Wheat from what age. Wheat porridge: benefits and harms for children. Millet porridge: pros and cons for babies

How is millet porridge useful for a 1 year old child? Millet is a product of millet grains processing by a special purification method. The beneficial properties of the cereal have been known since ancient times, and in Russia this porridge was very popular.

Millet is useful for rapid growth child. The fluorine contained in the grain structure has a beneficial effect on the growth and formation of the skeletal system. Silicon strengthens bones, and manganese ensures the functioning of metabolism. Millet also includes:

• two types of fiber;
• folic acid;
• essential amino acids;
• carbohydrates and vegetable fats.

Millet porridge can be given to improve the functions of the gastrointestinal tract, it normalizes the microflora and accelerates intestinal motility. The ability to remove toxins and antibiotic residues from the body puts millet on the level of therapeutic and prophylactic nutrition.

A contraindication to feeding a baby with millet is an individual intolerance to cereals, which practically does not occur. Another contraindication may be a poorly formed baby's digestive system. The question of whether it is possible to give millet to the baby in this case will be decided by your pediatrician.

When to introduce complementary foods with millet

When can you give your child millet porridge?

From the age of 8-9 months, it is recommended to introduce complementary foods only from millet flour, and the flour should be of different degrees of grinding, depending on the age of the baby. An eight-month-old child should cook porridge from the finest grains. Millet is washed, dried and ground in a coffee grinder. A portion of the finished flour can be stored in a sterilized jar with a lid.

When the baby is one year old, you can feed the porridge made from coarser grains, and from one and a half years old - cook the porridge from whole grains.

Introducing complementary foods to a child a year should be very careful. Start with one coffee spoon and watch closely for:

• allergy;
• constipation;
• upset stool.

If everything went well, the child's portion of porridge is increased by a spoonful per day, gradually bringing it to a volume of 150-200 grams.

Porridge serving size

How much should be the correct portion of porridge for the baby? Pediatricians recommend adhering to this scheme:

• 150 grams - at 6 months;
• 180 grams - at 8 months;
• 200 grams - per year;
• 250 grams - over a year old.

You should start complementary feeding with a new type of cereal with one teaspoon or coffee spoon, carefully observing the baby's reaction to complementary foods. If there is a stool disorder or a rash on the face, millet should be removed from the diet. The baby may have an intolerance to the constituent components of the grain.

Stool disorder (constipation) can be triggered by imperfection digestive system, which is not able to assimilate this type of cereal. Also, a negative reaction can be caused by improper grinding of flour - for the initial intake of millet porridge, the cereal must be ground very thinly.

How to properly feed your baby with new porridge? To do this, you need to add a spoon or two millet to a portion of your usual meal. The next day, the baby is given 3-4 tablespoons of millet to the main portion of breakfast. So the usual porridge is gradually replaced with millet, bringing it to the required volume.

A new type of food cannot be introduced into the baby's diet if he is not feeling well, is naughty or is recovering from an illness. Also, you can not feed a baby with new food after a preventive vaccination.

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Millet porridge recipe

Millet porridge for children is a valuable food product that provides energy for vigorous activity. In a year, the baby actively learns the world, is interested in everything and spends a lot of kilocalories on movement. Porridge is able to provide the growing body of the baby with everything necessary for growth and development.

Millet should be chosen very carefully. It is necessary to focus not only on the bright color of the grains, but also on the date of packaging of the product. Old millet tastes bitter and will discourage the child's desire for food.

Until the baby is one year old, the porridge is boiled in a liquid consistency. To do this, 10 grams of flour is diluted in one hundred grams of water and boiled for 3-5 minutes over low heat. Make sure that the porridge does not burn - stir constantly with a spoon.

After the baby is one year old, you can cook porridge at the rate of half a glass of flour per 200 grams of water. If the baby is used to eating porridge in milk, you can dilute the water with milk. To improve the taste, fruit or vegetable puree, a spoonful of melted butter are added to the finished dish.

