Adding complementary food to the baby can not only supplement nutrition in time, but also exercise the baby's gastrointestinal function, cultivate the baby's adaptability to various foods, and prepare for the baby's transition from milk to food. Not only that, but also exercise their chewing ability, promote digestive function and lay a good foundation for weaning.

So when should I add any complementary food to my baby? Children's concentrated cod liver oil can be added in half a month, 65438+ 0-2 drops a day, and gradually increased to 4-6 drops. Vitamin A and D can be supplemented directly by dripping into the mouth to prevent rickets. You can also feed some warm water and light sugar water between meals.

Fresh fruits, such as oranges, tomatoes, apples, watermelons, peaches, grapes, etc. 1-2 months later, it can be squeezed into juice, diluted slightly with boiling water, fed 1-2 times a day, supplemented with vitamin C, and the feces turn slightly green after eating juice, so parents don't have to worry.

After 3 months, due to increased saliva secretion, you can add some baby cakes or rice noodles to make a paste and feed it to your baby with a spoon. The 4-month-old baby is about to run out of iron from the mother's body and can supplement the egg yolk.

Once a day, from 1/4, gradually increase to eat an egg yolk. The method is to mash the cooked egg yolk, make it paste with a little milk and feed it with a small spoon.

At the age of 5 months, you can supplement some foods rich in iron, such as egg yolk, fish paste, chicken and duck blood, etc. And transfer it to a baby cake or rice paste. You can also add vegetable puree, fish and carrot puree, pork and potato puree, or replace the fruit with fruit puree. You can eat rotten porridge, vegetable paste, fruit paste, rotten noodles, steamed egg soup and so on for 6 months. , to supplement protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and a small amount of cellulose.

You can also let children eat bread and practice chewing their teeth. 7 months can feed some rotten noodles, rice porridge, minced meat, egg cakes, fish fillets, liver mud, vegetarian dishes and so on. And give some food for grinding teeth, such as dry bread and baked steamed bread slices, to help the baby's deciduous teeth sprout.

8 months minced meat, liver mud, fish mud, porridge, biscuits, cooked bananas, tofu, boiled eggs, egg cakes, soft rice, steamed buns, jiaozi, wonton, noodle soup, dried noodles, steamed bread, etc. Minced meat and dried tofu can be added in 9 months.

You can eat baby porridge twice a day instead of breastfeeding twice to further prepare for weaning. From 10 to 12, you can transition from porridge and noodles to soft rice, steamed bread and other meat dishes.

If breastfeeding, consider weaning. When adding complementary food, it should be small at first and gradually increase after one week.

When adding complementary food, we should also pay attention to the following questions: 1, complementary food should be increased in the same amount, the baby should adapt to one kind of food, and the stool is normal after eating, and then add a second new food. 2. Complementary food should be added with the time of feeding, preferably before feeding, because when the baby is hungry, it is easy to accept new food.

3. If the baby refuses to eat a certain food or has indigestion after eating it, stop feeding and wait for a few days. 4, when the baby is sick, it is not appropriate to add complementary food to avoid indigestion. When adding complementary food, always pay attention to the baby's stool.

5, add complementary food to the baby from less to more, from fine to thick, from thin to thick, from semi-fluid to solid, step by step, gradually increase, not too fast, so as not to cause indigestion. 6. To make complementary food, you should choose fresh food and eat as much as you want.

Keep tableware clean and disinfect frequently. Pay attention to food hygiene, adults should not taste it before feeding the baby, and don't blow the food cold with their mouths.

What is the timetable for the addition of baby complementary food?

Does the baby need weaning when it is 4 months old? Experts believe that many young mothers start weaning their children when they are two or three months old because of their size or work pressure, which is neither fair nor conducive to their growth.

If possible, let the baby eat until 8 months before weaning. Because from the baby's 8 months old, the nutritional components of breast milk began to decrease, and the amount of breast milk gradually decreased, which gradually failed to meet the baby's needs.

The development index of a 4-month-old baby is generally 8 to 10 months, but weaning needs to be done slowly. The healthy growth of babies needs the supplement of various nutrients. Therefore, it is an inevitable process to gradually add complementary food until a smooth transition to normal ordinary food. However, in the timing of weaning, young mothers tend to be eager to wean, which in turn leads to a sharp drop in the baby's appetite.

We know that babies have a keen sense of taste and are very picky about their diet, especially those who are used to breastfeeding, and often refuse the temptation of other milk. How to add complementary food to 4-month-old baby? Main food: breast milk or formula milk or milk complementary food: warm boiled water, cold boiled water, fruit juice (orange juice, tomato juice, hawthorn water, etc. ), vegetable juice, cod liver oil, (the ratio of vitamin A to vitamin D is 3: 1) Diet: once every 4 hours. Breastfeeding time is 6: 00 am10 ~ 65438. Dilute 90 ml vegetable juice at 8 o'clock; 12, feed 90 ml diluted fresh orange juice or tomato juice, and add a little fruit puree.

