What should a breastfeeding woman eat. Video about nutrition during feeding

A woman’s diet during lactation should be as balanced and safe as possible for the baby. Today there are products that are not only safe, but even recommended for inclusion in the diet during breastfeeding. They help replenish the woman’s body’s need for vitamins and microelements.

Breast milk is the perfect food for your baby

The ideal food for a newborn baby is breast milk. Until now, a worthy substitute for human milk has not been invented. After all, it contains the most important substances for a child in the most precise proportions, prescribed by nature itself. Breast milk is easy to digest and contains all essential vitamins, minerals and special proteins (lactoferrin, immunoglobulins, lysozyme). These proteins carry out protective function in the fight against pathogenic microorganisms and build immunity in the baby. Mother's milk reduces the risk of infection, allergies, diabetes in a child by 2 to 4 times, and prevents obesity in children. Breastfeeding has beneficial effects on the physiological, emotional and mental development children, the formation of their behavior, resistance to adverse external factors. Yes and mother feeding walks with his chest on the benefit: the recovery of the body after childbirth is much faster.

The benefits of breast milk for a baby directly depend on its quantity and quality. It is possible to decide unambiguously whether mother’s milk contains enough basic nutrients, vitamins and microelements necessary for the child, only after chemical analysis milk. The protein content of breast milk is practically independent of the amount of protein the mother eats, but the content of fat, vitamins and minerals can indeed fluctuate depending on the mother's diet. That is why the nutrition of a nursing mother should be complete and healthy.

During lactation, a nursing mother’s need for all nutrients increases, especially vitamins and minerals, and for the baby, mother’s milk is the only food, so the calorie content of a nursing mother’s diet, especially in the first half of the year, should be 500-600 calories more than during the period pregnancy.

Diet of a nursing mother

The diet should include all main food groups: meat and fish, milk and dairy products; eggs; bread, cereals, pasta; vegetable and butter; vegetables, fruits, berries, fruit and vegetable juices; sugar and confectionery. However, everything should be in moderation, and the diet of a nursing woman should ensure the absolute safety of milk and the absence in it of a number of substances that can cause adverse influence on the baby's body. The mother needs to understand that the products she consumes enter the baby’s body with milk. Some foods increase flatulence and colic in the baby, while others can cause allergies. In order not to provoke allergic reactions, you should immediately exclude chocolate, honey, citrus fruits, smoked, dried foods, very spicy and spicy dishes, canned food, pickles, marinades, sausages. It is undesirable to eat food fermentative in the intestines and thereby - dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract: grapes, large amounts of sugar and confectionery, sweet curd spreads and cheeses, sweet soft drinks, sweet cereals and other products containing large amounts of sugar. Some foods, such as cabbage, garlic, asparagus, and onions, can change the taste of milk, and the baby may refuse to breastfeed.

What can a nursing mother eat?

Now a few words about what you can still eat. As a source of protein, the diet must include meat: beef, chicken, lean pork, and fish. Dairy products will provide the body with calcium. Fruits and vegetables must be included in the diet of a nursing mother. It is recommended to start with apples, then you can introduce other types of fruits, preferably with a minimum acid content. It is better to eat green vegetables, and use “colored” ones in soups or vegetable stews. “Many mothers focus on the fact that they want sweets. For sweets, it is better to eat marshmallows, marmalade, dried fruits, and jam. Shortbread cookies are recommended for flour products, and it is better to avoid chocolate cakes,” advises Svetlana Vakhlyarskaya, a practicing pediatrician at the Russian Children’s Clinical Hospital (Moscow), a specialist in immunology and rheumatology, and an expert at HiPP.

It is advisable for a nursing mother to eat 5-6 times a day, about 30 minutes before feeding the baby (the baby’s milk will come just in time).

Products to increase lactation

The quantity of breast milk is determined more by genetic predisposition than by diet. However, if there is a lack of breast milk, you should first of all pay attention to the amount of fluid consumed. The drinking regime of a nursing mother is extremely important for maintaining full lactation. Mom should drink at least 1 liter of liquid in addition to the usual volume (in the form of tea, milk, juices, drinks, etc.). Thus, you need to drink at least 1.5-2 liters per day. It should be noted that large amounts of liquid should not be introduced into the diet immediately after childbirth. So, before the start of lactation, during the period of colostrum production, the amount of liquid consumed (including first courses, fruits and vegetables) should be limited to 1 liter. Otherwise, with the onset of lactation, which occurs on average 2-4 days after birth, the amount of milk may be excessive, which will complicate its separation, and as a result, lactostasis may develop.

To increase lactation, you can consume specialized products. They are recommended for inclusion in the diet during breastfeeding and help fill the need for the most important vitamins and microelements: iron, folic acid, iodine, vitamins C, B1, B2, B6, B12, biotin, zinc. The undoubted advantage of special fortified juices is that a woman, without changing her traditional eating habits, receives vitamins and calcium in an easily digestible form. To increase milk production, teas with extracts of medicinal plants, which are natural stimulants lactation: anise, nettle, fennel, cumin, lemon balm.

The issue of regular bowel function is very important for a nursing mother. A nursing woman should ideally have bowel movements every day or at least once every 48 hours. To prevent constipation, it is necessary to include in your diet enough vegetables and fruits, fermented milk products (natural yogurt without added sugar and fruit), oatmeal and buckwheat porridge, and also do not forget about juices, compotes and berries.

Part mother's milk includes:

• proteins ideal for a child, including serum albumin and globulins;
• fats that are well digestible by the child;
• vitamins and iron necessary for the child to fully develop;
• mineral salts and microelements (calcium, phosphorus, copper, zinc and others), which the child needs;
• sufficient amount of water, even in the hot season;
• special enzymes (lipase, amylase) that help break down the main ingredients of mother's milk;
• a special protein, lactoferrin, that binds and retains iron, which inhibits growth pathogenic flora in the child's intestines;
• the substance taurine, necessary for the normal construction of the retina, as well as for the optimal development and functioning of the child’s brain;
• living blood cells (neutrophils, monocytes, lymphocytes), which kill pathogenic bacteria in the child’s body;
• antibodies that protect the child from many infectious diseases;
• opioid substances that improve a child's sleep.

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Rave. I drank as much as I wanted and when I wanted. If you feed on demand and do not torture yourself with pumping after feeding, the chances of getting stagnation are very low. It's the same with food. You need to eat in moderation, and based on the products of the given region. I calmly ate all the fruits and vegetables, everything was fine. You just need to carefully watch the child’s reaction. And reinsurance is unnecessary, in my opinion.

07/06/2009 11:28:30, Yyy

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Good evening! I know for sure that 3-4 months after giving birth, some types of massage are acceptable. It is best to consult a qualified massage therapist. Separate feeding will not cause milk to disappear. After my first birth, I actually immediately went on a diet due to the large weight gain during pregnancy. After 18 I didn’t eat at all. In general, I fed her until she was 1.3 years old. There were no problems with milk. My son's weight gain was excellent. So don’t worry, the main thing is that your nutrition is correct in terms of the foods you eat.

And during the war, when there was absolutely nothing to eat, they breastfed. So the milk won't go to waste. The main thing is that you balanced diet was. Otherwise your body will suffer.

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I eat eggs once a week, plus I add them to cheesecakes. I eat homemade apricot jam (in porridge), and sometimes add half a spoon of honey to tea with milk. I don’t eat cucumbers at all, I don’t eat cabbage. I eat white and grain bread, but I don’t eat black bread - it makes the baby sick. You should try the baby purees, I ate a plum and a green apple.

Now I eat everything, I don’t just eat citrus fruits. but only because I don’t want to. I ate eggs from the very beginning, about once a week, and didn’t overuse cucumbers. I eat fruit and meat purees for children, like I spread pate on bread (if you add salt, it will be quite good, but that’s fine). I tried to eat a varied diet. But it all depends on the child, we don’t have any allergic reactions, and there don’t seem to be any allergies in the family.

