Very often, mothers, starting to feed the baby, try to limit themselves in food so as not to get better. But - you can't do that! The baby should receive everything useful with mother's milk, but where does it come from if the mother is on a diet, keeping her figure? Therefore, let's look at what a nursing mother can eat in the first month after childbirth (and not only), the table will help you make the right choice of products. This is necessary so that your baby grows up healthy and strong.
- 1st principle. The diet should be high in calories. It should be noted that the first 6 months after the birth of a child, a woman eats "for two." But this does not mean that instead of one you need to eat two or even three servings, otherwise extra pounds cannot be avoided.
- 2nd principle. Review all your eating habits. Focus on those foods that have the maximum content of proteins and carbohydrates, but at the same time all known food groups should be on the menu.
- 3rd principle. Drink clean, better-tested non-carbonated bottled water, just before feeding your baby, and immediately after feeding him.
- 4th principle. During the day, you should include liquid low-fat yogurts in your drink (you can also use fruit, but with fillers such as bananas, apples or pears), herbal tea tinctures (sage, wild pear leaves, valerian), regular tea with milk and propolis or a slight adding honey.
- 5th principle. Among the light drinks for an afternoon snack, there can be any juice (but only from green fruits) or pure boiled and cooled milk.
Menu recipes for a nursing mother, video
What not to eat for a breastfeeding mother
From the menu of a nursing mother, all foods and dishes known for their harmfulness should be excluded. Naturally, this is all “fast food”, alcohol (even a “healthy glass” of red wine), black brewed strong coffee (instant “weak” and “with cream” are allowed), smoked meats, pickles and marinades (even home-made summer preparations).
Hypoallergenic diet table
Recommendations for a monthly plan for the diet of a new mother
In order not to think too much about what and how to eat during the period of feeding a newborn, a woman can make a monthly plan - a description of her diet, add the best recipes there, and strictly adhere to it. Particularly responsible mothers can paint a menu for themselves for every day and try to comply with it.
Nutrition of a nursing mother in the first month after childbirth
When drawing up a proper nutrition plan, it should be taken into account that in the first month (after the baby is born), preference should be given to pastel-colored products. It is during these months that those products will be determined that should contribute to the proper development of the child and lactation. When introducing each new product into a woman’s diet, the baby’s reaction to it should be strictly and carefully monitored.
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The list of these first products should include:
- boneless and skinless fresh veal (not beef, but the meat of a young calf);
- turkey or fillet of white chicken meat;
- fat-free cottage cheese, soft grade;
- kefir or yogurt;
- freshly cooked potatoes (mashed potatoes);
- all kinds of milk porridges;
- lightly boiled zucchini;
- green apples and pears.
It is good if all products are steam processed.
When compiling a menu for the day, a nursing mother must understand that she needs to eat 6 times. 3 times - the main food, and 3 times - dense snacks.
Food should be only dietary and at the same time nutritious. This:
- First, vegetable light soups. For example, .
- Secondly, low-fat varieties of fish and meat. Boiled or steamed.
- Thirdly, all kinds of cereals from cereals, cooked both in milk and in its mixture with water.
- Fourth, mashed vegetables, with the addition of water in which the vegetables were boiled. It can be zucchini or cauliflower, potatoes - both with and without carrots.
- Fifth, baked apples. This is an amazingly healthy dish for both mom and baby.
- Sixth, be sure to have a daily breakfast or snack with low-fat cottage cheese with unsweetened cookies (for example, biscuits).
In the intervals between meals, you need to drink a lot of all kinds of liquids. It should be mineral bottled water without gas (lovers of carbonated mineral water, for example, Borjomi, should release gas, and only then drink it), weak tea (only black), compotes and fruit drinks (but red berries, fruits and citrus fruits are strictly prohibited).
If you strictly adhere to such a diet, which is absolutely safe for the baby and useful for the mother, you can quickly restore the body's strength after the stress that it received due to childbirth, and become strong and efficient again.