Afternoon: 14, breastfeeding 10~ 15 minutes, or 180 ml formula milk; 15, feed 80 ml diluted vegetable juice and a little fresh vegetable paste; 16, 90 ml of warm water (or cold water) can be fed, and appropriate amount of sugar can be added; 18, breastfeeding 10~ 15 minutes, or 180 ml of formula milk. Evening: breastfeeding at 22 o'clock 10~ 15 minutes, or 180 ml formula milk; At 2 o'clock in the morning, breastfeed 10~ 15 minutes, or 180 ml of formula milk.

Four-month-old baby food supplement recipes recommend jujube paste, banana milkshake, sweet and smooth millet soup, pear paste, vegetable water and carrot and beef porridge. Why should the baby add food supplement when he is 4 months old? The head circumference and chest circumference of the 4-month-old baby are roughly equal, which is more than 10cm longer than that at birth and weighs about twice as much as that at birth. Due to the growing demand for physical development, the nutrients such as calcium and iron stored in the body are almost exhausted. At this time, only breast milk or milk powder can not fully meet the nutritional needs of infant growth and development.

Therefore, most babies should start to add complementary food when they are 4 to 6 months old. If the baby is completely formula-fed, complementary food should be added after 4 months.

Can the baby eat salt when he is 4 months old? It's best not to give the baby salt now. The baby's small kidney is not fully developed and cannot be completely metabolized. Giving your baby salt will increase the burden on your baby's kidneys. In addition, the baby's diet should be separated from that of adults at this time. Never give it to your baby when adults are eating, because there are too many seasonings such as oil, salt and monosodium glutamate in adults' diet, which is hard for your baby's body to bear. After 6 months, the child's ability to filter urine gradually matured and he could eat a little salt. 10 months later, the amount of salt that children can eat every day is about 2~3g.

Food that 4-month-old babies can't eat? As the baby grows up, his desire for food will become bigger and bigger, and his pursuit will become simpler and simpler. However, you are also eager to have more dishes to meet your baby's needs.

But not all food is safe for babies. The baby's digestive system is immature, and he is very picky about food. Many foods can't appear on their small table for the time being.

Staple food: Many parents prefer to choose flour and rice when adding complementary food to their babies, but in fact, the B vitamins in flour and rice have been destroyed, which will also affect vision development due to excessive chromium loss and become a major cause of myopia. Carnivorous food: Carnivorous food is rich in iron and protein, and is usually considered as very nutritious food. Stewing the meat until it is soft or chopped helps the baby to eat smoothly.

But fish with high content of egg white and mercury, for example, are not allowed to appear in the initial stage of complementary food. Seafood: Shelled seafood such as crabs and shrimps can cause allergic symptoms in infants, and it is also recommended not to feed them before 1 year old.

Vegetables: Some vegetables, such as spinach, leek and amaranth, contain a lot of oxalic acid, and indigestible vegetables such as bamboo shoots and burdock should not appear in complementary food too early. Beans: Beans contain factors that can cause goiter, and babies are more vulnerable during their growth and development.

In addition, beans are difficult to cook thoroughly, which is easy to cause allergic and toxic reactions. Fruits: fruits that are easy to cause allergies, such as mangoes, pineapples, hairy fruits (peaches, kiwis), etc., are best not to be given to babies.

Allergy can not only cause skin redness, itching, rash, abdominal pain and diarrhea, but also cause asthma, especially in children. Food allergy is usually one of the main causes of allergic asthma. Children before the age of 3 have a high probability of food allergy.

Beverages: such as mineral water, purified water, functional drinks, * * * drinks, etc. Seasonings: strong flavors such as sand tea sauce, tomato sauce, Chili sauce, mustard, monosodium glutamate, etc., or too much sugar, which is easy to increase the burden on the baby's kidneys and interfere with the body's absorption of other nutrients. Babies under one year old should not eat salt, and too much monosodium glutamate will affect the utilization of zinc in the blood.

Snacks: Strictly speaking, in the primary stage of baby's complementary food, don't give your baby snacks, especially snacks containing additives and pigments, which are low in nutrition and high in sugar, and are easy to destroy the taste of infants and children and cause tooth decay. Especially popular ginseng foods in the market at present, such as candy, biscuits, milk powder, malt lactose, ginseng royal jelly and so on.

Ginseng can promote the secretion of sex hormones, and eating such products will lead to precocious puberty. Parents with allergic children can discuss with their doctors and delay the addition of complementary food.

In addition, before the baby is one and a half years old, parents should avoid making complementary foods containing allergic ingredients. Examples of ingredients are as follows. 1, use rice flour instead of wheat flour: the ingredients in wheat flour are more likely to cause allergies, so if the baby of 4~6 months wants to feed complementary food, try to use rice flour instead of wheat flour.

2. Avoid milk or protein ingredients: Parents should avoid using milk or protein ingredients, such as cheese, cheese and cake. It is recommended to use egg yolk products after 7 months.