When and how to introduce the various elements? There are lots of vegan mothers who do these questions, mostly when the child reaches the age of 6 months. In the ideal case until the sixth month the baby is breastfed, and only then must deal with the weaning.
The order of the different foods of course also depends greatly on the culture of the country, the climate where you live.
I thought so, what would be most appropriate to present the different possibilities, then I decided to show you two alternatives. I found the book an Italian 'Sons vegetarians' Luciano Proietti and another represented on the book by American 'Dreena Burton: Vive le Vegan' (which among other things is a of my most favorite on the subject). Then you can decide which system to choose. We advise you to check out them both to get more ideas.
The differences between the different countries there are many, here are some examples:
- In Hungary, the chestnuts are to be introduced by 6-7 months already, but in Italy only after one year (as far as I know ..) this is also the danger of allergies.
- potatoes are to be introduced since the early both the United States and Hungary. In Italy, however, belong to the last for the presence of solanine, which can be toxic to the body.
Then there are a lot of controversy lately about the issues as follows:
- give or not to oil seeds to children under 1 year?
- give or not to soy and its derivatives also to children from 1 year old and how much?
- give or no grains with gluten, and when?
In my following post I will write in more detail in the future!
Foods to avoid for children at least up to 2 years
- sugar
- sugar cookies
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chips - chocolate
- candy
- coca to other soft drinks
- any type of foods that contain preservatives, artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners or MSG.
Introduction of solid foods seconds Luciano Proietti (pediatrician and father of three):
Fruit
From 6-7 months: apple, melon, watermelon, apricot
Dried fruit: the plums, figs, apples, apricots, etc.. fired after 12 months, after the entire 2-3 years.
Oilseeds
From 6-7 months: almond milk (50-100 g per day), mixed with other foods.
From 1 year up : pine nuts, hazelnuts (???, I always read that at least 2 years and the danger of llaergia! ), walnuts, sunflower seeds and peanuts.
1 teaspoon per day, in the form of cream.
Vegetables
In his book, the doctor Proietti shares his interesting enough indication for me so There I quote a few lines:
"For the first few weeks give your child the only vegetable soup with corn, then if the child grows evacuation and well, you can add to the soup even small amounts of vegetables, past or crushed.
This indication is contrary to the conventional indicators of academic childcare even the "alternative" (naturist, vegetarian, macrobiotic) both fit the vegetables too early, around the sixth month, with the start of weaning, often creating disturbances on the apparatus digestive and growth. These are usually charged at an inadequate weaning, as they would be given a sufficient amount of animal protein, iron, fiber, water, which are then integrated with the effect of further aggravating the clinical symptoms and discomfort the child.
The physiology of digestion provides that, at least in the first year, the dietary fiber is absent. ... The introduction
"early", ie the first 12-18 months of the fiber, causes, being antifisiologica, various disorders, more or less evident in relation to individual constitution:
- slowing growth
- diseases digestion
- gaseous colic
- constipation paradoxical
- lack of appetite.
If you decide to introduce vegetable
- before 1 year of age: carrot, yellow squash, zucchini, green beans, fennel, leeks, onion, lettuce, beets, turnips, green leaves of celery, Jerusalem artichokes, cabbage, garlic and artichoke. The amount of vegetables (steamed or cooked in broth) should be limited to 1-2 tablespoons maximum.
- after 12 months : spinach, chard.
- the last group of vegetables to be introduced is that of the Solanaceae: eggplant, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes. These vegetables contain "solanine, a substance that can be toxic to the body. Their use is recommended occasionally, during the period of natural maturation and not before 1 year of age. In addition, the potato, if poorly maintained, can become very toxic, especially where he presented the shoots, and once cooked, should never be kept because it oxidizes. "
Cereals and their derivatives
- grains: NO until the first year (best to start with cereals and low-profile after the year is not every day) because they contain too much bran can be harmful to his delicate intestines. In early
toast the flour is better, because then the starch is transformed into dextrose, which the bowel of the child is able to assimilate immediately. - cereals with gluten (wheat, barley, rye, oats): not before the sixth month, from only 10 months!