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I eat everything! The only thing is that I don’t eat citrus fruits, legumes and chocolate (as soon as we arrived from the maternity hospital, I automatically ate a small piece of chocolate after my son - we broke out).
I have a terrible craving for sweets and I don’t deny myself - I eat a lot of things (waffles and cookies, I can even eat a cake:) I really don’t eat candy - none...
In my opinion... even if you live in starvation, there will still be gas. Until the gastrointestinal tract completely improves, you will have to be patient a little.
We also have a lot of gas - at night (not always) I give it espumizan. And so - gymnastics, massage, laying on the stomach. I also wanted to get tested - but first of all I didn’t understand how to collect them, and then it seemed like not everything was so bad... we decided to wait for now. I wish you that everything gets better soon)))

I was told that cucumbers and kefir primarily cause colic. By the way, I was eating boiled sausage. Bananas gave us a stomach ache, and so did the cheese. A friend has cottage cheese. A friend gave birth 3 weeks ago - their stomach hurts very badly, they also discovered lactase deficiency (carbohydrate levels are increased 10 times). So the doctor prescribed her a diet: rice, buckwheat, boiled meat and EVERYTHING! STRICTLY! In general, what is your carbohydrate level? If it is up to 1, then there is no need to treat it.

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Are you still losing weight? Raw vegetables would only bother me if the baby had stomach problems. I only eat boiled frozen ones. Now there is no raw vegetable variety (By the way, I lost weight when I fasted strictly for 3 weeks due to Manyasha’s dermatitis. I ate corn and rice porridge, boiled green vegetables, rye bread, jam and olive oil, 1 apple and 1 banana - 2 kilos straight from the bush.

Why do you need to lose a lot of weight? I cut out flour and sweets and stopped eating after six, the weight went down. I really don’t know how this will affect the GW, so far TTT seems okay. It seemed to me (from the photographs) that you are a very slender girl)))

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I had the same thing with my oldest. I did not eat dairy, fermented milk, eggs, fruits, except green apples, no sweets. I limited potatoes. She ate porridge, vegetables, pork and turkey baked in a pressure cooker, drank weak tea with sugar, and sometimes snacked on apples and bread. She was as thin as a bicycle, but there was still a reaction. All the time there are rough red folds on the legs, almost all the time there are rough spots on the legs, sometimes on the butt and tummy, periodically red and rough cheeks. By 10 months, 2 red spots appeared on the face. Complementary foods were introduced to the child very carefully.
The situation improved greatly after we lived at the dacha for 1.5 months. Apparently, the immune system has strengthened.
According to the observations of Natasha Tsikada and several other girls (based on literature and the opinions of doctors), going on a strict diet is wrong. It's better to eat more varied foods. The point is that all products come in small quantities and there is no such reaction. I didn’t know about this point of view then, and the younger ones are not so allergenic.

We had terrible allergies to everything.
The diet prescribed to me by a dermatologist:
buckwheat, rice, potatoes, pasta, zucchini, cabbage
rabbit, veal, lean pork
cottage cheese (up to 5% fat), kefir or fermented baked milk, preferably those that are not stored for a long time
tea, sugar, and prune compote
Fruits include green apples, but we were showered with them too
Yes! Even with my diet, I gave the child antihistamines so that what had accumulated in his body would come out faster, usually everything would go away within a week.

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Until the age of 5 months, she ate only boiled veal, bread, only carrots and potatoes in the soup, weak tea with sugar, cookies. I reacted to everything else with diarrhea or a rash. Well, if the child has... There’s nothing, so why not bother?

I see only one problem for you: on this diet you need to eat a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits. How is your little one about colic?
Hypoallergenic diet
Meals should be regular, at least 4 times a day.
Fatty and fried foods are excluded.
The volume of liquid is at least 1.5-2 liters. (weak green and black tea without additional additives, mineral water without gas, Apple juice without sugar and preservatives, diluted 1 to 1 with water ("Ya" and "Rich" are normal, "Tonus" is not necessary, they still add sugar to it, I was told. And even better are children's juices without sugar, semper, gerber, fruit-nanny). Compotes from dried fruits without additives (Apple, pear, dried apricots, raisins).
Meat dishes from turkey, rabbit, lean pork and lamb.
Vegetable soups with water. In summer and autumn, seasonal vegetables are used, in winter and spring only frozen ones (zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts), finely chopped potatoes and soaked overnight.
It is advisable to soak cereals for at least 2 hours - buckwheat, rice, corn. Unglazed kukur. flakes. Fermented milk bifidoc, acidophilus, kefir 1% fat, cottage cheese 0%, bio-yogurt without additives, low-fat goat cheese or gouda, edamer, other mild and low-fat cheeses without additives. A dermatologist recommended Olterman 17% to me, but it contains artificial additives, I don’t eat it now, I buy Ankorovsky “Egmont” cheese in a package, which has now appeared in local stores, and also Giaginsky cheeses, such as Adygei.
Just a little milk in the tea, 0.5% fat. I don't add that either. I make my own porridge using the Frisolak mixture, which Tema is fed with twice a month in my absence.
Fresh fruits without peel - green apple, pear, banana. It's good to bake an apple. If well tolerated, you can add peaches and apricots to the palate. number of hours Fresh in season, out of season in jars for children without sugar and unnecessary additives (gerber, beach-nut, semper, fruit-nanny).
Buckwheat and rice bread (I eat wheat-rice bread; we don’t have pure rice bread in our area), simple drying, soy diabetic bars (I don’t eat them), fructose.
Rice and wheat pasta, no eggs.
Quail eggs a couple of times a week, 3-5 eggs, don’t overdo it.
It is also strongly recommended that the mother sleep 8 hours a day, rest while the baby sleeps and not bother herself at home. things to do so that lactation is maintained.

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I don’t worry about food anymore. Timon digests everything :))) together with me. I even eat sushi with raw fish, yum-yum :)))

And we are already back! :) From the Ktiai restaurant. So, the restaurant "Harbin", on the 1st line of V.O. (to St. Petersburg residents who haven’t been yet)
Wow...how we stuffed ourselves, this Chinese food is extremely satisfying, it turns out! I liked everything, the main thing is that there weren’t many people, there was a high chair for the little ones (just luck, otherwise I thought I’d have to hold it in my arms), the food was delicious, there was a lot of it on the plates (I realized that I should go with a group, and it’s cheaper and you won’t overeat like that). We took: pork with pineapple sauce (for some reason the sauce was very red and sweet), I didn’t really like it, my husband ate it all :), pork ribs with a signature sauce (very tasty, I think I’ll try making it at home), rice with vegetables and shrimp, eggplant, white and black tree mushrooms, and for dessert, as they advised me at Devichaya, deep-fried fruit. They didn’t fit anymore :), they wrapped them for us, now I’m finishing them with tea.
In general, congratulate me - for the first time in the field of childbirth (and the little one is already a year old) I made it into the public :))

- the optimal type of child nutrition. First of all, it is a manifestation of maternal love, and secondly, an ideal food product of high digestibility with an optimal and balanced level of substances for the child, with the presence of protective factors and biologically active substances, which helps create a barrier from environmental influences.

At the same time, it must be remembered that proper nutrition for a nursing mother after childbirth is the key to the baby’s health. It is important to eat a healthy diet. On the one hand, it is a varied, rational and balanced diet, that is, it must contain all the components necessary for the baby (proteins, fats, carbohydrates, iron, calcium, iodine, magnesium, omega-3 And omega-6 ), and on the other hand, these should be dietary dishes prepared separately for a nursing mother, with the exception of frying and fat. Nutrition should be sufficient, even with increased calorie content - for the first 6 months it is 2700 kcal, in subsequent months it is slightly less - 2650 kcal.

