Breast milk is the best nutrition for the baby. It not only gives it protection against infections, but also contains all the substances necessary for its growth and development. A baby eating breast milk has a stronger immunity and a calm character, it will be more resistant to adverse external factors. And breastfeeding is beneficial for the mother herself - she is recovering faster after childbirth.
But women who decide to breastfeed are wondering what an approximate diet should be for a nursing mother? Many completely abandon the usual dishes and products. For them, breastfeeding turns into torment. Indeed, the baby gets all the nutrients from the mother’s milk, and it is produced from what the woman eats. But this does not mean that in large
restrictions needs a nursing mother. Her diet should be varied. Only a few necessary rules must be observed. You can’t eat very fatty and spicy foods, drink alcohol, seasonings, smoked meats and products containing preservatives, flavorings and flavor enhancers. All the rest of the food you need to try a little, studying the reaction of the child. The baby can react not only to allergens - red and orange fruits and vegetables, but also to cabbage, peas or carbonated drinks - he will begin gas formation.
Especially strictly necessary to control the diet of the nursing mother of the newborn. The first three weeks should limit yourself to many products, especially allergenic ones. It is necessary to exclude honey, strawberries, citrus fruits, chocolate, peanuts and soy. After the baby is six months old, her mother can eat almost everything, excluding food that is harmful to the woman herself. After all, a child needs not only proteins, fats and carbohydrates, but also a variety of minerals and vitamins.
The nursing mother herself needs a variety of products. Diet its nutrition should include fresh vegetables and fruits, preferably seasonally, so that they contain less chemicals. In winter, you need to eat carrot and beet salads, pumpkin and apples more often. It is recommended to limit the use of cabbage and eggplant, as well as exotic fruits. Be sure to include cereals in the diet, preferably whole. White bread is better to replace with rye and more often eat porridge. Dairy products are recommended to eat every day. But there are limitations. Milk should not be fat, and dairy products, choose only natural. Yogurts and cottage cheese with fruit additives and flavorings should be excluded.
A child in its first year of life grows rapidly. And the one who supplies him with building material is a nursing mother. Its diet should include a sufficient amount of protein. You need to eat meat and fish, but low-fat species. Broiler chickens, pork and smoked meat will have to be excluded. It is undesirable to eat fatty broths, fried meat and salted fish. Egg and cottage cheese are also a source of protein.
All these prohibitions and rules do not mean that you need to eat through force. After all, the physical and mental health of the child is directly dependent on the mood in which the nursing mother. The ration of food should be made reasonably: if you do not like milk or cottage cheese, you do not need to force yourself. Even a cup of coffee drunk in the morning does not hurt. Just watch the baby. If it grows and develops normally, then you should not worry about whether he has enough milk and whether he receives all the necessary substances.