1, depending on the time, add complementary food to the baby.
When to add complementary food to the baby is a matter of great concern to many parents. Infant experts suggest adding complementary food when the baby is half a year old, not earlier than four months. Because of the premature addition of complementary food, the baby's digestive system has not yet matured. Adding complementary food too early will lead to indigestion and impaired digestive function.
And it can't be later than eight months at the latest. Adding complementary food too late will lead to the body's failure to supplement enough nutrition in time, resulting in anemia of the baby, and it is more difficult to add complementary food and picky eaters in the later stage. It can be seen that the time range for babies to increase complementary food is "four months to eight months".
2. Add complementary food according to the baby's physical development performance.
In addition to looking at the age of the month, it is also necessary to comprehensively consider the baby's development. Generally speaking, the following situations can increase the complementary food for the baby. When the baby's weight reaches 12 kg to 15 kg or more, you can control your body movements and sit up with your hands. Watching adults eat at the dinner table will make them want to eat, and they will reach out and grab their parents' bowls and chopsticks; The baby's swallowing function is mature and he won't spit out the food in his mouth with his tongue. Before parents add complementary food to their baby, they must carefully observe the baby's physical condition before deciding whether to add complementary food.
Babies from half a year old to one year old should follow the corresponding principles when adding complementary food to their babies. Parents should never take it for granted to add complementary food to their babies. The wrong feeding method will damage their health, so it is necessary to add complementary food scientifically and reasonably.
1, content from less to more
When adding complementary foods to their babies, some parents are too impatient, afraid that their babies will be hungry and feed them a lot of complementary foods, and they are unwilling to let their babies eat less. Some parents even feel very satisfied that their babies have too much appetite and can eat a lot at one meal. It seems that the more babies eat, the better their health and the more successful their parents are.
In fact, this kind of practice and idea is wrong. When adding complementary food to your baby, it must be carried out from a small amount to a large amount. Because the baby's gastrointestinal development is still immature, don't eat too much at a time, otherwise it will lead to indigestion and food accumulation, which will make the baby feel very uncomfortable. And a small increase will give the baby enough time to adapt to complementary food, and will not have an aversion to complementary food.
When you first add complementary food, you should start with 30ML, and then gradually increase it a little bit. It should be noted that you must continue to drink breast milk or formula milk when you eat complementary food, and breast milk or formula milk is still the main one, supplemented by complementary food.
2, the ingredients from less to more
From one to many refers to the gradual transition from a single ingredient to a variety of ingredients. Adding new complementary foods should start from a single type and be observed for three to five days. After the baby can accept it smoothly and has no discomfort, another ingredient can be added. The reason for this is that allergens can be found quickly and effectively in the process of adding. In the past few days, you can observe whether the baby has allergic reactions. If there is no adverse reaction, it means that the food can be eaten normally.
If you suspect that your baby is allergic to food, you can feed the baby the same ingredients one week later. If you have adverse reactions after two or three connections, you can confirm that your baby is allergic to this food, and then you are forbidden to eat this ingredient to avoid damage to your baby's body. When adding complementary food, it is forbidden to add a variety of ingredients in a short time, which not only makes the baby's stomach indigestible for a while, but also can't tell which food is caused in case of allergic reaction.
3, texture from thin to thick
At the beginning of adding complementary food, the baby has no teeth, so he has no chewing ability. When adding complementary food, he should start with foods close to the texture of breast milk, such as vegetable juice and fruit juice, and then gradually transition to pasty foods, such as rice paste, pig liver paste, fruit paste, etc., and then transition to semi-liquid foods, and finally transition to solid foods.
Therefore, with the increase of the baby's age, the texture of complementary food should be gradually changed, from thin texture to thick texture, from fine particles to massive coarseness. Parents can also gradually change the texture of food according to the baby's teething condition. When the baby grows teeth, the tiny food is gradually made bigger, which can help the baby exercise his chewing and swallowing ability and help the teeth grow. Only from thin to thick, from small to thick will it not cause indigestion, which is beneficial to the baby's gastrointestinal absorption.
6- 12 months old baby should eat complementary food. The complementary food recipe should be clear. When the baby is about half a year old, it is necessary to consider supplementing balanced nutrition to the baby's body through complementary food. However, many novice parents are not clear about how to add complementary food. Inadvertently adding mistakes will harm the baby's health. Let's learn how to feed the complementary food for the baby from half a year old to one year old.
1, 4-6 months baby complementary food recipe
When you first add complementary food, you must start with ingredients that are not easy to cause allergies. Don't add any seasonings when making, because the baby's kidneys are still immature. Premature addition of seasonings such as salt will cause damage to the kidneys, and it will also damage the baby's sense of taste and develop the baby's bad behavior of picky eaters. We should start with nutritious rice soup that will not cause allergies, such as millet paste, fruit juice, vegetable soup and so on. Recommended recipes: iron-containing rice flour, liver mud, vegetable mud, etc., with milk content of 600 to 800 ml.