Why is proper nutrition for women so important? Because the baby receives all the nutrients through breast milk. Protein is the most important food element for the development of the body and the amount consumed by a woman should be 106-110 g. The majority (60%) is animal proteins and 40% plant proteins. Therefore, eating meat, fish, dairy products, grains, nuts and vegetables is very important. True, the amount of protein in milk does not depend on the amount of protein consumed by a woman, and the amount of fats, mineral trace elements and vitamins is directly related to the amount of these substances in the diet. All necessary substances enter milk from the mother’s body, even if their intake from food is insufficient, but the reserves of a nursing woman are depleted.

Magnesium is necessary for the process of protein synthesis and the formation of enzymes; in its presence, calcium is absorbed in the body. Magnesium rich wheat bran, sesame, pumpkin and sunflower seeds. Calcium is necessary for the prevention of rickets in a baby, growth and skeletal formation. The key source of calcium is milk, cottage cheese, kefir, yogurt, and hard cheeses. But if a child is allergic to cow's milk protein, dairy products are excluded from the mother's diet. First, only milk is excluded and a reaction to fermented milk products and cottage cheese is observed.

Of course, all these products should be introduced into the diet gradually, since in addition to nutrients that are useful and necessary for growth and development, a child can also receive allergens from milk. The mother's nutrition during breastfeeding should not burden immune system baby and cause bloating and colic. This is especially important in the first 2-3 months, when the baby’s digestion is developing. In this regard, the diet needs to be gradually expanded and go from small to large in terms of food products.

What should be the diet for breastfeeding women? The first month involves a strict diet, and then a careful introduction of new foods into the diet. Up to three months, while the child is susceptible to colic, you should especially monitor your diet and avoid foods that cause colic. Colic usually begins at 2-3 weeks and ends at 3-6 months.

Basic rules for feeding baby are:

• Five to six meals a day for the mother (3 main meals and 2 snacks). It is better to time meals to coincide with feeding - the best time is 30 minutes before it.
• Boiled and steam cooking methods, avoidance of fatty and fried foods.
• Use only freshly prepared natural food, semi-finished products, products with dyes and preservatives, and all types of canned food are excluded.
• Introducing large amounts of dairy products containing calcium.
• Eating lean meats and fish.
• Compliance with the drinking regime - 1.5-1.6 liters per day (purified water, still table water, compotes, fruit drinks). Fluid intake is one of the important factors in prolonged lactation. You need to drink a glass of water 10 minutes before feeding. At the same time, you should not consume fluids in excess of the norm, which can cause swelling, stress on the kidneys and excess production milk and subsequently lactostasis .
• During lactation, foods that enhance fermentation are excluded (legumes, sweets, baked goods, kvass, black bread, bananas, grapes, sweet apples, pickled vegetables, white cabbage, cucumbers, carbonated drinks, confectionery, sweet cheeses, curd pastes and sweet cereals).
• Limit consumption raw vegetables and fruits, since in this form they increase peristalsis and cause bloating. For this reason, it is better to bake or stew vegetables and fruits and start consuming them in small portions, since a large amount of fiber can cause loose stools and bloating in a child.
• Vegetables with coarse fiber and essential oils, which are strong digestive stimulants (radish, radish, turnip, celery, sorrel, mushrooms), and can cause bloating and intestinal colic in a child.

By the end of the second or third month, the diet has already expanded significantly, but new foods must be introduced carefully for 3-4 days in a row and the baby’s behavior must be observed. On the first day, you can eat a small piece of any product, and the next day examine the child’s skin and observe his general condition. If there are no rashes, redness or peeling on the skin, you can eat this product a little on the second day. more and again observe the reaction. On the third day, the same product is consumed again and the baby’s condition is assessed; if everything is normal, you can leave this product in the diet.

Such a long-term administration is necessary because an allergic reaction may not appear immediately. The following is tested in the same way New Product. Keeping a food diary and monitoring your child’s reaction to new foods will help you accurately and, most importantly, detect the allergenic factor in a timely manner.

Diet of a nursing mother by month

For convenience, a table has been compiled that includes permitted and prohibited products.

Nursing diet, table by month looks like this:

Month	Permitted products and the sequence of their introduction	Not recommended products
0-0,5	cottage cheese, kefir; buckwheat, oatmeal porridge with water; fruits - baked apples, bananas; boiled vegetables; white meat chicken, turkey; soups without frying, you can add onions; gray and white bread with bran, dried; weak green and black tea without additives; baked apples; rosehip decoction; tea for lactation; herbal decoctions: thyme, lemon balm, horsetail, mint, yarrow, calendula, nettle, burnet.	yoghurts with flavors and dyes; chocolate; semolina; fatty meat broth; fatty, fried foods; citrus; strawberry; potatoes and pasta in large quantities; pears; sparkling water and sweet sparkling water; sausages, smoked products, mayonnaise; alcohol; raw vegetables; whole milk(can only be added to dishes); fresh and pickled cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes; legumes; seafood; ice cream; condensed milk; mayonnaise; yeast baked goods; preserves and jams (limited); coffee; processed cheese; margarine.
1-3	dried fruits; dried apple compote without sugar; cherries, cherries, watermelons, gooseberries (in season) and fruits (apples, pears); raw vegetables; natural yogurt, yogurt, acidophilus, fermented baked milk are added; low-fat and lightly salted cheese; sour cream (up to 15% fat content); very carefully introduce low-fat boiled or steamed fish; beef liver, beef, rabbit; fruit drinks and compotes from lingonberries, cherries, blueberries, gooseberries; dill, parsley; expand the consumption of cereals by adding millet, wheat, pearl barley, brown and white rice.
3-6	dried rye bread; beet; nuts (excluding pistachios and peanuts); lean pork; fresh onions; quail and chicken eggs; basil, limited pepper, thyme, savory, tarragon; fresh juices.
6-9	red fish in small quantities; green tea; cucumbers, tomatoes; legumes; garlic.	citrus; chocolate; fatty foods; smoked products; canned food; alcohol.
9-12	lemon.

Perhaps 1 month will seem the most difficult, not only in terms of nutrition, but also adjusting to breastfeeding and getting up at night. From the first days you will have to give up chocolate, coffee, ice cream and condensed milk, sweets, baked goods and confectionery. Raw vegetables, legumes and fried foods are prohibited. You need to learn how to cook dietary meals and think more about your baby than about your own food preferences and desires. It is important to comply drinking regime. From the fourth, the amount of liquid is 800-1000 ml.

If milk comes quickly and there is a lot of it, you can slightly reduce the volume of liquid. From the 10th day after birth you need to add 0.5 cups, bringing it to 1.5-2 liters by the end of the month. All this time, monitor the condition of the breast: it should be painless and soft.

The diet of a nursing mother in the first month includes light soups for vegetable broth or weak chicken, without frying. These can be cereal or vegetable soups. It is not allowed to eat borscht, cabbage soup, solyanka, okroshka and rassolnik, due to the presence of cabbage and cucumbers in them. Second courses usually consist of porridge or vegetable stew with a piece of boiled chicken, since beef and fish are allowed to be consumed later. Do not forget that salt must be limited, and all dishes must be prepared without spices, so food in the first month will be tasteless and monotonous.

For the most part, the list of products can expand faster than indicated in the table. It all depends on individual reaction newborn for certain products. And the mother herself can decide how to eat, based on observations of the baby’s reaction. And the child can “tell” how she should eat by her behavior, the state of her intestines, or her refusal to feed if the taste of the milk has changed and she doesn’t like it. But we can say for sure that for the first three months you should not eat honey, jam, chocolate, eggs, red fruits and vegetables, baked goods, fatty, sour and salty foods.

