What Should a 4-Month-Old Baby Eat?

Question

How can you provide appropriate diet for a 4-month-old baby to promote digestion and enhance immunity?

Answer

For a 4-month-old baby, here are some dietary suggestions:

• At 1 month old, give 1-2 drops of concentrated cod liver oil drops, reduce to 4 drops daily at 3 months old, administered in two doses.
• At 2 months old, start feeding vegetable juice and fruit juice, initially 1 tablespoon, gradually increasing to 2-3 tablespoons, given twice a day in the morning and afternoon.
• At 4-5 months old, reduce the cod liver oil drops from 4 drops daily to 6 drops, administered in two doses. Increase the vegetable juice and fruit juice from 3 tablespoons to 5 tablespoons, given in two doses.
• At 4.5 months old, begin feeding cooked egg yolks, starting with 1/4 of an egg, mashed and mixed with rice porridge or milk, gradually increasing to half an egg.
• At 5 months old, give 1 tablespoon of very soft rice porridge without grains daily. If absorption is good, increase to 2-3 tablespoons from 6 months old. You can add half a tablespoon of vegetable puree to the porridge, given in two doses.