How to introduce egg yolk to baby's diet

So like chicken yolk is 23% consist of saturated fat that creates increased stress on children's health, pediatricians recommend not to give babies under seven months of age. In addition, if you start too early you enter it, can provoke allergic reactions in children because of the high activity of this product.

Hard boil a chicken egg. The protein will separate from the yolk, the last mash into pulp and mix with a little breast milk or formula.

Give your baby ¼ teaspoon of the yolk, then carefully observe the reaction of the child to the new product and only a day later give the same amount.

Gradually increase your daily dose to half of the yolk. When the child reaches one year of age, can give him a whole chicken yolk.

Daily to feed the child this product is not necessary. It will be enough 2-3 times a week. In addition, you can add the yolk to the other baby food: vegetable or fruit puree, porridge, etc.

Egg white baby under one year do not let. He is a very strong allergen, is poorly absorbed by the body and contains a lesser amount of useful components.

If after the introduction of yolk in the diet of the child to be allergic, avoid this product until at least 1.5-2 years. Then try to enter it again.

If you have the opportunity, start the introduction with the yolks of quail eggs. The principle does not change, despite the fact that the eggs are very small.

Raw eggs not to give children under one year, the only exception is if they are necessary for the treatment of any disease.

Prior to introduction into the child's diet of chicken yolk be sure to consult with a specialist. It is important to consider the individual characteristics of the child: weight, height, appetite, etc.