Hi...Can i give my 6 month old baby fruits and vegetables..and what kind of fruits and vegetables to be added and how much quantity is needed? My baby she is drinking formula milk upto 2 months.. please clarify my doubt..

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as food for the baby you can give all kind of seasonal fruits and vegetables. you can give Apple everyday .can also give mango , pomegranate,papaya and banana according to the season and requirement . avoid giving banana excessively and daily otherwise it may cause constipation. you can also give rice preparations oatmeals curd preparationsband daliya. it will be better if you are able to give dairy products daily apart from milk. refrigerated and packed foods should be avoided, junk foods should also be avoided. if you will give excessive of milk to the child the hunger may get satisfied by that and the child may not be interested in having other variety of food. over all you need to see that you are giving a balanced diet to your child with proper fulfillment of nutritional and energy requirements according to the agefor low breast milk supply you need to take plenty of liquids and high fibre diet and give frequent feeding to your child so that milk production increases as it is a hormonal phenomena regulated by signals to the brain so you should feel positively motivated and do not try to give formula milk unless advised byhe your paediatrician and if the weight gain and urinary output of your baby is normal .if required you can also take help from a lactation consultant who will guide you in a very proper way regarding establishment of good lactation as well as  will help you in relieving pain if you have any. medicines are not of much help in this but definitely your diet is very important.

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If Hey six months complete entering into the age of seventh month and yes you can give all kind of fruits and vegetables to the child whatever you can think of there is no restriction on anything you just have to steam the vegetables before you make a purée out of it and for fruits raw fruits are used to make a purée or you can mash them or something and that’s what you can be giving to the child