Adding complementary food to your baby, these three aspects are very important, have you considered all of them? Adding complementary food to your baby, these three aspects are very important, have you considered all of them? Complementary food is a very important part of baby's growth and development, it affects the baby's physical development and intellectual development. The correct addition, scientific collocation, and balanced nutrition of complementary foods are also homework that mothers must do before adding complementary foods to their babies. Most mothers know that the baby can start adding complementary food after 6 months, but they are not very sure about the specific details of adding complementary food, such as the types of food that can be added at different months of age, food characteristics, intake per meal, How to control the meal times of complementary food, and the problems that need to be paid attention to when eating complementary food... This article will answer your doubts. First of all, mothers must correctly grasp the general principles of adding complementary foods [1], be aware of it, and proceed step by step. Methods of adding complementary foods1. To add complementary foods at the beginning of 6 months, choose foods that are easy to swallow and digest and are not easy to cause allergies . It is recommended to choose fortified iron rice noodles for the first time. When preparing, it can be made into a paste with milk or warm water to avoid being too thick or too thin; after the child gets used to it for 2-3 days, you can gradually choose some vegetables (such as: carrots, pumpkins, tomatoes, etc.) , or red meat (lean pork, beef, pork liver, etc.), or fruits (apples, bananas, pears, papaya, etc.) are processed into mashed substances and mixed into rice noodles, choose one food at a time, and gradually enrich the child's food type. In order to ensure breastfeeding, it is recommended to feed breastmilk at the beginning, and then feed the baby with complementary food when the baby is half full, and then breastfeed as needed; for formula feeding, you can choose to add complementary food to the baby in the middle of two formulas. As the amount of complementary food for infants increases, it can be gradually transitioned to a complete meal of complementary food, and one meal of complementary food can be alternately fed with breast milk or formula. The first complementary food intake should be 1-2 spoons (about 10ml of white porcelain spoons) of muddy food, which can be rice noodles, vegetable puree, fruit puree, etc., only add one kind at a time, and observe that there is no allergic reaction for 2-3 days Other iron-rich foods can be introduced. After adapting to a variety of foods, they can be mixed and fed, such as rice flour mixed with vegetable puree, rice flour mixed with meat puree and egg yolk puree. 2. Some babies aged 7-9 months may have erupted deciduous teeth, and have certain swallowing, chewing and digesting abilities, which can gradually increase the roughness of the food. Complementary food can gradually replace 1-2 meals, and maintain a total milk volume of more than 600ml per day. .
Precautions for adding complementary foods#1 Feeding complementary food for the first time should not be rushed. The baby needs to have a gradual adaptation process from getting used to liquid milk to eating some mushy food. When feeding food to the baby, use a spoon to send the food to the front of the tongue of the child, let the baby move the food to the back of the mouth through his own oral movements for swallowing, and avoid sending the food directly to the back of the tongue, otherwise it is easy to cause jamming Choking or causing nausea and vomiting. In the initial feeding stage, the feeding speed should not be too fast. After feeding, the baby should rest for a while, do not have strenuous activities, and do not breastfeed immediately. #2 The characters of complementary food are changeable. With the growth of the baby's age, pay attention to let the baby taste the food with different tastes, textures, and cooking methods. Different food tastes can stimulate the baby's better development of taste. Mothers can make complementary foods of different colors and shapes for the baby according to the different months and ages of the baby to attract the child's attention. #3 Eating complementary food with a sense of ritual Before eating complementary food, put on a bib for your baby, sit in a dining chair, wash your hands, tell your baby to eat, and let your baby develop a good habit. When you repeat these actions every day, your baby will know what to do, and it will also make your baby more focused when eating, and cultivate your baby's good eating habits. #4 Pay attention to the following signs that the baby is full, indicating that the baby is full, do not force the baby:
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