- Medical Video: WEIGHT LOSS MEAL PREP FOR WOMEN (1 WEEK IN 1 HOUR)
- Remember, provide solids gradually
- The guide designs a daily MPASI menu for children
- 1. Breakfast
- 2. Lunch
- 3. Dinner
- 4. Snack
- You must keep giving breast milk
Medical Video: WEIGHT LOSS MEAL PREP FOR WOMEN (1 WEEK IN 1 HOUR)
After 6 months of age, babies can be introduced to their first solid food. It's time for parents to think about what MPASI menu should be given to children. For those of you who are confused about what to cook today so that the first experience of introducing "adult food" to your child does not turn into a nightmare, see the complete guide to designing a children's MPASI menu for one day — from breakfast to dinner, complete with snacks.
Remember, provide solids gradually
When introducing MPASI is important because it can affect baby's health in the future. Giving MPASI is said to be successful if it can meet the nutritional needs of the baby, the baby can swallow well (not choking), and does not exceed the capacity of the digestive system and kidneys to digest food.
That is why the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that new MPASI may be introduced when the baby is six months or more. The reason is that motor movements and eye-hand coordination of children at this age are mature enough so that he is able to straighten his head and neck so that he does not fall and grasp and put food into his mouth without help.
Also keep in mind that babies cannot immediately eat a lot of solid food. So, introduce the MPASI menu gradually. Also pay attention to the portion and nutrition according to the baby's needs.
WHO) recommends starting first with a single MPASI menu, for example red rice porridge or sago pulp. After your child is accustomed to solid food, then you can provide a more varied MPASI menu. You can also use flavoring spices such as ginger, garlic, or red onion to adequately introduce the child's tongue to a more diverse taste.
Even so, as much as possible do not first add sugar and salt or other flavorings to your baby's cooking until he is at least one year old. Recommend it to the natural savory and sweet taste of vegetables and fruits.
The guide designs a daily MPASI menu for children
Don't worry if you are confused about designing the MPASI menu that will be given to your little one. Menu collection from Republic of Indonesia Ministry of Health and WHO this will give you several choices to cheat on and serve as a little baby's MPASI menu.
1. Breakfast
The breakfast menu is usually simpler than the lunch menu, here are some choices of MPASI menus that you can choose for your little breakfast.
- ¼ - ½ small bowl of diced fruit.
- ¼ - 1/2 small bowl of hard-boiled egg.
- The toast is cut long and small so it is easy for the baby to hold. Top with mashed bananas or mashed boiled eggs.
- Steamed tempeh spiced with a little garlic and onion, then pounded.
- Boiled broccoli and boiled potatoes plus a little spice, then filtered and given a little coconut oil.
- Cereal with plain yogurt, plus porridge of apples (apples that have been boiled until soft).
- Whole-grain cereal biscuits doused with fresh milk, plus boiled fruit.
- Milk porridge, served with mashed pears.
2. Lunch
- Mix 1-2 tablespoons of baby cereal and 2 tablespoons of mashed fruit or vegetables, sweet potatoes, peas, mangoes, or apple sauce.
- Rice mixed with spinach and tuna, then filtered.
- Ati fried chicken with a little spice, then filtered with rice.
- Toast plus scrambled eggs.
- Pasta pounded with broccoli and cheese.
- Cucumber and carrots in small pieces, small with soft cheese.
- ¼ - ½ small bowl of yellow or orange vegetables.
3. Dinner
- Mix 1-2 tablespoons of baby cereal, 1-2 tablespoons of banana or mashed carrots, or it can also be replaced with other vegetables and fruit that are also mashed.
- 1-2 tablespoons of mashed chicken or beef, 2 tablespoons of mashed vegetables, and 1 tablespoon finger food such as banana pieces, mango, pineapple, or peach if the baby is 11 months old
- Boiled egg yolks are mashed together with a little spice and add a little coconut oil.
- Rice with mashed peas, served with Japanese cucumber slices.
- Mashed salmon, plus mashed peas.
- Boiled fish in liquid milk with potatoes, carrots and broccoli.
- Mashed potatoplus minced chicken.
- Sweet potatoes, beans and crushed cauliflower.
- ¼ small bowl of beef or diced poultry, plus tofu.
- ¼ - 1/2 cup of small green vegetables.
- ¼ small bowl of noodles, pasta, rice or potatoes.
- ¼ small bowl of fruit.
4. Snack
Ideally, a snack is given twice a day, which is between breakfast time to lunch and between lunch times to dinner. Here's a cheat sheet for your baby's MPASI menu.
- Fresh fruits that have been boiled or soft textured, small pieces
- Fruit mixed with plain yogurt
- Avocado puree (avocado pieces mixed with enough milk using a blender)
- Banana, immediately scraped, pulverized with a spoon and fed to the child
- Fresh yogurt
- Toast
- ¼ small bowl of cheese in small pieces
- Pudding
- Rice porridge
- Biscuits
- Boiled vegetables
You must keep giving breast milk
But remember, MPASI is only a companion, while the main nutritional source remains ASI or Formula milk. Daily baby calorie needs 6-12 months, which is around 650 calories. The content of breast milk is around 400 calories, so the nutritional needs of MPASI are around 250 calories. Meanwhile, the daily calorie needs of infants aged 12-24 months are around 850 calories. The content of breast milk is around 350 calories, so the nutritional needs of MPASI are around 500 calories.
In addition to meeting nutritional needs, MPASI also plays a role in shaping food choices that children love for the long term. Come on, keep the spirit to meet the best nutritional needs for your little one!
