Breastfed babies within 6 months need their mothers to eat more iron-rich foods, and those who eat formula milk powder can buy iron-fortified foods. If it is a serious situation, iron can be supplemented under the guidance of a professional doctor.
After 6 months, the baby can add complementary food, mainly to eat iron-rich food. Lean meat, animal liver and blood are called "iron triangle". In infancy, you can choose lean meat, appropriate amount of pig liver and eat fruits containing vitamin C, which can promote the absorption of iron.
1. When you first add complementary food, you can choose iron-containing rice flour to make it into a uniform paste, which tastes close to breast milk or formula milk and is easier to absorb, and you can also supplement iron.
2. Liver is the first choice to prevent iron deficiency anemia. High iron content, good absorption rate, easy to eat and digest, suitable for infants. Turn the liver into liver sludge, and add 1-2 times a week to the baby, and increase the number of times according to anemia. It is best to choose chicken liver, which is delicate in texture and delicious in taste.
3. Lean meat is also a good product for iron supplementation. After 7 months, you can add meat sauce and meat foam to your baby. You can also put it in porridge or noodles and cook it all the time to make minced meat porridge or minced meat noodles.
You can also choose tender fish paste at first. After you get used to it, add pork, chicken, beef and other pastes to your baby.
4. It is best to choose foods with high vitamin C content and meat to eat at the same time to help iron absorb better. Oranges, oranges, strawberries, melons, colored peppers, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, tomatoes, potatoes, green leafy vegetables and cauliflower are all foods with high vitamin C content. Fruit can be made into puree, and you can eat small pieces of fruit when you are bigger.
Chicken liver paste
Ingredients: 20g fresh chicken liver.
Production method:
1. chicken liver is soaked in clear water for 2-3 hours, then washed with running water and cut into small pieces.
2. Put the chicken liver into a steamer and steam for about 15 minutes.
3. Steamed chicken liver is pressed into mud.
Tip: Before the chicken liver is made, it must be soaked in water to soak the blood in the chicken liver. Because the liver is a detoxification organ, it must be cleaned.