Wheat porridge recipe

Wheat groats are no less valuable and useful for a baby who is one year old. Wheat porridge replenishes energy consumption, and there is much more iron and phosphorus in it than in millet. Cooking wheat porridge for a child up to a year is necessary in the same way as millet.

First, rinse the cereal and dry it, then grind it on a coffee grinder. For babies over a year old, we use a coarser grinding of flour, and for a one and a half year old baby, you can cook porridge from whole washed cereal.

If the baby refuses to eat porridge, do not force feed. Gradually accustom yourself to new food so that you do not develop a negative reaction to the meal. Try adding breast milk or formula to the porridge: the familiar taste will help you adapt to new taste sensations.

Important! You should not offer your baby food prepared yesterday or the day before yesterday. All meals must be freshly brewed.

Dear parents, today we will talk about how to cook wheat porridge for your child. You will know the recipe for cooking, both using milk and water. You will learn what rules you need to follow when choosing cereals.

Cooking and selection rules

When preparing for a child, you must follow certain rules when choosing cereals and in the cooking process.

1. A quality product has a light brown color, smooth grains. The use of dark and wrinkled cereals is unacceptable.
2. If you need wheat porridge for a child under one year old, then it is preferable to choose Artek. For older children, in particular for preparing a crumbly dish, it is better to buy Poltava.
3. Before cooking, it is necessary to rinse the grains to remove dust from them. If you have cake or some kind of garbage, you need to sort out the cereals.
4. If you want to cook a liquid dish, then you need to use a ratio of four to one (water to cereal). If you want a crumbly version, then take 2.5 to one.

Classic version

To prepare ordinary porridge in water, the following recipe will suit you:

• wheat - a glass;
• two and a half glasses of water;
• 30 g butter;
• salt.

Dairy

If you want to cook porridge for your child in milk, you can use the following recipe. You will need:

• liter of milk;
• a glass of wheat cereal;
• two tbsp. tablespoons of sugar;
• salt.

Porridge with banana

Instead of cooking the usual porridge with milk, it is better to improve it with the addition of mashed banana. To prepare such a dish, you will need:

• one hundred grams of cereals;
• 350 ml of milk;
• half a teaspoon of sugar;
• salt.

With meat

To diversify the children's diet, you can prepare such a dish with the addition of boiled meat. As ingredients you need:

• three hundred grams of chicken fillet;
• a glass of wheat grains;
• half a carrot;
• bulb;
• three glasses of water;
• vegetable oil - a tablespoon;
• salt.

My little son prefers to eat wheat porridge, like oatmeal, with meat. I cook using chicken fillet. I don't add onions and carrots. I boil meat and porridge separately. I mix them directly on the plate.

Porridge in a slow cooker

Wheat porridge for children can be prepared using this wonder machine. You can cook with water or milk. We will consider the option using milk.

You will need:

• 400 ml of milk;
• half a glass of wheat groats, preferably Artek;
• one and a half teaspoons of sugar;
• salt.

Now you know that children can use wheat porridge and how to cook it. Don't forget to pamper your little one with new variations every time. But do not forget that the crumbs may be allergic to gluten cereals. Therefore, with caution, especially the first time, give him wheat porridge.

Wheat porridge is a rich source of nutrients and trace elements. A plate of such porridge for breakfast will give strength and energy for the whole day not only for you, but also for your child, and will also strengthen the immune system. Wheat porridge can be introduced into the child's diet no earlier than 1 year old and cooked 1-2 times a week, since it is considered heavier than corn, rice and buckwheat. Be sure to prepare this recipe for children, because this porridge is very useful.


Ingredients:
Wheat groats (finely crushed) - 1 glass;
Milk 3/2% - 600 ml;
Water - 200 ml;
Sugar, butter and salt to taste.

Step-by-step photos of how to cook a recipe:

Pour milk and water into a saucepan, put on the stove and wait for a boil, making sure that the milk does not escape.


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   Simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally so as not to burn. The porridge will cook for 15-20 minutes.
   
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   Once the dish is ready, cover the pan with a lid and let the porridge simmer a little.
   
