From that day on, Tong Tong didn't want to eat complementary food. Every time he eats, he looks at his father eagerly. The father of the child thinks that the child is almost one year old and there should be nothing wrong. He simply brought Tong Tong a bowl and gave him the adult's meal, while Tong Tong was also very good, eating a small bowl of rice every meal.
Yesterday, neighbors took their children to the hospital for a physical examination. When the doctor asked about the child's diet, the neighbor proudly told the doctor that the child now has a particularly good appetite and has begun to eat adult meals, and can eat a small bowl at a time. Unexpectedly, the parenting doctor told the neighbors not to give the children adult meals any more, but to let the children continue to eat complementary food. After asking, he realized that children should eat less salty food before the age of 3, and it is best to eat it separately from adults, not to mention that Tong Tong is only one year old.
Therefore, children are not yet 3 years old, so it is best not to give them adult meals, mainly for the following reasons:
1, the baby needs a light diet.
Before the child is 3 years old, make sure that the child's food is light. /kloc-it is best not to put salt in food within 0/year, and it is best to put less salt after 1 year. The seasoning added in adult rice exceeds the baby's standard, which may inhibit the child's absorption of zinc and is not conducive to the child's physical development.
2, adult meals affect the baby's taste.
Babies like to eat adult meals mainly because adult meals have flavor. Just like drinking water, we can drink a cup of boiled water first and then a cup of sugar water, which will make the sugar water particularly delicious. If we drink sugar water first and then boiled water, boiled water can't be drunk. Adult meals are "heavy taste" for babies under 3 years old, which will affect the baby's taste.
3, increase the burden on the stomach and affect digestion and absorption.
The baby's teeth won't grow until two and a half to three years old. Without the help of teeth, the baby's chewing ability is relatively poor. If you let your baby eat the same food as yourself too early, it is very likely that the food will be swallowed directly without chewing. These foods that are not fully digested and decomposed will increase the burden on the baby's stomach and lead to indigestion such as diarrhea and bloating.
In addition, if you give your baby coarse fiber vegetables or meat that is not easy to chew, it may cause food to get stuck in your throat, leading to suffocation and other dangerous situations.
4. Low security.
Babies are not sure about many eating skills, such as not chewing, not grinding long fibers in vegetables, and not knowing how to keep fishbones, so babies 24 months ago should not be allowed to eat adult food too early.
5, complementary food should not be too single.
The single complementary food is easy to lead to the lack of some trace elements, which is not conducive to children's physical development. Mothers should make different kinds of complementary foods for their children every day, and pay attention to the nutritional ratio, so that children are not prone to anorexia. It is best to take your child to the hospital regularly for examination. If trace elements are lacking, they should be supplemented in time. Every time you add a new complementary food, you should pay close attention to your child's digestion. If you find abnormal stool or vomiting, rash, etc., you should temporarily stop feeding this complementary food. If it is a stool problem, try again after the stool returns to normal, and start feeding from the original amount or feed less.
How old is the baby to eat adult meals?
For this problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) suggested that after the baby 1 year old, parents can start to consider letting the baby and adults eat the same food.
When to start, the situation of each family is different, and the following factors need to be integrated:
1, baby's chewing ability
The strength of chewing ability is the key factor to determine whether a baby can eat adult meals, but each baby's chewing ability is different and needs to be improved through exercise the day after tomorrow.
So what can be done to strengthen the baby's chewing ability? First of all, it is also the most basic and best start, that is, according to the principle of from fine to coarse, from thin to thick, from small to large, from one to many, add complementary food correctly! Parents need to change the shape and hardness of food according to the baby's acceptance.
For example, when the baby is 6 months old, give him some mushy or muddy food. The first complementary food suggestion is rice noodles.
At 7 or 8 months, you can give your baby some soft porridge or noodles, and you can add some chopped vegetables to the porridge and noodles. When chopped vegetables are first added, the baby's stool may bring some vegetable residues, but as long as there is no indigestion such as diarrhea, parents don't have to worry too much;
8, 9 months when the baby teethed, you can give the baby some hard food, such as grinding biscuits or baking steamed bread slices, which can not only improve the baby's chewing ability, but also alleviate the discomfort when teething;
/kloc-about 0/year old, you can cut vegetables, meat and other non-staple foods into pieces for your baby to eat.
2, the baby's digestive ability
In addition to chewing ability, children's digestive ability should also be considered. If the baby's digestive ability is not good, eating adult meals will inevitably lead to indigestion symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. After a long time, it will also affect the growth and development of children. Therefore, if you want to know if your child's digestive ability is good, you just need to see if your baby's stool is normal or monitor your growth and development.
3. The health of family recipes
When the baby can eat adult meals depends on your family's recipes and the food itself.
If the ingredients used are safe, healthy and balanced, dishes with less oil and salt can be tried together after the baby 1 year old; If your family's recipes are salty or spicy, you can't give them to your baby even if you are about 3 years old.
Because before the baby is 3 years old, all the organs of the body are in the tender stage, spicy and irritating food will stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, which is easy to cause excessive internal heat, causing constipation, nosebleeds, dry mouth, sore throat and other symptoms. In addition, it will over-stimulate the baby's taste organs, leading to partial eclipse.
Therefore, before the baby is 3 years old, parents should try not to put irritating foods such as onions, ginger, garlic and peppers when cooking. You can put less pepper after you are three years old, but you still can't put pepper. In addition, it is best to use cooking methods such as steaming and stewing.