Regarding the problem of adding vegetables to baby food supplements, I want to say these words to my parents.

"Emergency, recently saw many children began to eat complementary vegetables? Can my children also eat? "

"Hey, by the way, the pumpkin recommended by Xiao Wang last time is good, and my son likes it."

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The daily discussion on children's complementary food has started again. Each family has different children, and each family's children have different tastes and different situations. However, the issue of vegetables has been the most discussed recently.

Because children start to add complementary foods, the first thing they eat is rice paste, and the second thing they add is vegetables. Compared with other complementary foods, vegetables have wider choices, more nutritional values and more diverse practices.

However, it is not difficult for the author to find that this also covers many problems, so many parents have different questions about when and what kind of vegetables their babies eat.

I met the same problem when I went to my best friend Xiao Xia's house before. Xiao Xia's son has been 4 months old and just started to add complementary food, but when eating, through observation, I found that the little boy's appetite was not very strong.

So after dinner, he asked Xiao Xia, "Why does your son feel that he doesn't like eating very much?" As if this question mentioned Xiao Xia's pain.

She quickly said, "That's right! I am worried about this. I read online that it is best to give children pumpkin puree one month before adding complementary food.

Don't eat other vegetables, so I give my children pumpkin paste every day. Aren't you tired of eating it? I don't know what to do next. "

I believe that Xiao Xia is definitely not the only one who has encountered this kind of problem, because the parents who take care of their children now are basically novice parents, and most of them are unwilling to listen to the opinions of the older generation.

However, I don't know much about parenting, so I often encounter such problems only scratching my head, just like "what should I do with 100 thousand?" So in order to help parents as much as possible, today, the author will introduce some things about baby's complementary food and vegetables.

0 1 When can I add vegetables to the complementary food?

Generally speaking, after 4-6 months, the baby's body develops fastest, which may be 2-3 times as much as usual, so complementary food will generally be added at this time.

The baby's first complementary food is usually rice noodles, and after eating for a while, you can add a second complementary food, which is actually vegetables. So when can I add vegetables?

This requires parents to observe on weekdays, and pay attention to whether the child has sneezing, coughing, vomiting and other symptoms after eating rice noodles. At first, when the baby tries to eat complementary food, it will definitely be somewhat unaccustomed.

The above are some unaccustomed symptoms. If parents find that these conditions are gradually improving or even disappearing, it means that children have adapted to eating rice noodles and can try to add other vegetables.

When the baby adds the first complementary food, the best interval between the first complementary food and the second complementary food is 1-2 weeks, so parents should also pay attention to the interval.

What kind of vegetables is the best to add? Why?

After knowing when the baby will add vegetables, parents should worry about what vegetables should be added to their children. In fact, parents can't blame them. Now the vegetable market is so developed that there are all kinds of novel vegetables. Which one should they choose?

① leafy vegetables

What is a leafy vegetable? Generally speaking, there are two kinds of vegetables, one is blocky vegetables, such as carrots and tomatoes, while leafy vegetables, as the name suggests, are cabbage and spinach. When children first add vegetable complementary food, the author recommends that parents choose leafy vegetables. Why?

First of all, leafy vegetables are actually the most commonly eaten vegetables in every family, which is in line with the eating habits of every family now. No matter whether it is cooking soup or cooking, there are few blocky vegetables.

Therefore, on the one hand, leafy vegetables are easier for the baby to chew, on the other hand, it can be regarded as letting the baby adapt to the eating habits in this family. Moreover, coupled with some genetic factors, mom and dad like to eat leafy vegetables, so the baby will definitely not be allergic to leafy vegetables.

If parents like to eat leafy vegetables, but give their children block vegetables, they are likely to have allergies because they are not adapted.

Secondly, compared with other vegetables, leafy vegetables contain relatively more iron, because for babies of 4-8 months old, the iron stored in the mother's stomach at first has basically been consumed, so a lot of iron must be supplemented, otherwise it will easily cause anemia in infants.

Some mothers will say, is there no iron in the block dish? Of course not, but on the one hand, blocky vegetables may not contain as much iron as leafy vegetables. On the other hand, the nutrients in leafy vegetables are more easily absorbed by the baby's body, laying a good physical foundation for the baby.

Finally, I don't know if parents have found that leafy vegetables are more bitter than blocky vegetables. Blocky vegetables such as tomatoes and carrots are basically sweet.

