1, four-month-old baby still takes milk as the staple food. Milk is rich in calcium, which can promote the growth and development of baby's bones.
2, from one to many, from less to more. When adding complementary food, it is best for mothers to add the same small amount at first, at least for 3 days, and then switch to the next complementary food if there is no problem, and then gradually increase the amount.
3. The taste of complementary food should be light. Four-month-old baby's kidney function has not developed well, so mothers had better not add salt and other condiments to their babies in complementary food.
4. The complementary food is mainly fluid and mushy. Four-month-old baby's teeth haven't sprouted yet, so he doesn't have good chewing ability. Therefore, the complementary food should be mainly fluid and muddy. When the baby is older and teething, mothers will add a little solid complementary food to the baby according to the situation.
Dr. Cui Yutao suggested that iron-containing baby rice noodles should be the first choice for baby food supplement, so mothers can choose to buy some fortified iron baby rice noodles for their babies at first, and the blending ratio can be adjusted according to the ratio given on the package of the bought baby rice noodles. Among them, the green rice produced by the green base will be better and safer. Mothers can pay attention to it when buying, can't they? Double green rice? Made of baby rice noodles.
After the baby has successfully adapted to the baby rice noodles, mothers can try to add some vegetable puree or fruit puree to the baby, such as mashed vegetables, mashed potatoes, mashed carrots, mashed apples and banana puree. Vegetable puree and fruit puree are very simple. Most of them are washed, peeled (peeled), cut into pieces, steamed or cooked, crushed into puree, and mixed with the prepared baby rice noodles to feed to the baby. Dr. Cui Yutao doesn't recommend adding rice soup and porridge to a four-month-old baby, because they have limited nutrition and will affect the baby's milk drinking, so mothers can choose according to the baby's specific situation.
In addition, some mothers like to add fresh fruit juice and water to their babies before adding fruit and vegetable paste. Although fruit juice also has good nutrition, it is easy for babies to get used to eating light complementary food and develop a bad habit of picky eaters, which is not conducive to the baby's oral cleaning and tooth development. Mothers had better give their babies plenty of water.