In the process of baby's growth, it is generally recommended to add complementary food to the baby of 4-6 months to supplement the nutritional deficiency in breast milk. The time for artificially fed babies to add complementary food can be appropriately advanced, but all babies should choose suitable food according to their own physiological conditions and physical needs and make plans to add complementary food.
At the same time, we should follow such principles: from small to large, from thin to thick, from fine to thick, from one to many.
When adding complementary food, it must be added when the child's health and digestive function are normal. It's best to postpone the addition when he is sick, and don't follow the scientific laws, otherwise it will easily cause indigestion, vomiting and diarrhea.
At the age of 4 ~ 5 months, add liquids, such as rice soup, orange juice, tomato juice, vegetable juice, etc., and supplement vitamins C, A and minerals.
Add egg yolk, rotten porridge, fish paste, vegetable paste, fruit paste, etc. About 5 months, and feed the chicken egg yolk first: mash the cooked egg yolk, mix it with a little milk and feed it with a spoon; Every day 1 time, starting with 1/4 yolk. After feeding for 23 days, the baby is fine and can be increased to half an egg yolk. After 2 ~ 3 days of observation, it will gradually increase to one egg yolk a day, and you can eat steamed egg soup for 6 ~ 7 months. Other methods of adding fruit puree and vegetable puree are similar.
You can eat minced meat, liver mud, fish mud, biscuits, bananas, tofu, animal blood and so on. At 6-7 months.
After 8 ~ 9 months, gradually eat boiled eggs, soft rice, noodles, wonton, jiaozi, egg cakes, minced meat, chopped vegetables and so on.
At 9~ 12 months, the baby's teeth have gradually grown out, and the hardness of the food can also be gradually increased, from the original soft food to a slightly chewy food, which can be squeezed with gums. The standard can refer to the hardness of bananas. Breastfed babies have entered the weaning period, and the requirements for complementary food nutrition are getting higher and higher. The number of meals a day can be increased to three meals a day.
During this period, because the baby's milk volume is gradually decreasing, it is very likely that there will be iron deficiency. In the addition of complementary food, mothers should pay more attention to the use of high-iron ingredients, such as spinach and pig liver, or continue to feed their babies with some high-iron milk powder.
1 ~ 1.5 years old, this stage is the period of the baby's intellectual development, and the mother should focus on feeding the baby more food that is helpful for brain development. Because DHA and EPA, two special fatty acids, play a great role in the development of the baby's brain and nervous system, mothers can add fish oil containing these two ingredients to the baby's complementary food, because the animals and plants on land do not contain these two substances, as long as,
1.5 ~2 years old, this stage is the alternate period from complementary food to staple food, so you should learn to eat with your parents. In addition to mixed food and balanced nutrition, we should also pay attention to the baby's daily drinking water. Once constipation occurs, let your baby drink plenty of water, take proper outdoor exercise and supplement some high-fiber foods, such as celery and rape.
2~3 years old, the baby can eat the same food as his family. After the baby is over 2 years old, the intestinal digestive system gradually develops, and the types and time of diet are roughly the same as those of adults. However, we should pay attention to balanced nutrition, eat easily digestible food, and avoid spicy and irritating food. In addition to three meals a day, you can also add snacks to your baby twice in the afternoon. It should be noted that snacks should not be too much and should not be close to dinner, so as not to affect the appetite of dinner.