If the mother is predisposed to allergies, there is a possibility that the child will also exhibit increased sensitivity to products. In such cases, you need to be more careful about your diet. In case of an allergic reaction (redness of the cheeks, dryness and flaking of the skin in the knees and elbows), the product should be excluded for a month, and then try introducing it again so that the body gradually adapts to this allergen. Please note that chocolate, fatty and smoked foods, canned food and alcohol remain prohibited throughout the entire period of breastfeeding.

In conclusion, it must be said that nursing mothers are prohibited from having fasting days or taking mono diet or low calorie diet. This is dangerous for the child and is not necessary for the mother. At this time, it takes about 500 kcal to produce milk, but if you eat right and over time add more physical activity, That overweight will leave.

Inadequate maternal nutrition can result in insufficient milk supply and the baby being undernourished. In this case, the baby has hungry stools - excessively watery and even close in consistency to water. This type of stool disorder can be determined by the dynamics of weight - the child gains it poorly (less than 450 g per month, and by two weeks has not gained weight at birth), signs of dehydration appear (sunken fontanelle), the baby is lethargic and sleeps a lot. You also need to do a wet diaper test. If there is enough milk, the baby urinates 10 times a day. In this case, urination is reduced, urine becomes concentrated and has Strong smell, but its volume is small. On the Internet you can find photos of this pathological feces. The child’s stool forms gradually, since it takes time for the intestines to settle. beneficial microbes. This usually happens within a month, for some it takes longer.

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The diet for breastfeeding a newborn includes:

• 2nd grade wheat bread (preferably with bran), dry bread, dry biscuits, not very sweet sponge cake and brown bread crackers.
• Various cereals (with caution corn and pearl barley) can also be cooked with the addition of 1/3 milk, steamed puddings and casseroles with cottage cheese can be made.
• Allowed lean varieties meat and fish (beef, veal, rabbit, chicken, pollock, pike perch, bream, blue whiting, cod, hake, perch) in the form of steamed cutlets and whole pieces. Preference should be given to white poultry meat, and fish should be consumed no more than 1-2 times a week.
• Includes vegetarian soups and soups with weak (secondary) meat broth. It is good to take potatoes, carrots, cauliflower and zucchini as first courses. You can add meatballs, dumplings, and pieces of boiled meat to soups.
• As sources of vitamins and fiber, at least 400 g of boiled or fresh (if the child is well tolerated) vegetables are introduced into the diet. Preference is given to neutral vegetables: carrots, beets, zucchini, squash, pumpkin. They are boiled and can be used to make cutlets or stews. Fresh vegetables It is better to eat green ones, and heat-treated brightly colored ones, using them in soups or stews. However, you need to start eating vegetables with boiled or stewed ones.
• It is recommended to start eating fruits with apples, then introduce other types, but not very sour ones. Fruits should be green or white in color; you can drink baby juices, baby fruit purees, as well as baked apples and pears. During the day, a nursing mother should eat 300 g of fruits and berries (pears, apples, currants, gooseberries, cherries) and drink 200-300 ml of juices (preferably with pulp). They can be freshly prepared or canned. In this case, you need to choose juices from the baby food series. You can eat baked apples and pears, as well as drink jelly and compotes made from them. Dried fruits are rich in dietary fiber, so prunes and dried apricots can be introduced carefully, observing the child’s stool.
• If the baby is prone to constipation, it is necessary to eat dried fruits, also review the mother’s diet and partially replace animal fats vegetable oils, and also include dietary fiber more widely (vegetables, cereals, fruits, wholemeal bread).
• The daily diet should include 600-800 ml of fermented milk products (acidophilus, natural yogurt, kefir, yogurt) and cottage cheese or dishes made from it. Milk in an amount of 200 ml and sour cream are allowed only as an additive to the dish. It is better to alternate milk and fermented milk products. If we talk about the fat content of these products, then the optimal is 2.5%, and for cottage cheese - 5-9%. Zero-fat products are not suitable for breastfeeding women.
• Among confectionery products, you can rarely afford meringues, fruit marmalade, marshmallows, and marshmallows.
• You can eat 25 g of butter per day, 15 g of vegetable oil (corn, sunflower, olive, soy).
• Drinks include tea without aromatic additives (weak black or green), teas with mint, oregano, thyme, occasionally weak coffee, still table water, compotes and fruit drinks.

Table of permitted products

	Proteins, g	Fats, g	Carbohydrates, g	Calories, kcal
Vegetables and greens
zucchini	0,6	0,3	4,6	24
cauliflower	2,5	0,3	5,4	30
potato	2,0	0,4	18,1	80
carrot	1,3	0,1	6,9	32
pumpkin	1,3	0,3	7,7	28
Fruits
bananas	1,5	0,2	21,8	95
cherry	0,8	0,5	11,3	52
pears	0,4	0,3	10,9	42
plums	0,8	0,3	9,6	42
apples	0,4	0,4	9,8	47
baked sweet apples	0,5	0,3	24,0	89
Berries
gooseberry	0,7	0,2	12,0	43
Nuts and dried fruits
dried fruits	2,3	0,6	68,2	286
Cereals and porridges
buckwheat (kernel)	12,6	3,3	62,1	313
oat groats	12,3	6,1	59,5	342
cereals	11,9	7,2	69,3	366
pearl barley	9,3	1,1	73,7	320
Wheat groats	11,5	1,3	62,0	316
millet cereal	11,5	3,3	69,3	348
white rice	6,7	0,7	78,9	344
barley grits	10,4	1,3	66,3	324
Bakery products
white bread crackers	11,2	1,4	72,2	331
vysivkovy bread	9,0	2,2	36,0	217
Confectionery
jam	0,3	0,2	63,0	263
marshmallows	0,8	0,0	78,5	304
fruit and berry marmalade	0,4	0,0	76,6	293
meringues	2,6	20,8	60,5	440
paste	0,5	0,0	80,8	310
Maria cookies	8,7	8,8	70,9	400
Dairy
milk 2.5%	2,8	2,5	4,7	52
kefir 2.5%	2,8	2,5	3,9	50
sour cream 15% (low fat)	2,6	15,0	3,0	158
Ryazhenka 2.5%	2,9	2,5	4,2	54
acidophilus	2,8	3,2	3,8	57
natural yogurt 2%	4,3	2,0	6,2	60
Cheeses and cottage cheese
cheese	24,1	29,5	0,3	363
cottage cheese 5%	17,2	5,0	1,8	121
cottage cheese 9% (bold)	16,7	9,0	2,0	159
Meat products
lean pork	16,4	27,8	0,0	316
boiled beef	25,8	16,8	0,0	254
boiled veal	30,7	0,9	0,0	131
rabbit	21,0	8,0	0,0	156
Bird
boiled chicken	25,2	7,4	0,0	170
turkey	19,2	0,7	0,0	84
Oils and fats
butter	0,5	82,5	0,8	748
Non-alcoholic drinks
mineral water	0,0	0,0	0,0	-
green tea	0,0	0,0	0,0	-
black tea	20,0	5,1	6,9	152
Juices and compotes
Apple juice	0,4	0,4	9,8	42

Fully or partially limited products

The postpartum diet for nursing mothers excludes:

• Highly allergenic foods include: fish, seafood (especially crabs, shrimp), crayfish, fish caviar, eggs, mushrooms, nuts (walnuts), coffee, chocolate, honey, cocoa, citrus fruits, bright red and orange fruits. Highly allergenic foods include peanuts and tomatoes.
• Products that increase fermentation in the intestines (any legumes, rough vegetables, whole milk, rye bread, yeast dough products, kvass). Therefore, soups made from legumes, cabbage soup and borscht are excluded from the diet due to the presence of cabbage, rassolnik and okroshka due to the presence of fresh and pickled cucumbers.
• Products with essential oils (garlic, celery, onions, chives, radishes, radishes, spinach) and citrus fruits.
• Rich broths, fatty meats, fish, poultry, marinades, smoked meats, canned meat and fish, sausages, spicy dishes, spices.
• All tropical fruits(except bananas).
• Products containing dyes and preservatives.
• Do not consume whole milk or fermented cheeses.
• Cooking fat, pork and beef, margarine.
• The consumption of chocolate, cream cakes, carbonated drinks, and kvass is not allowed.
• Alcohol and low alcohol drinks, energy.

