What milk can I make porridge for my baby?

1. If your child gets some bread now and then, you can alternate it with porridge. You do not give regular milk until 1 year. From 6 months you can make porridge from follow-on milk. You can make gruel with breastmilk, but an enzyme in breastmilk makes the gruel bind less and it stays thin.

What porridge can you give to your baby?

1. There are all kinds of ready-to-eat, pre-cooked, fine or coarser cereals for sale. Always start with rice flour porridge and slowly switch to a coarser variety, such as wheat. Read more about porridge that is suitable for babies.

1. How do you give porridge to your baby? Sprinkle the pap powder in warm follow-on milk or breast milk and stir well. Use the directions on the packaging. It is better for the oral motor skills (chewing and swallowing) to give the porridge with a spoon instead of a bottle, also called "porridge bottle". Giving porridge with a spoon is slower, giving your baby's intestines more time to process it. This makes it less likely for your baby to suffer from stomach pain. If you think the porridge is too thin to use with a spoon, you can add less milk to the porridge powder.

2. How do you give porridge to your baby? Sprinkle the pap powder in warm follow-on milk or breast milk and stir well. Use the directions on the packaging. It is better for the oral motor skills (chewing and swallowing) to give the porridge with a spoon instead of a bottle, also called "porridge bottle". Giving porridge with a spoon is slower, which gives your baby's intestines more time to process it. This makes it less likely for your baby to suffer from stomach pain. If you think the porridge is too thin to use with a spoon, you can add less milk to the porridge powder.