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Narration
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Title Slide
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Welcome to the spoken tutorial on complementary food for 6 to 24 month old babies.
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| Image: Complementary food collage from recipe videos.
Image: Quantity as per age.
Image: Type as per age.
Image: Frequency as per age.
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In this tutorial, we will learn about homemade nutritious complementary food.
We will discuss its amount, type and frequency.
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| Image: 6 months old baby with calendar.
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Let us begin with complementary food for a 6-month-old baby.
Remember, complementary food should be started after a baby completes 6 months.
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| Image: Baby’s 1st meal made of rajma.
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Baby’s 1st meal should be a thick puree or paste made of only one food.
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| Image: Kidney beans.
Image: Chickpeas.
Image: Finger millet
Image: Split green gram beans.
Image: Split red lentils.
Image: Egg.
Image: Chicken.
Image: Fish.
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Let’s see some examples of foods which can be used for this meal.
Whole beans like sprouted, cooked and pureed chickpeas can be used.
Grains such as sprouted, cooked and pureed finger millet can also be chosen.
Split pulses like soaked, cooked and pureed split green gram beans can be used.
Non-vegetarian foods like cooked and pureed egg, chicken, fish can also be used.
Choose any one of them to make a thick paste.
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| Image: 1st food + breastmilk = thick paste.
Image: 1st food + boiled and cooled water = thick paste.
Image: Animal milk.
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Here, sprouted, cooked and pureed red kidney beans is chosen as the 1st food.
If required, add a little breast milk to the food to make a paste.
Use boiled and cooled water only if breast milk is not available.
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| Image: Thick consistency of food on a tilted spoon.
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The consistency of puree or paste is extremely important.
It must be thick enough to easily stay on the spoon even when tilted.
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| Image: First meal on the 1st day of complementary feeding.
Image: 1 tablespoon food twice during the day.
Image: Breastfeeding.
Image: 15 grams of food in a tablespoon.
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Feed 1 tablespoon of the 1st food for the baby’s 1st meal on the 1st day.
Give another tablespoon of the 1st food for a 2nd meal on the same day.
Along with these 2 meals on the 1st day, breastfeed the baby adequately.
Please note, the tablespoon used in this tutorial holds about 15 grams of food.
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| Image: 2 tablespoons of food twice a day on the 2nd day.
Image: Breastfeeding.
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On the 2nd day, feed 2 tablespoons of the same food per meal.
Give 2 such meals on that day along with breastfeeding.
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| Image: Third day of feeding a 6 month old baby.
Image: 3 tablespoons of food twice a day
Image: mother breastfeeding 6 month old baby
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On the 3rd day, feed 3 tablespoons of the same food in each meal.
Give 2 such meals on that day along with breastfeeding.
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| Image: 4th day of feeding a 6 month old
Image: Encircle a new food in the collage.
Image: Breastmilk + 2nd food = Thick paste
Image: mother breastfeeding 6 month old baby
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4th day is the day to start giving a 2nd new food.
Choose one new nutrient dense food from any food group.
Food groups are explained in another tutorial of the same series.
Here, sprouted, cooked and pureed finger millet is chosen as the 2nd food.
Make a thick paste of this food with breastmilk or with boiled and cooled water.
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| Image: 4th day of feeding a 6 month old
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Start with 1 tablespoon of the 2nd food paste per meal.
Give it along with 3 tablespoons of the 1st food paste.
A total of 4 tablespoons of food paste must be given in each meal.
Give 2 such meals on the 4th day along with breastfeeding.
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| Image: 5th day of feeding a 6 month old baby
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On the 5th day, increase the amount of the 2nd paste to 2 tablespoons per meal.
Give it along with 2 tablespoons of the 1st food paste in each meal.
Give 2 such meals on the 5th day along with breastfeeding.
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| Image: 6th day of feeding a 6 month old baby
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On the 6th day, increase the amount of the 2nd paste to 3 tablespoons per meal.
Give it along with 1 tablespoon of the 1st food paste in each meal.
Give 2 such meals on the 6th day along with breastfeeding.
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| Image: 7th day of feeding a 6 month old baby
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On the 7th day, start giving a 3rd new nutrient dense food paste.
In this picture, egg is chosen to make the 3rd new food paste.
Start with 1 tablespoon of the 3rd food paste per meal.
Give it along with 3 tablespoons of the 1st and 2nd food pastes.
A total of 4 tablespoons of food paste must be given in each meal.
Give 2 such meals on the 7th day along with breastfeeding.
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| Image: 4 tablespoons of mixed food paste given twice a day.
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Gradually increase the amount of the 3rd food paste to 3 tablespoons per meal.