Nutrition of a nursing mother in the 2nd and 3rd month after childbirth
By the second and third months in a baby's life, you can start eating:
light soups based on chicken, turkey and meat (but not bone) broth;
for an afternoon snack, it is allowed to eat a fresh banana, pear or apple (only not red varieties that can cause unwanted allergies in a child);
fresh bread and pastries (in limited quantities) should also be introduced into your diet. At this time, you can already eat pasta, sour cream (low fat) and cheese (mild and not smoked). You can eat dishes prepared according to the method of stewing.
Nutrition of a woman breastfeeding a child aged 3 months
After the child is three months old, mommy can return to her usual way of eating, including all foods in her diet. But you should eat all new foods (for a child) with great care, without abusing. An unknown product for a breastfed infant may cause an unwanted allergic reaction in him.
By the first birthday of a child, a nursing mother is already transferring him to a more sparing diet. The baby eats a lot of healthy dishes from special baby food. Breast milk is gradually giving way to vegetable purees, light soups with low-fat meat broth, boiled meat and grated fruits in his diet. And this means that a woman can already stop limiting herself so much in her food addictions. She can eat chocolate and fatty pork or lamb, smoked meats and pickles.
Nutrition table for a nursing mother
1st week of baby's life
Mom can eat:
- mashed zucchini or potatoes (it is better if the vegetables are steamed);
- light vegetable soup with cauliflower;
- a piece of lean veal (not beef), boiled or steamed;
- baked, necessarily green varieties, apples;
- bananas, always ripe, but without soft dark places and specks on the skin;
- homemade crackers made from grain and white bread, but without salt.
1-2nd months
A breastfeeding woman can add to her diet:
- baked (boiled) vegetables;
- pearl barley or buckwheat;
- one percent kefir or yogurt; apple or pear compote.
2nd to 3rd month
You can add new products to the menu of a nursing mother:
- turkey or chicken broth;
- low-fat, better homemade cottage cheese;
- milk porridge made from rice or millet;
- fresh berries or fruits, but not red varieties and not citrus fruits.
3rd to 4th month
A woman can eat:
- salads of fresh vegetables, fruits, berries with herbs and sour cream sauce;
- dried fruits and compotes based on them;
- cheese, mild variety.
From 4 months to a year in a baby's life
His mother can gradually return to her full diet. But you need to eat with great care. You should not eat uncontrolled harmful foods.
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Nutrition for a nursing mother after a caesarean section
A baby who saw the light after his mother underwent a caesarean section may not only sluggishly begin to eat breast milk, but may even refuse it altogether. But the woman should not panic. "Kesarenko" needs a little more time to adapt to new conditions than a "normally born" baby.
Feeding "caesaren" with an artificial mixture is often practiced. But before feeding the baby, it must be attached to the breast.
Preparing for the operation, which is directly related to the health of the mother and child, should be started in advance, about a day in advance. And the preparation should be completed four days after its completion. Four days before the planned caesarean section, the expectant mother should eliminate such foods as peas (beans) from her diet; cabbage and beets; any fruit, including grapes and green apples.
Feeding a woman immediately before surgery is a difficult and very important matter. The stomach should be completely empty. A woman in labor should eat for the last time 8, and preferably 10 hours before it starts. And the food should be very light. This is drinking yogurt or low-fat kefir.
When there are 6 hours left before the operation, the woman should drink bottled mineral water (without gas) with a volume of at least one and a half liters.
On the first day after the operation, a woman who has just given birth to a child should not eat. She can only have a little water - mineral bottled and without gas.
On the second day, you can start eating. But with all the nutritional value, food should be sparing. A little turkey or chicken low-fat broth recommended by doctors; meat puree; fat-free soft cottage cheese.
On the 3rd day after the operation, meatballs or cutlets (from turkey or veal, steamed) are allowed; baked apples without peel; ready-made canned baby food; lean boiled fish; sweet black tea; and porridge cooked in water. But you can drink whatever she wants, but except for milk, alcohol and soda.
Starting from the 4th day, the menu of a nursing mother who underwent a caesarean section and thus gave birth to a child can eat the same way as anyone who has given birth naturally, according to the methods described above.