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   After a while, put the porridge on a dish, add a little oil and serve.
   
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   Bon Appetit!

   The diet of a small child from a certain age requires expansion. The menu gradually introduces fruit and vegetable purees, as well as cereals. One of the most popular cereals, along with semolina, is wheat.

   It contains many useful substances: potassium, phosphorus, silicon, vitamins of group B, A, K, PP, as well as trace elements - zinc, iron, iodine, manganese. The use of porridge helps to normalize the acid-base balance, increase the body's defenses, gives energy, and improves wound healing. Due to the presence of a vitamin-mineral complex, normal formation and development of bones and teeth occurs, vision improves, and the work of the cardiovascular and nervous systems normalizes.

   It should be borne in mind that cereals contain gluten, and therefore may cause allergies. Pediatricians and baby nutrition specialists recommend adding wheat porridge to the baby's diet no earlier than 8 months. If a child suffers from allergies, the use of this dish will have to be postponed until 1.5-2 years.

   When buying cereals, pay attention so that the grains are not glued together. Keep in mind that the larger they are, the more nutrients they contain.

   Cooking porridge does not require much effort. It must be remembered that it is cooked for about 30 minutes, so liquids should be taken at a rate of 1: 5. Before cooking, the cereals must be washed, if this is not done, the finished dish will turn out to be viscous.

   First, boil it until tender in water, when the grains are boiled well, you can add milk and cook for another 5 minutes. Only then add butter... Fats must be present in the child's diet, therefore, oil is allowed to be added to dishes about 4 grams. Cow's milk also introduced into the diet of the baby gradually, starting at 9 months. The fact is that it is very different in composition from breast milk - it contains more protein, sodium, but very little iron. This can lead to allergy to milk protein, anemia.

   Important! With lactose deficiency, it is strictly forbidden to cook porridge for children in milk!

   If you cook wheat groats for a baby under one year old, cook it only in water. Children from one to two years old are advised to prepare meals with the addition of whole milk and butter. During cooking, you can add fruits or vegetables to it.

   Remember that wheat is not suitable for the first and second feeding. Give it for the first time at breakfast and no more than 1 dessert spoon. If there is no allergy, increase the portion to normal.

Until the baby is 6 months old, his diet includes only mother's milk or an adapted formula. Then they begin to introduce the crumbs to new products, one of which is porridge. This dish is prepared from different cereals. All of them are useful for the body of growing babies, but the introduction of some cereals has its own limitations, so parents should know in advance when to start giving this or that cereal dish.

And if such cereals as buckwheat or rice do not raise questions and are one of the first to cook for babies, then doubts arise regarding other cereals. Is it possible for children to cook millet and from how many months is it permissible to cook millet porridge for toddlers? What kind beneficial features and contraindications are there for this cereal? Let's figure it out.

Benefit

Millet is millet grains, which have been removed from the shell. Usually they are simply ground, but sometimes they are also crushed. The resulting grain is rich in amino acids, starch and fiber.

Millet also has the following useful qualities:

• This cereal contains beta-carotene, B vitamins, as well as vitamins E and A.
• From millet porridge, the child will receive a lot of calcium, potassium, zinc, chromium, sulfur, copper and other trace elements.
• Since there is no gluten in millet, porridge made from it is allowed for feeding children with intolerance to this protein.
• Millet has a positive effect on the work of the heart, hematopoiesis and liver function.
• In millet porridge, the ability to accelerate the elimination of toxic substances from the body is noted. For this reason, millet porridge is advised to be eaten after a course of antibiotics.
• This dish improves digestive function and helps to normalize the composition of the intestinal microflora. As for whether this porridge strengthens or weakens the stool, it all depends on the recipe, for example, porridge with the addition of an apple or prune will weaken.

Minuses

• Some babies may be allergic to millet porridge, although it is extremely rare, since millet is called a hypoallergenic product.
• It is necessary to spend time preparing millet for cooking. The groats should be washed in hot water several times until the drained liquid is clear. Further, it is recommended to soak millet before cooking for 1 hour in water at room temperature.
• If you cook porridge from "old" millet, such a dish will taste bitter.