When feeding a newborn, the following are limited:

• Whole milk - it is allowed as an additive to porridge, and sour cream is only allowed in small quantities in dishes.
• Bakery products made from premium flour, pasta and semolina.
• Sugar.
• Confectionery, all kinds of sweets.
• Salt.

Table of prohibited products

	Proteins, g	Fats, g	Carbohydrates, g	Calories, kcal
Vegetables and greens
vegetables legumes	9,1	1,6	27,0	168
canned vegetables	1,5	0,2	5,5	30
swede	1,2	0,1	7,7	37
cabbage	1,8	0,1	4,7	27
cucumbers	0,8	0,1	2,8	15
parsnip	1,4	0,5	9,2	47
parsley (root)	1,5	0,6	10,1	49
radish	1,2	0,1	3,4	19
white radish	1,4	0,0	4,1	21
turnip	1,5	0,1	6,2	30
celery	0,9	0,1	2,1	12
horseradish	3,2	0,4	10,5	56
garlic	6,5	0,5	29,9	143
spinach	2,9	0,3	2,0	22
sorrel	1,5	0,3	2,9	19
Fruits
citrus fruits	0,9	0,2	4,4	22
tropical fruits	1,3	0,3	12,6	65
melon	0,6	0,3	7,4	33
Berries
grape	0,6	0,2	16,8	65
Mushrooms
mushrooms	3,5	2,0	2,5	30
Bakery products
Rye bread	6,6	1,2	34,2	165
Confectionery
candies	4,3	19,8	67,5	453
Kurabye cookies	6,7	25,8	64,6	516
butter cookies	10,4	5,2	76,8	458
Ice cream
ice cream	3,7	6,9	22,1	189
Cakes
cake	4,4	23,4	45,2	407
Raw materials and seasonings
seasonings	7,0	1,9	26,0	149
mustard	5,7	6,4	22,0	162
Meat products
fatty pork	11,4	49,3	0,0	489
Sausages
sausage with/dried	24,1	38,3	1,0	455
Bird
duck	16,5	61,2	0,0	346
goose	16,1	33,3	0,0	364
Fish and seafood
dried fish	17,5	4,6	0,0	139
smoked fish	26,8	9,9	0,0	196
Red caviar	32,0	15,0	0,0	263
black caviar	28,0	9,7	0,0	203
canned fish	17,5	2,0	0,0	88
Oils and fats
vegetable oil	0,0	99,0	0,0	899
animal fat	0,0	99,7	0,0	897
cooking fat	0,0	99,7	0,0	897
Alcoholic drinks
vodka	0,0	0,0	0,1	235
beer	0,3	0,0	4,6	42
Non-alcoholic drinks
soda water	0,0	0,0	0,0	-
bread kvass	0,2	0,0	5,2	27
cola	0,0	0,0	10,4	42
instant coffee dry	15,0	3,5	0,0	94
sprite	0,1	0,0	7,0	29
Juices and compotes
Orange juice	0,9	0,2	8,1	36
grape juice	0,3	0,0	14,0	54
Strawberry juice	0,6	0,4	7,0	31
tangerine juice	0,8	0,3	8,1	36

* data is per 100 g of product

Menu (Power Mode)

The diet, starting from the second month, is more varied, since it already includes beef, chicken, fish and rabbit, and the list of cereals has also been expanded. Vegetables are still stewed or boiled. Below is a sample menu.

A mother and her baby are very closely related. Even after birth, the baby receives those elements and nutrients, which the mother consumes, and the same toxins if she abuses harmful foods, alcohol, etc.

Knowing this, a nursing mother should plan her diet wisely and understandingly so that her nutrition is healthy, correct and complete. It will not be the same from month to month, both in terms of the beneficial properties of the products and in terms of possible harm.

Choosing a diet is a big responsibility for a nursing mother, because the quality of milk and the health of the baby depend on it. To ensure everything goes as smoothly as possible, you should listen to the advice of experts. The menu cannot be thought out for the entire feeding period; it changes from week to week, from month to month

Many foods, healthy or simply familiar, that we consume every day, can cause poisoning, bowel disorders, or serious problems in a newborn. allergic reactions. It is believed that the number of meals a mother eats should coincide with the number of feedings of a newborn baby.

There are tables containing sample menus for feeding a nursing woman, which are compiled taking into account the age of the child. Such tables, offered, for example, by Dr. Komarovsky, are a good guide when drawing up your own nutrition system.

Products for a nursing mother: basics of choice

• safety;
• quality;
• completeness that comes from diversity.

These are the basic principles, guided by which, you can draw up balanced menu. Safety is determined by the ability of the products to nourish the baby through mother's milk without causing little man harm, including without leading to allergies or digestive disorders. It is also determined by freshness. It's better to use authentic ones food products(that is, those that grow in your home region).

The quality of a product is determined by its composition (for example, you need to eat real cottage cheese, not curd product), the content of unnecessary or dangerous substances (pesticides, toxins). Diversity is determined by the ability to include in your menu all types of permitted products, from lactic acid products to red fish meat.

The food consumed has a partial (albeit quite large) influence on the quality of breast milk, mainly on its micronutrient content ( vitamin complex and minerals), and partly on fat content. The mother’s mood, her physical condition and other factors also affect this product of the mother’s body, which is necessary for the baby.

For normal lactation great importance has not only a diet, but also a drinking regimen. A nursing mother should drink at least 2, and preferably 2 to 3, liters of clean water per day.

In addition to nutrition, a major role is also played by psycho-emotional state. If a young mother is depressed, nervous, sad, hormones are released into the blood, which then penetrate into the milk. They can worsen physical health and influence the fragile nervous system baby

Baby from 0 to 1 month: what do we eat?

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The first month of a baby’s life is the most important in terms of the mother’s choice of foods in her diet. A child has just been born: what should his mother eat to help her fragile body adapt? During this period, the diet of a nursing mother of a newborn should be complete. However, it is worth choosing products whose ability to cause irritation of the gastrointestinal mucosa and flatulence is minimal. To such useful products relate:

• eggs (you can eat quail or chicken, but it’s better to refrain from eating duck eggs) – 1 egg every three days;
• buckwheat and oatmeal, less often wheat;
• lean white poultry, rabbit (some recommend veal);
• fermented milk products (cottage cheese, kefir);
• boiled and steamed vegetables (raw ones can be introduced after the 1st week, one product at a time, so that if an allergy occurs, immediately exclude it from the menu);
• baked apples (some recommend raw);
• vegetable oil (corn, olive or sunflower) - 15 grams per day;
• butter - up to 30 grams per day;
• durum wheat pasta (sometimes);
• dried fruit compote (apples, prunes, dried apricots);
• apple juice (no more than 1 glass per day);
• homemade marshmallows or marshmallows natural products(no more than once a week) (we recommend reading:).

Salty and salty foods should be excluded from the diet in the first month. canned food, grapes, mayonnaise, ketchup, adjika, cabbage (namely white cabbage), cocoa bean products, baked goods, sausages, nuts, coffee, strong black and green teas, alcohol of any strength, and others as recommended by a doctor.

Such products cause digestive upset in the baby, some are allergens, and some (for example, alcohol) are toxic to the baby’s body.

