Milk is the staple food.
The four-month-old baby is still nursing. Milk is rich in calcium, which can promote the growth and development of baby's bones.
One to many, from less to more.
From one to many, from few to many. When adding complementary food, it is best for mothers to add the same small amount first for at least 3 days. If there is no problem, change to a complementary food, and then gradually increase the amount.
A light taste
The taste of complementary food should be light. The four-month-old baby's renal function has not developed well, so it is best for mothers not to add salt and other condiments to the baby's complementary food.
Fluid and mushy supplementary food
The complementary food is mainly liquid and muddy paste. The four-month-old baby's teeth haven't erupted yet, so he doesn't have good chewing ability. Therefore, the complementary food should be mainly liquid and muddy. When the baby is older and teething, mothers will add a little solid food supplement to the baby according to the situation.
Iron-containing baby rice noodles are the first choice.
Dr. Cui Yutao suggested that iron-containing baby rice flour should be the first choice for baby food supplement, so mothers can choose to buy some iron-fortified baby rice flour for their babies first, and adjust the proportion according to the proportion given on the package of the bought baby rice flour. Among them, the green rice produced in the green base will be better and safer. Mothers can pay attention to whether it is baby rice noodles made of "double green rice" when buying.
Vegetable puree and fruit puree
After the baby successfully adapts to the baby's rice noodles, mothers can try to add some mashed vegetables or fruits 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 boiled, ground into mud, mixed with prepared baby rice noodles and fed to babies.
Juice should not be too much
Some mothers like to add fresh juice and water to their babies first, and then add fruit and vegetable puree. 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 oral cleaning and tooth development. Mothers had better give their babies enough water.