- cereals without gluten: rice, maize, millet, buckwheat, quinoa, amaranth and tapioca (which in reality is not a cereal but a tuber). These already by 6-7 months.
- seitan (gluten extracted from wheat flour and then baked) from the time the child eats cereal with gluten (10 months or so. It is cooked in vegetable broth and then goes through the rest of the vegetables.
- cereal grains: after the first month, cooked long.
- cereals: they are cooked for a few minutes in any liquid (broth, milk, cereals).
- cereal drinks ("milk" of rice, barley, oats, etc..) are not suitable to replace breast milk, being deficient in fat, vitamins, minerals amino acids.
Vegetables Peas, chickpeas, lentils, beans, soy beans, azuki beans, lupins, peanuts, etc.
The proteins of legumes are deficient in certain amino acids necessary for human being, but precisely the same amino acids are abundant in the Corn: just add the vegetables to cereals to ensure that the protein is necessary!
- you can start to 7-8 months with the red lentils or yellow peeled (peeled). After a short introduction: lentils with husk, peas, azuki (red beans, soy), peas and all kinds of beans.
- let beans soak for at least 10-12 hours, after that, throw away the soaking water should be boiled in water renewed, with a small piece of kombu seaweed.
- can also be served to children daily, 1 meal daily, in small amounts (1-2 teaspoons), always associated with cereals and vegetables.
- the soy milk and tofu : from 12 months, always in small quantities! The seaweed or sea vegetables
Source inportantissima of omega 3 fatty acids, nutrients essential for the nutrition and brain development, and taurine essential for the development of the retina in children.
Other indirect sources of omega 3 fats: vegetables, greens, purslane, linseed oil, walnut oil, and soy.
Various types of algae:
- the wakame and kombu : from the start of weaning. A small piece of kombu (2 or 3 cm) can be added to soups, broths, no more than 2-3 times a week.
- the hiziki and arame: lend themselves to salads or cooked vegetable side dishes. - nori seaweed, toasted once, it can crumble on dishes.
Oil
- extra virgin olive oil: the sixth month in a dose of 1 teaspoon in jelly. Use good quality oil, with Italian olives, extra virgin, first pressing, from organic agriculture. After
other types of oils: sunflower seeds, corn, sesame seeds, and others.
Sale
- in the first year of the child should avoid adding salt in food that can be flavored using algae or gomasio (preparation of macrobiotic cooking, consisting of sea salt and sesame seeds ).
From 7-8 months can be added to 1 teaspoon of sesame gomasio or just, well pulverized.
- after the first year you can use the sea salt.
Introduction of solid foods seconds Dreena Burton (author of bestselling books on vegan cooking, mother of three girls)
6-9 months
Fruit : blueberries, blackberries, peaches (cooked), pear (cooked) vegetables
: artichokes, asparagus, beets, broccoli, carrots, spinach, parsley, Jerusalem artichokes, squash, sweet potatoes, zucchini
Protein : milk
9-12 months
Fruit : apples (cooked), apricots (cooked), avocados, bananas, cherries, grapes / currants, kiwi, melon, nectarine, papaya, pineapple, plum
Vegetables: brussel sprouts, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, green beans, peas, peppers, onion, garlic, potatoes
grains: amaranth, millet, quinoa, rice, wild rice, buckwheat
Protein breast milk, beans and lentils
Oli: linseed oil, olive and rapeseed
12-18 months
Fruit: figs, mango, oranges, lemons, apples, apricots, peaches, strawberries
(???), raw vegetables: cabbage, corn, eggplant, seaweed, tomatoes
Cereals: barley, wheat, kamut, oats, rye, emmer wheat
Protein breast milk, oil seeds (pumpkin seeds, sesame, sunflower, hemp) soy products
Oli: hemp oil, pumpkin, sesame, sunflower
Other : molasses (in small amounts)
18-24 months
Cereals: wheat
Protein breast milk, almonds, various types of nuts
Oli: walnut oil, almond oil
2-3 years
hazelnuts, hazelnut
If you have personal experiences, comments,
thoughts about the weaning of vegan children,
Please share with us :-)
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