2, seven months baby complementary food recipes
Seven-month-old babies can appropriately add chopped vegetable soup, minced meat, puree, gruel, etc., and should gradually increase from a small amount. At this time, the baby has the ability to chew during teething, and at the same time, the digestive ability is gradually enhanced. You can also eat some biscuits to relieve the discomfort during teething, and you can also let the baby learn how to chew, and continue to drink breast milk or formula. Recommended recipe: paste-like supplementary food such as egg yolk, fish paste, tofu paste, etc., with milk content of 600 to 800 ml.
3, eight months baby complementary food recipes
When the baby grows up to eight months, he can eat some semi-solid foods, such as chicken and vegetable porridge, beef oatmeal, and egg yolk paste. He can also add some chopped carrots and tomatoes. If the baby is constipated, he can also add some foods containing dietary fiber. Recommended recipes: rotten noodles, thick porridge, chopped vegetable porridge, boiled vegetables, etc., the milk amount is 600 to 800 ml.
4, nine months baby complementary food recipes
At this time, the baby can chew some soft solid food, and parents can provide the baby with dough soup, cabbage and corn porridge, cooked rotten noodles, bread and biscuits. In the process of feeding, parents can let the baby eat the food by himself and train the baby's finger grip. The staple food is mainly pasta and porridge. Be sure to cook the staple food rotten to facilitate chewing and digestion and absorption. Recommended recipes: cut into small pieces of fruit, patties, thick porridge, etc.
5, 10 months baby complementary food recipes
Ten-month-old babies can already eat most foods, and the complementary food is set at three meals a day. After two hours of each complementary food, some fruits and milk can be added, and porridge, soft noodles and other foods can be eaten as the staple food. Recommended recipes: sweet potato porridge, jujube paste millet porridge, etc.
6, eleven months baby complementary food recipes
This month-old baby already has the corresponding chewing and swallowing ability. Granules and chopped food can be eaten, and the variety of ingredients is also enriched accordingly. We must pay attention to the collocation of meat and vegetables. Recommended recipes: egg soup, fish stewed with corn, millet pumpkin porridge and other foods.
7, 12 months baby complementary food recipes
One-year-old baby's deciduous teeth have basically grown up, and the diet has gradually approached adults. Soft food can be transformed into solid food, and the types and practices of food have also increased. It should be noted that fresh fruits and vegetables should be added when adding complementary food. It should be noted that it is easy to digest as much as possible in the production process, which is convenient for the baby to absorb. After the baby accepts it, you can try to eat some mixed fruit and vegetable puree to prevent the baby from constipation. Recommended recipes: carrot yam porridge, shredded lean meat, steamed buns, wonton, etc. Add some fruit and milk to your baby between meals to provide richer nutrition.
What matters should be paid attention to when adding complementary food? It is very important for parents to pay attention to the increase of complementary food, and they should not be careless. Besides the three principles mentioned above, they should also pay attention to some other matters.
1, don't force children to eat complementary food.
When you just give your baby complementary food, you should choose foods that are nutritious, easy to digest and absorb, and not easy to be allergic, and then gradually add other ingredients. When adding complementary food, we must respect the baby. When the baby is unwilling to supplement food, don't force the baby. You can wait a few days and try again. Forcing the baby will cause the baby's disgust, and finally the baby will reject the complementary food.
2. The addition of complementary food should be diversified.
The first person to feed complementary food is the mother, because the child has attachment to the mother, and the baby will accept it more easily. When the baby adapts to complementary food, it will be fed by others. Moreover, the varieties of complementary food should be diversified, and it is necessary to make complementary food by changing patterns frequently to make the baby interested in complementary food, and to absorb various nutrients and reduce picky eaters.
3. Proper food processing is beneficial to absorption.
When the complementary food is first added, the vegetable ingredients need to be steamed, mashed and added to the rice flour; Steamed meat ingredients are ground into paste, animal livers are dried in an oven, ground into powder and added into porridge or soup; Eating fruit after steaming can reduce the burden on the stomach, and then gradually increase it after the baby adapts. Don't eat too much, because there is a lot of sugar in the fruit, which will lead to dental caries and affect absorption.
Written at the end, it can be seen that adding complementary food to the baby must be decided according to the actual physical development of the baby, and different nutritional supplements should be provided according to the baby in different periods. Babies of different months have different physical development and require different nutrition. Parents should provide their babies with the most suitable complementary food according to the above methods, and be patient when adding complementary food to their babies, based on their wishes.