For a child from 1 to 3 months: we replenish the menu

The diet of a nursing mother of a newborn at the age of 1 to 3 months becomes freer, her table is replenished:

• lean beetroot soup (some experts allow adding a little tomato juice);
• a small amount of nuts, except pistachios and peanuts (according to some recommendations, it is better to include the consumption of nuts for the period from 3 months);
• raw fruits (preferably homemade), you need to include them gradually, adding one product at a time;
• jam homemade(in small quantities).

During this period, it is categorically not recommended to break the diet, including whole foods in the menu. cow's milk, fatty sour cream, meat broths, pastries, cocoa beans, coffee, strong tea, raisins. Other foods may also be excluded from a woman’s diet on the recommendation of a pediatrician.

Give advice regarding optimal diet nutrition for mom will help the pediatrician. He will check the baby’s condition, calculate compliance with weight standards, and conduct neurological tests. It happens that mom needs to exclude some foods, although they are formally allowed

The baby grows, the diet expands: from 3 to 6 months

After the newborn has lived through its first three months, has matured and become stronger, the diet is softened for the nursing mother. The diet is becoming more varied, but the entire previous list of prohibited foods is still relevant.

Mom is allowed to include fresh juices or fruit drinks (they should be squeezed before drinking):

• pumpkin;
• apple;
• carrot;
• beetroot

The diet during this period allows you to eat pearl barley and wheat porridge, allows the use of fresh onions. Whole cow's milk is still not recommended. Although, according to some reports, tea with milk is a good remedy for lactation. And if the child does not have an allergy to cow protein or lactose intolerance, this remedy is quite applicable.

Freshly squeezed homemade juices - excellent remedy for a nursing mother, adding a lot of vitamins to the diet. They should be prepared immediately before use, avoiding the addition of chemical preservatives (even citric acid) to the product.

Menu from six months to 1 year

The body of six-month-old children is quite capable of withstanding fried foods in the diet of a nursing mother (we recommend reading:). Food should not be too browned or greasy. Very slowly, in minimal portions, you can diversify your table with exotic foods by introducing oranges, tangerines, and kiwis into your diet.

You can try eating a little garlic (although children usually find the garlic taste and smell of milk unpleasant), legumes (for example, borscht with beans), seafood and a small portion of chocolate.

Don't switch to a regular diet modern man, the more sharply. When feeding a child of this age, mommy still needs to eat mostly cooked foods.

The diet of a nursing woman allows you to include the following products in the menu:

• all types of meat consumed in previous periods and beef;
• the range of cereals is expanding, including corn and rice;
• legumes (peas and beans);
• different types of fish and seafood (preferably boiled or stewed);
• Bran bread, white, dried;
• nuts (with the exception of pistachios and peanuts);
• all kinds of baked vegetables;
• quail and chicken eggs (duck, goose and others should not be consumed for now) (more details in the article:);
• cottage cheese, kefir, fermented baked milk (we recommend reading:);
• boiled potatoes, or baked;
• onions and garlic in small quantities;
• juices and fruit drinks;
• compotes and decoctions (mainly from dried fruits and rose hips);
• weak tea (green and black) without additives or flavorings.

Pivot table by month

Month	Can	Carefully	It is forbidden
From birth to 1	boiled/baked turkey, rabbit lean fish (cod, hake, pike perch, carp) boiled/stewed/baked vegetables (potatoes, cauliflower, zucchini) fruits (green apple, pear, banana) dried fruits (dried apricots, prunes) cereals (buckwheat, oatmeal) fermented milk products (ryazhenka, yogurt, kefir, yogurt) cottage cheese and cheese whole grain bread, crackers, biscuits vegetable broths	whole milk chicken eggs pasta cookie	seafood, red fish, caviar mushrooms pates sausage and frankfurters soft cheese gas-forming vegetables (cabbage, celery) allergenic fruits (red apples, grapes, kiwi, pineapples, strawberries) citrus coffee and cocoa cream cakes, nuts
From 1 to 3	Plus: lean beef, chicken corn, millet, rice porridge	Plus: meat broths bright vegetables in fresh and boiled form (beets, carrots, eggplant, tomato, cucumber, radish) fruits (apricots, peaches, plums, cherries), melon and watermelon homemade jam
3 to 6	Plus: boiled beets, carrots, pumpkin tomatoes and cucumbers from the garden
From 6	Plus: lean pork (carb) legumes nuts seafood/boiled red fish

Pediatrician Evgeny Komarovsky and his advice are very popular today. Many women correlate their menu with its recommendations for breastfeeding. The basis of a nursing mother’s diet according to Komarovsky is healthy food, and should be excluded:

• herbs (including garlic and onions);
• exotic fruits, primarily citruses;
• products containing any types of preservatives and dyes;
• carbonated drinks;
• condensed milk;
• all types of dressings for dishes (primarily mayonnaise, ketchup and adjika);
• pasta in large quantities;
• all kinds of fast food;
• sausages and store-bought semi-finished products;
• pickles, smoked meats, marinades;
• products containing GMOs.

Why is this diet needed?

Many women believe that it is not necessary to follow these recommendations. Nothing bad will happen if they eat as usual - the child will adapt faster. Some appeal to the experience of their friends, who barely drank and smoked everything they wanted. And their children survived. Of course, children's bodies are different, and what is destructive for one, another can withstand. But this does not mean that there will be no consequences.

Gastritis, colitis, pancreatitis and other diseases of the hepatobiliary system and digestive organs that overtake a person in adulthood, strange as it may sound, depend not only on the lifestyle he leads, but also on how his mother ate before and after giving birth, while she was feeding him with her milk.

Proper nutrition for women and healthy image life will not be able to protect her child from diseases that he will receive based on his choice life path. But at the same time, they will significantly reduce the risk of developing a whole set of diseases and ensure full development (of both body and intellect). In any case, they will serve as significant prerequisites for the fact that the child was healthy, had strong immunity and a quick mind.

Breastfeeding is a necessity for the baby and a huge burden on the mother’s body, weakened by pregnancy. Vitamins and nutrients are necessary for both, so you can eat them at an increased rate. Since the main source of all useful substances is food, it’s time for the mother of a baby to be more attentive to the food she consumes. If a young mother adheres to the following dietary rules, she will be able to maintain her health and provide the child’s body with everything important for development.

Does food matter?

In fact, the lactation process does not depend on food in any way. Milk is produced in the mother's body thanks to female hormones - prolactin and oxytocin. Even when the mother eats very little, she will still have milk, and the baby will have enough nutrients in it. All elements that are useful and important for the baby from food penetrate directly into breast milk, but the mother is left with everything that is unnecessary. Therefore, when a mother is malnourished during lactation, she herself will suffer from this. And nurses need to ensure a balanced diet so as not to harm their health in the first place, and the baby will take his own.

Proper Diet

During pregnancy and lactation, proper nutrition and the list of products are practically no different.

Nutrition during breastfeeding should include foods:

• cereals cooked in water (rice, buckwheat, barley porridge, pearl barley);
• lean meat and poultry;
• fermented milk products (yogurt, fermented baked milk, homemade yogurt, kefir);
• soups;
• durum wheat pasta;
• vegetables;
• fruits;
• teas, compotes;
• biscuits;
• whole grain bread;
• oil (do not get carried away);
• skim cheese.

• citrus fruits;
• strawberries;
• exotic products;
• sweets, chocolate;
• caviar with seafood;
• eggs;
• peanut.

Nursing mothers can eat 600 kcal more than they ate before. If you don't overeat, your figure won't suffer. On the contrary, you can return to prenatal shape. During lactation, metabolism accelerates, milk production consumes a lot of calories, and more energy is consumed, including from fat reserves.

There is no need to overeat; you can listen to the natural urges of hunger and satisfy them in due time. Always carry something with you to snack on and satisfy your hunger.