Digestion of whole millet grains at an early age is difficult, so children under one year old are advised to grind millet into flour before preparing porridge. To do this, the cereals need to be washed, dried and chopped with a coffee grinder.

At what age can a child be given millet porridge?

Porridge made from such cereals usually begins to be boiled in water for children who, from the age of 7 months, got acquainted with rice, buckwheat and corn porridge.

Babies aged 8-10 months should grind millet to a state of flour, and then cook the porridge. To prepare porridge for a 10-11-month-old child, the millet may already be ground coarser. Whole grain do not cook for children up to 1-1.5 years old.

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How to introduce into complementary foods

The first millet porridge for children under one year old should be liquid and boiled in water. You can add a little human milk or a mixture familiar to your baby to it. First, the baby is offered a small portion of porridge, for example, 1 teaspoon. This is usually done for breakfast, so that by the evening it is clear if the baby has allergies. With normal tolerance, the next time the portion is doubled until the volume of the whole dish is brought to the required age.

To diversify the taste of porridge, instead of water, you can take a vegetable or fruit broth. If the child has already tried milk porridge, millet can be boiled in milk. Ready porridge can be mixed with fruit purees, and for children over 1.5 years old - add pieces of fruit and berries. A child who is 3-4 years old can make sweet casseroles from millet.

The recipe for the first millet porridge

To prepare a thin porridge, take 10 g of millet flour and 100-150 ml of water. Bring water to a boil and then add flour to it. While stirring, cook the porridge for about 3-5 minutes. Before serving, add butter or fruit puree, which is already included in your baby's complementary foods.

How to cook porridge in milk?

For children over a year old, take 1/2 cup of millet and 200-250 ml of milk. Pour the cereals into the boiled milk and simmer until the millet is tender. Add sugar to the porridge to taste. If the dish is intended for a one-year-old child, you can also add fruit puree to such a gruel. For children over 1.5 years old, porridge can be served with pumpkin, pieces of fruit, steamed raisins or berries.

You can also cook millet millet porridge in a slow cooker. Depending on the volume of milk, the dish may turn out to be liquid, viscous or crumbly. When boiling in such a device, milk does not "run away", and the finished porridge can be kept warm for the required time. The washed millet is poured into a multicooker bowl, poured with milk and salt or sugar is added to taste. Then the mode "cooking" and the product "porridge" are selected. When the dish is cooked, the multicooker will notify you with a sound signal.

Recipes for other dishes with millet for children

Millet soup with prunes (from 1.5 years old)

Take 500 ml of water, 40 g of millet, 120 g of prunes and a tablespoon of sugar. Go through and rinse the cereal, soaking it for 1-2 hours. Bring the water to a boil and put the cereals in it, then boil until tender.

Peel the prunes soaked for several hours and cook in a small amount of water, to which sugar should be added. Grind the finished prunes through a sieve, add to the cooked millet, pouring in the broth as well. Boil the dish for a few minutes and remove from heat. It is advised to serve such a soup chilled, adding a spoonful of sour cream to it.

Millet casserole with raisins (from 3 years old)

For such a dish, you will need 100 g of millet, 400 ml of milk, 20 g of raisins, one egg, 2 teaspoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of sour cream. Cook porridge from millet and milk until cooked. Letting her cool down a little, add a raw egg, sugar and washed raisins. After stirring the ingredients, place them in a greased dish. Grease the future casserole with sour cream on top and send to the oven until golden brown.

How to choose millet for baby food?

When buying millet, from which porridge will be cooked for a child, you should carefully consider the grains and inquire about the expiration dates. It is advisable to buy millet for children in transparent packaging, since cereals by weight are exposed to various external factors, which can deteriorate or lose nutrients. Look for millet with a matte finish, bright yellow color, and no debris.

It is not advised to store millet at home for a long time, because due to the oxidation of fats, stale cereals begin to taste bitter. Keep grains in an airtight container in a cool place away from sources of moisture.

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