According to the World Health Organization, complementary feeding is the feeding of liquids and foods to infants in addition to natural, artificial or mixed feeding. The purpose of expanding the children’s diet is saturation the baby and creates conditions for his growth and full development. The article presents the principles and general rules for introducing the first complementary foods to a child, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of pediatric and pedagogical types of complementary foods. The author also highlighted the general rules for the introduction of complementary foods to children in the first year of life.

First complementary food, breast milk, infant diet, natural feeding, artificial feeding, mixed feeding, pedagogical complementary food, pediatric complementary food, vegetable and fruit puree.

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