The diet of the mother of a baby should be based on the classic pyramid of proper nutrition. The list should include cereal products, meat dishes, fish, fruits and vegetables, everything in a complex. The more variety of products, the better for mother and baby.

There are no strict prohibitions for nursing mothers, but you should be careful with certain foods and eat them consciously.
Breastfeeding women need to establish a drinking regime. The volume of water you drink per day should be at least two liters. But! You shouldn't force yourself. If you don't want to drink so much, you don't need to. Find your acceptable standard for good health.

Basic nutrition rules for a nursing mother

Meal schedule

Regime comes first. During feeding, mommy needs to eat at least six times a day: among them, you can eat three main meals and three snacks between main meals. You can eat as you feel hungry. For example, most mothers feel a pang of hunger after or during breastfeeding - in this case it is better to have a snack. Fractional meals speeds up metabolism, but you don’t need to get carried away with eating so as not to overeat.

Food processing methods

Heat treatment destroys most vitamins, but there are processing methods that preserve the benefits of foods after cooking. It is preferable to bake or boil dishes instead of frying; you can steam them. IN fried foods very few vitamins, in addition, it contains a lot of fat, harmful for nursing mothers.

Cereals as the basis of the diet

If you adhere to the pyramid of proper nutrition, you can include cereals in your daily diet list. This rule is incredibly relevant for breastfeeding women. The preferred side dish should be porridge: buckwheat, rice, oatmeal or other cereal. Eating bread is not prohibited, but preference should be given to whole grain bread.

Replace milk with fermented milk products

Milk and dairy products contain calcium and it is essential. But you should not eat whole cow’s milk from the diet, since the protein in cow’s milk can cause an upset stomach or allergies in the baby. Fermented milk products will also be healthier for the nursing mother’s digestion. You should consume enough kefir, fermented baked milk, cottage cheese, and yogurt.

Fruits and vegetables

This is a great snack option. They contain complex carbohydrates which are slowly broken down in the body and provide energy for longer. They are also high in fiber, which improves bowel function and supports a healthy immune system. It is better not to eat exotic foods, they can cause a harmful reaction in the baby.

Environmental friendliness

You have to be careful when choosing products. Fruits with vegetables out of season may contain great amount nitrates and others harmful substances. If you don’t have your own garden, it’s better to limit yourself to eating seasonal vegetables and fruits grown in your country.

Choosing to be environmentally friendly also applies to all other products. Take the time to study the composition of the product you are going to eat. If it contains natural ingredients- full speed ahead, and if it contains only chemicals, then what benefit do you think they will bring to you and the child?

Vitamins with minerals

The diet should be thought out in such a way that during lactation the mother receives from food all the necessary vitamins and minerals, which she will then pass on to the baby. Usually, nursing mothers have a lack of calcium and iron. This cannot be allowed. Dairy products are rich in calcium, iron and iodine, seaweed, dark meats, chicken eggs, legumes. Mom and baby need vitamin D. It strengthens the immune system and takes part in calcium metabolism, therefore it is necessary to strengthen bone mass. It is contained in egg yolk chicken or sea fatty fish.

Know when to stop eating meat

Eating protein is very important, as it is a building material for the body. But its excess can have a bad effect on the functioning of the body. Protein can create excessive load the child’s kidneys, so mommy should not get carried away with meat. The type of meat also matters. Preference should be given to lean meats and poultry.

Not salt not sugar

Excess sugar and salt negatively affects metabolism and overall physical condition. Breastfeeding people should avoid foods high in sugar (and definitely those that contain a sweetener), and reduce the salt intake to one teaspoon per day.

No chemistry!

There is no place in a mother’s diet for flavor enhancers, preservatives, various dyes, any flavorings and other chemicals when she is breastfeeding. They can worsen the condition of the child’s body as a whole.

What can't you eat?

In truth, there are no strict prohibitions. But you should be careful with some foods, and if your appetite allows, it is better to avoid them. The fact is that there is a list of food products that can cause allergic reactions in a child. To avoid such a risk, so as not to harm the baby, refuse:

• Cow's milk. It is believed that it is beneficial for the baby. Nevertheless, this product dangerous for both mother and baby. Cow's milk is very different in composition from ours; it consists of foreign proteins. And if a mother drinks cow's milk, it can cause indigestion or allergies in the baby. You can eat fermented milk products. In them, the protein is in a different form and is digested human body Fine.
• Gluten - vegetable protein. Mothers know that children's cereals should not contain gluten, but nevertheless they themselves often forget to exclude it from their food. Gluten is found in all porridges except rice, buckwheat and corn. Gluten often provokes allergies, so other grains should be eaten carefully, introduced slowly and monitor the child’s reaction.
• Chemical additives in the composition. The baby’s body is not able to resist all kinds of preservatives, flavorings, flavor enhancers, etc. He can react to all this with an allergy.
• Exotic fruits. You need to eat seasonal fruits and vegetables, those grown in your native region. So you can avoid inadequate reaction the baby's body to unfamiliar foods.
• Of red color. This pigment causes allergies in many children. The allergen is more likely to be eliminated when the red skin is trimmed.

They say that when the mother does not have allergies, then the child does not have any. It is a myth. Children may develop allergies to the most harmless foods. When you introduce new foods into the diet gradually and constantly monitor the child’s reaction, you can avoid serious problems with the baby's health. In most cases, by six months, mothers can already eat whatever they want, as the baby gets used to new foods and accepts them.

Common misconceptions about nutrition during lactation

On this topic, there are many myths that go back to the time of our grandmothers. Let's refute the main ones.

• The more fluid you drink, the more milk is produced. The fact is that the volume of milk can depend solely on female hormone prolactin, which is produced during breastfeeding, therefore it is impossible to improve milk production by consuming more fluid. In the process of lactation, another hormone such as oxytocin takes part. It is he who is responsible for the flow of milk from the mother's breast. Warm drinking improves the production of oxytocin in the body, so after a cup of tea it is easier to breastfeed - the milk flows on its own. This process does not apply to the volume of milk, so if there is a need for more milk, you should not change your diet or drink more liquid. The only way to achieve this effect is to put the baby to the breast more often.
• Nuts improve lactation and breast milk becomes richer. The composition of breast milk does not change and cannot be affected by food. Increased consumption nuts makes breast milk thicker, that is, more difficult for the baby to reach.
• Cucumbers and cabbage can cause flatulence in a child. This is possible when the mother experiences bloating after consuming these products. If there is none, then the child is not in danger.
• Spices make milk taste bad. Perhaps this is so, and the taste really becomes different. But this does not mean that the child will begin to refuse him. During research on this topic, there were no such reactions.

The listed nutritional rules cannot be called strict instructions; initially you need to listen to your body. But they will help you make healthy food choices to protect your health and provide your baby with everything necessary for growth.
So, proper nutrition when breastfeeding a mother should be healthy and varied. Eat all new foods gradually. Mommy can eat everything that is part of a proper healthy diet. Alcohol, chemicals, fast foods - everything harmful should be excluded. Food needs to be boiled and steamed. Therefore, it is not uncommon that after the baby is born, the whole family switches to healthy food. Isn't this wonderful?!

The first month after birth is a very crucial period: the baby adapts to the world around him, learns to eat and breathe in a new way for him, and the mother adapts to her new role. The initial stage of breastfeeding occupies a special place, because if someone else can wash the diapers, change the diaper or cook dinner, then you can feed the baby yourself the best food Only a mother can.

Due to breastfeeding A lot of questions arise, one of which is: is some kind of diet needed for good lactation? And can a mother’s diet affect her baby’s health? Therefore, today we want to look at what a nursing mother’s menu should look like in the first month of a baby’s life, as well as what foods are best avoided for now.

Diet or healthy eating?

