Nature has not come up with anything more useful and important for a child in the first months of life than breast milk. Therefore, every woman who cares about the health of her baby carefully monitors her diet, wondering what she can and what is better to refuse.

After giving birth, mothers who are very fond of sweets face a lot of prohibitions, because doctors do not recommend many sweets because of their allergenicity. Halva also belongs to this category. Can halva be given to a nursing mother, because this product has many useful properties.

Why is halva useful?

Halva is most often made from sunflower seeds, peanuts, pistachios and sesame seeds. Sesame is an excellent tool for maintaining the nervous and skeletal systems, improving digestive processes and blood circulation.

Sunflower seeds help to make hair and nails strong, healthy and beautiful, normalize acidity and cholesterol levels.

Pistachios have a huge amount of iron, calcium, zinc, phosphorus.

Many women who consume halva notice that their lactation increases, and breast milk becomes more fatty and nutritious.

Halva while breastfeeding
Since nuts are considered one of the strongest allergens, any pediatrician will say that it is better to abandon the types of halva when breastfeeding, which are made from peanuts, preferring sesame or pistachio.

In addition, halva has a very high calorie content and its uncontrolled use can lead to overweight, so you should not get carried away with it.

Halva is a product that is quite heavy for the digestive system of even an adult, so some people may experience bloating and heaviness in the stomach after eating it. What to say about the fragile children’s gastrointestinal tract?

In any case, for the first time, you can eat a small piece, preferably in the morning along with unsweetened tea or water, following how the child reacts. It is worth giving up this delicacy if the baby has abdominal pain, colic, diarrhea, any manifestations of an allergic reaction (itching, redness, urticaria, especially if severe clinical symptoms appear: the child begins to swell and suffocate – in this case, you should immediately call an ambulance help and give any available in the house antihistamine).

Is it possible for a nursing mother to eat halva in the first month after giving birth? No you can not. Let the baby get used to and adapt to new living conditions for him outside of his mother. But 2-3 months after giving birth, you can already try to introduce halva into your diet. If the baby reacted normally, then you can gradually increase the dose, but not more than 100 g per day.