Always give it along with all the previously given pastes.
Feed a total of 4 tablespoons of food paste in each meal.
Give 2 such meals a day to a 6-month-old baby along with breastfeeding.
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| Image: 4th new food
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Similarly, give a 4th new nutrient dense food paste on the 10th day.
In this picture, fish is used to make the 4th new food paste.
Then, give a 5th new food on the 13th day and so on.
Keep adding a new food every 4th day.
Continue until the baby eats a wide variety of foods from all food groups.
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| Image: Order of introducing food groups.
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After starting new cereals and pulses, always combine them in a baby’s meals.
Give such combinations as soon as possible after 6 months of age.
They will provide complete protein to a baby.
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| Image: Cooking techniques.
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Use various techniques that increase the absorption of nutrients from food.
Some examples are roasting, soaking, germinating, fermenting and cooking.
These techniques are discussed in detail in other tutorials of the same series.
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| Image: Freshly cooked food with a right checkmark
Image: Stale food with a red crossmark
Image: Collage of images from safe preparation tutorial
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Freshly cooked homemade food, prepared hygienically, is the best for the baby.
If baby food is to be stored, please follow the recommended safety guidelines.
Safe preparation and storage of baby food is explained in another tutorial.
Safe serving of baby food is also discussed in the same tutorial.
Please visit our website for more details.
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| Image: 7 month old baby
Image: Amount of food increasing from 4 tbsp to 6 tbsp to 8 tbsp and then finally half cup
Image: half filled food cup
Image: 3 half filled food cups per day
Image: mother breastfeeding 7 months old baby
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Now, let’s discuss complementary feeding for a 7-month-old baby.
At this age, gradually increase the quantity of food to half cup per meal.
Also increase the number of meals to 3 per day along with breastfeeding.
Please note, the cup used in this tutorial has a capacity of 250 ml.
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| Image: Mashed or lumpy food.
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At this age, the consistency of the food must be changed.
The food given to a 7 month old baby should be mashed or lumpy.
An example of such food is jackfruit seeds porridge.
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| Image: 8 month old baby
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When the baby is 8 months old, increase the number of meals to 4 per day.
Continue giving half cup of food per meal.
Continue breastfeeding.
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| Image: Soft chunky food.
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At this age, stop giving food purees and pastes to the baby.
Start giving soft chunky nutritious food.
An example of such food is sprouted and cooked chickpeas.
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| Image: 9-11 month old baby
Image: Finger foods.
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When the baby is 9 to 11 months old, start giving soft finger foods.
Finger foods are foods meant to be eaten directly with hands.
Boiled egg and cooked vegetable pieces are examples of such foods.
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| Image: 5 meals a day + breastfeeding.
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At this age, increase the number of meals to 5 per day.
Continue giving half cup of food in each meal.
Continue breastfeeding.
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| Image: 1 year old baby
Image: Baby is eating a part of the family meals.
Image: Family meals.
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After completing 12 months, a baby can start eating a part of the family meals.
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| Image: 1 year old baby= 5 cups of food + breastfeeding
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At this age, increase the amount of food to 1 cup per meal.
Continue giving 5 meals a day along with breastfeeding.
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| Image: Banana
Image: Curd
Image: Cooked cottage cheese
Image: Amaranth coconut sabzi
Image: Sprouted moong pancake
Image: Black chana and methi sabzi
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5 meals a day can also be given as 3 main meals and 2 snacks.
For a snack, 1 cup of nutritious food should be given.
Fruit, curd, cooked cottage cheese and cooked vegetables are examples of snacks.
Add nutritious nuts, seeds and leaf powders to these snacks while cooking.
Nutritious powder recipes are discussed in another tutorial of the same series.
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| Image: Breastfeeding a 2 year old baby.
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Remember, continue breastfeeding at least till 2 years.
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| Image: Salt
Image: Sugar
Image: Tea and coffee
Image: Cola
Image: packed juice
Image: bakery items
Image: chips
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Before the baby’s 1st birthday, do not feed prawns and shellfish.
Also, do not add salt to the food prepared for the baby.
Before completing 2 years of age, do not give any type of sugar to the baby.
It includes jaggery, honey and fruit juices.
Also, do not give tea, coffee, packaged food or drinks, and any outside food.
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| Image: Collage of guidelines.
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These were specific complementary feeding guidelines as per baby’s age.
There are many more important feeding guidelines for babies of all ages.
They are discussed in detail in another tutorial in the same series.
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| Slide Number 2
Acknowledgement
Slide Number 3
Disclaimer
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This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
Thank you for joining.
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