It must be admitted that the very concept of “lactation diet” today is perceived not as a list of food restrictions, but rather as a call for healthy eating with careful introduction into the diet of allergenic foods or those that contribute to increased gas formation. Why then is a strict diet recommended first?

The fact is that the first month of feeding is special, since the baby’s digestive system is still immature. Therefore, any experiments with food are extremely undesirable. During the newborn period, it is better to pay attention to learning the technique of proper breastfeeding, normalizing the lactation process and ensuring that milk stagnation does not form.

As you can see, there is a lot of work, and on top of everything else, I wouldn’t want to find out what product the child was sprinkled on.

Principles of nutrition for a nursing mother

1. Completeness and diversity. The menu should be designed in such a way that there is a daily supply of all necessary microelements. Of course, it would be an exaggeration to say that a mother should always eat different, freshly prepared food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. She simply doesn’t have time for this, and it’s more rational to prepare such a portion of the dish that it will last for 2-3 days, and for the whole family. However, this is not at all an obstacle to making nutrition nutritious. It is better to plan the menu for the week.
2. High-calorie food. You can't keep yourself starvation diet(purposefully wanting to lose weight or out of despair, since there is no one to cook the food). But overeating is also not good. There is a myth that a mother should feed for two. This is wrong. Milk production requires only 500 additional kilocalories, which means consuming 3300-3500 kcal per day is quite enough. All excess will be deposited on the waist and hips. So we are looking for a middle ground.
3. Drink enough. On average, a nursing mother needs a daily intake of 2-2.5 liters of fluid. This can be plain water, mineral (but not carbonated), teas, fruit drinks, juices, etc.
4. Safety. All purchased products are checked for quality and expiration date. Meat and fish undergo sufficient heat treatment, and fruits and vegetables are washed thoroughly.
5. Diet. Sometimes it is difficult to keep up with 5 meals a day, since the newborn literally hangs on the chest during the first days, and in the free time you want to do the accumulated chores around the house. If relatives offer you help in cooking or other household chores, do not refuse. After all, until the baby is established, it will be difficult to establish his own routine.

In addition, it is necessary to exclude “dangerous” products. The first month diet involves avoiding junk food and potentially dangerous products. We exclude from the diet:

• fried, salted, smoked, pickled;
• chips, crackers, ketchup, mayonnaise, sausages;
• carbonated drinks, kvass, cabbage (fresh or pickled), grapes;
• coffee, alcohol, chocolate, cocoa, cakes;
• nuts, seafood, citrus fruits, honey, milk, mushrooms, exotic fruits;
• tomatoes - with great care.

Mom simply needs to maintain a drinking regime, since a lot of liquid is spent on “making” milk. But remember: in the first 2-3 days after birth, drinking should be limited

First day after birth

Labor takes a lot of energy, and the woman in labor may not want to eat. But as you recover, your appetite awakens. On the first day, it would be good to feed the mother buckwheat or oatmeal porridge with water and boiled turkey fillet. A banana or baked apple is suitable as a dessert.

It is advisable to drink dried fruit compote or 1% kefir, weak tea. The first two days it is not recommended to drink too much, since warm drinks stimulate the flow of milk, and the breasts still have to be pumped. To ensure that this process is not too difficult, some restrictions on drinking are needed.

Products that form the basis of a nursing mother's diet

Second and subsequent days

Allowed:

• Porridge. Start with oatmeal, buckwheat, rice or corn. All of them are easily digestible and are also rich in B vitamins and iron. Since milk is still taboo, it is recommended to cook cereals in water, adding a piece of butter at the end of cooking.
• Meat. Must be included in the diet already from next day after childbirth. Choose lean, dietary meat: turkey, chicken, rabbit, beef. It is highly desirable that the chicken meat be homemade.
• Fish. An irreplaceable source of omega-3 acids. Low-fat varieties of white sea fish such as hake, pollock, and cod are recommended. Later, you can include red salmon (salmon, trout, pink salmon) in the diet, but since it is considered an allergenic product, it is better to wait a little with it in the first month. It is recommended to cook fish by steaming or baking in the oven. Dried, smoked, salted or dried is not allowed yet.
• Vegetables. The main thing is to do without exotics for the first month. We start with cauliflower, potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, zucchini and broccoli. Steamed, stewed or baked food is preferable.
• Fruits. First, baked apples are introduced into the diet, later you can try fresh ones, but without peel. We also get pleasure from bananas and cherries (during their ripening period). As for seasonal berries, at the end of the first month you can taste almost everything little by little, but follow the rules: 1 kind for 3 days, the portion is small, we taste with extreme caution bright fruits. In the second month, you can experiment (if the baby is not prone to allergies) with peaches, persimmons, figs, pomegranates.
• Sweet. The difficulty is that sweets enter the body increased amount carbohydrates that can interfere with work digestive system baby and cause bloating. In addition, some sweets are potential allergens and also contain preservatives, dyes, and so on. You can: marshmallows, marshmallows. Great option- dried fruits.
• Pasta and flour products. Yesterday's dried bread is suitable, preferably made from rye flour. For tea party, buy biscuits, oatmeal cookies or bagels. You can eat crackers, but not store-bought ones, saturated with E-crunchies, but homemade. You can rarely eat pasta, just give preference to products made from durum wheat. Before serving, sprinkle with grated cheese or season with a little butter.
• Milk products. Almost everything is suitable: kefir, natural yoghurts, cheeses, sour cream, fermented baked milk. Any product listed should be chosen minimal fat content, but not necessarily 0% if there is no indication for a strict diet (for example, after caesarean section). Gradually it will be possible to switch to products with a higher percentage of fat content.

Sometimes you really want sweets, but for the first month try to do without chocolate and other cocoa-containing products.

Menu for the first week

We bring to your attention a sample menu for the first 7 days after childbirth (). It includes only main meals.

Supplement two snacks (second breakfast and afternoon snack) at your discretion. Below is the table:

After childbirth...	Breakfast	Dinner	Dinner
First day	Buckwheat porridge on water, boiled turkey	Puree vegetable soup, bread and butter, tea, baked apple	Macaroni and cheese, kefir 1%
Second day	Hercules porridge with butter, compote	Meatball soup, cottage cheese casserole	Vegetable stew, banana, tea
The third day	Oatmeal with butter, rosehip decoction	Pasta with fish cutlets steamed, carrot salad	Cottage cheese 6%, fermented baked milk, biscuits
Fourth day	Rice porridge, dried fruit compote	Mashed potatoes with boiled chicken, tea	Lazy dumplings, low-fat sour cream, kefir 1%
Fifth day	Oatmeal, banana	Pasta, steamed hake	Cottage cheese casserole, tea, cookies
Sixth day	Buckwheat porridge, bread and butter, compote	Mashed potatoes, beef meatballs	Curd pudding, banana, kefir 1%
Seventh day	Hercules porridge, rosehip decoction	Soup with meatballs, buckwheat porridge, steamed cutlets, compote	Cottage cheese 6%, banana, natural yogurt

To the cookbook

We bring to your attention some recipes.

Steamed hake

We defrost the fish, clean it from scales, remove the insides and cut the steaks into 3-4 cm each. Salt, rub with spices (basil, ginger) and put them in a double boiler (slow cooker) container. Close the lid and cook the fish for 30-35 minutes.

Steamed beef cutlets

Beef (500 g), a piece of bread soaked in water and an onion are twisted in a meat grinder. Add the egg, salt, ground pepper, mix the minced meat. Next, we form the cutlets and place them in a container for steaming. Pour a little water into the slow cooker, install a container with cutlets, close the lid and turn on the “steam cooking” mode for 30-40 minutes. The dish is ready.

So, with the birth of the baby, the mother will have to change some of her taste preferences, but in general the diet will not suffer much. Choose easy-to-cook recipes, as at first you will not have time for kitchen delights. At the same time, do not forget that nutrition should be of high quality and balanced.