Babies can start to add complementary foods when they are 6 months old. It is best to add complementary foods at least 2 hours after eating milk, or simply before taking the next milk, that is, feed complementary foods first and then breastfeed. , feed him when he is hungry, twice a day is enough.

Baby complementary food starts with rice noodles. Buy less. I bought a bunch of them without knowing it at the time. In fact, I didn’t finish even one box. I started with the most common and finest rice noodles. Dilute the time and feed her a little before feeding her again. About one or two spoons is enough. Then feed her milk. Do the same in the afternoon. After four or five days, observe her reaction. If there is no adverse reaction, you can feed her a little. After adding some amount, or starting with fruits and vegetables, remember that no matter what kind of food, there will be an adaptation period of about 4 days, and then add it slowly.

There are different opinions on the timing of adding complementary foods. Authoritative organizations such as the World Health Organization and the Chinese Ministry of Health recommend starting to introduce complementary foods at 6 months, but attention should also be paid to not adding complementary foods too late. The types of complementary foods that babies need at different stages are different. Let’s take a brief look at them.

For babies aged 4-6 months, if they can raise their heads, show chewing movements, often bite the spoon and hold on, etc., you can add some rice cereal, Porridge also has fruit puree and other foods; for 6-8 month old babies, fruit puree, vegetable puree, meat puree and iron-fortified food can be added to it; for 8-10 month old babies, they can pick up things by themselves if they appear. If you put anything you see in your mouth and move your jaw to chew, you can consider adding solid food to your baby, such as rotten noodles, biscuits, soft rice, etc.; 10-12 month old babies have more teeth. When the baby grows, you can try to use a spoon by yourself, and it becomes easier to swallow food. You can also add other solid foods to the baby, such as minced vegetables, minced meat, noodles, steamed buns, etc.; the development of babies aged 1-2 years is tending to be perfect. Coupled with early training, the types of food that can be added to the baby can be very rich.

For babies before 10 months old, they should mainly feed on breast milk or formula milk. Complementary food is only supplementary food. It is usually added 1-2 times a day, but the addition of complementary food and The amount of breast milk is related to a certain extent, and mothers should adjust it in a timely manner. As the baby grows older, the number of complementary foods should gradually increase. When adding complementary foods, only one type of complementary food can be added at a time for at least three days. The baby should be allowed to adapt to it before adding new complementary foods. Do not add several complementary foods at one time. During this process, if the baby feels unwell, the introduction of complementary food should be suspended, and then continue to be introduced in small amounts after the baby returns to normal.