If children are allowed to eat blocky vegetables first, when children eat leafy vegetables later, children will not be able to stand its bitter taste and will resist eating.

In fact, this is also a foreshadowing. Let the children try the bitter taste of leafy vegetables first, and it will be easier for them to accept some when they are used to eating bitter and then eating sweet.

② Blocky vegetables

Although it has been said before that leafy vegetables may be more suitable for children in all aspects, block vegetables actually have their own advantages.

In fact, blocky vegetables also contain many nutrients that are not found in leafy vegetables, such as tomatoes. There are more than 20 kinds of carotene in tomatoes, which can completely supplement the nutrients that children need, and not only that, but also promote the baby's gastrointestinal digestion.

There are eggplant, which is very popular with all kinds of parents. Eggplant belongs to purple block vegetables. Although it looks plain, it actually contains many vitamins and trace elements, even higher than many leafy vegetables.

Before, I also heard that there was a debate about whether potatoes have nutrients. Here, I want to say that potatoes are not only rich in nutrients, but also contain many special protein, which can help babies moisten their intestines.

In fact, in general, block vegetables and leafy vegetables are all materials that can be added to the baby's complementary food, but they should be judged according to the time sequence and the specific situation of each baby.

How should vegetables be fed to children? Children can't put it down.

The nutrients in vegetables are undeniable, but even if the nutrients are high, if children don't eat them, they will be zero if they can't digest them.

Therefore, parents are also very anxious about this issue, and they are thinking about how to make this vegetable to make children like it every day. Here, the author puts forward some effective suggestions and methods, hoping to help parents.

The mixed feeding method first talks about leafy vegetables. Because leafy vegetables themselves may taste bitter, it may be difficult for children to accept if they eat them alone. At this time, many mothers began to worry: "What should I do? Children don't eat vegetables! " At this time, the universal mixed feeding method will work.

Parents can mix vegetables into their children's rice noodles and feed them to their children. Give your child a bite of rice flour, then a bite of vegetables, or directly mash the vegetables and mix them in rice flour, but this may affect the taste of the two complementary foods, so the author still recommends the former.

Not only can we do this now, but when the baby starts to eat meat later, we can actually feed the vegetables and meat in a mixed way. On the one hand, it covers up the bitterness of leafy vegetables, and on the other hand, it helps children digest meat. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?

After a period of mixed feeding, if children are used to the taste of leafy vegetables, parents can release and slowly add other vegetables, such as block vegetables.

Feeding method from less to more Some parents always give their children a lot of complementary food for the first time, but the result is obvious, not only that they don't eat much, but they also have resistance afterwards.

Parents need to know that nothing can be done overnight, and everything must have a process of gradual adaptation. When you first add rice noodles to your children, don't you let them drink milk first, and then add rice noodles little by little?

Therefore, when adding vegetable complementary food to children, in the first day or two, you can mash the vegetables into puree, mix this rice and give them one or two bites, and then gradually improve it. Give the children two spoonfuls of puree before changing it, and then slowly increase it, so as to get the best effect. Don't change the vegetables at any time when changing them, and try other dishes after the children are completely adapted to one.

Note that babies with a taste of 4-8 months have not yet begun to grow deciduous teeth, so if you just chew, a whole leafy dish or a block dish will definitely be powerless, which will not only be difficult to eat, but also affect the taste. Therefore, if children want to eat vegetables, parents should pay attention to the taste when cooking.

Take blocky dishes for example, the texture of blocky dishes is generally hard, so in order to adapt to the taste of children, parents should make it soft and cook it well. Or you can mash the block vegetables and make them into mud. The taste will be much more delicate, and families with conditions can use a juicer to smash them.

Not only that, in order to improve the taste, in fact, parents can occasionally add a little oil. Some parents think that children are too young to eat too greasy, but occasionally adding a little oil to cook vegetables can give full play to the maximum nutritional value of vegetables, and the taste will be better. Children will also have more appetite.

Summary:

When a child comes to this world, he accepts everything from nothing. If parents encounter the situation that the child is unwilling to eat complementary food or vegetables, they must calm down, don't worry, find out the reason, find a way to eat complementary food suitable for the child, learn to cook different foods with good taste, and believe that the child will be able to eat vegetables obediently one day.

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