Complementary food checklist

several times a day
Mash with vegetables, fruit, grain/potatoes as a single ingredient or mixed

daily
from the 6th month of life, no more than once cow's milk or yogurt or buttermilk in the form of a "milk"Grain Porridge"

Tip: Best for cereal porridge to be mixed (Instant) use and evenadd milk, yogurt or buttermilk.

several times a week
Porridge with meat

either
2 to 3 times a week, approximately 75 g of meat preparation (minced meat from the jar).

Tip: Add vegetable, potato, or grain porridge to this meat puree.

or
Five times a week, glass menus with meat.

Advice: Vegetables, potatoes, or grains are already included here.

weekly
Brei mit Fisch – ideal einmal pro Woche

Avoid products with the following ingredients throughout the first year of life:

salt and pepper

Curd cheese and regular cheese

Sugar
Sugar also hides in:

• Fructose
• Maltose
• Saccharose
• Glucose, Dextrose
• Thick syrup (e.g. agave syrup, pear syrup)
• Juice concentrate (e.g., grape juice concentrate)
• Honey
• Chocolate, chocolate powder
• Syrup (e.g. glucose syrup, fructose syrup, caramel syrup, rice syrup)

Tip: Do not add more salt or sugar.

Avoid products with the following ingredients before the 6th month of life:

Cow's milk and other dairy products

Check if oil bereits is included as an ingredient.

If not, add 1-2 teaspoons of vegetable oil per 100 g of porridge to the main meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner). This does not apply to "milk -grain porridges".

Note the manufacturer's instructions and information on preparation, storage, and shelf life.

Pay attention to the age indication on the label.

Always start with products with the most recent age recommendations, even if your baby is older. These are finely pureed.

At the beginning select glutenfree options

Buy at the start of complementary feeding (about 1 month long) bland foods without wheat (e.g., noodles, rusks, biscuits), rye, oats, barley, and spelt. Add the mentioned types of grains yourself, in small doses, but not more than 7 grams per day. For example, ½ slice of rusk or 1 heaped teaspoon of semolina or 1 tablespoon of flakes per day.