For babies, when they can eat complementary foods, parents can make some lean meat porridge for their children. The nutritional value of lean meat porridge is relatively high, it contains high-quality protein, and it is easier to make porridge. Digestion is also good for children's gastrointestinal conditioning. When children eat lean meat porridge, they can appropriately add some vegetables, such as carrots, which is very beneficial for a balanced nutritional diet.

How to make lean meat porridge for babies

The most correct way to make lean carrot porridge for infants and young children is to scrape the carrots into fine pieces with a small iron spoon and then use it to cook the porridge. , if you feel it is not fine enough, you can chop it a few more times with a knife. This method not only retains its vitamins and other nutrients more comprehensively, but also retains its original sweet taste, which babies like very much.

Ingredients: A bowl of white porridge, appropriate amount of carrots, 80 grams of lean meat, and a little salt.

Preparation: Wash and peel the carrots, scrape them into pieces with a small iron spoon, and then chop them into fine pieces. Chop the lean meat into fine mince.

Method: After the white porridge is boiled, add minced carrots and minced lean meat. After boiling, continue to cook for 8 minutes. Just add a little salt.

When should we start adding complementary foods to infants?

Breast milk is the best nutrition for babies. It can fully meet the growth and development needs of babies before 6 months. Exclusive breastfeeding can meet the needs of 6 months. All the liquids, energy and nutrients needed by babies under the age of 10, without any complementary food. In fact, many babies cannot adapt to the early addition of complementary food.

Some mothers are worried that insufficient breast milk will affect the development of their babies, and hope to give their babies more nutrition. They add complementary foods to their babies too early. This is often counterproductive and harmful to the baby's health. Eating complementary foods such as rice noodles too early can lead to insufficient protein intake and affect physical growth and brain development.

Some mothers feel that breast milk is sufficient and has enough nutrients to feed their babies, so they postpone the introduction of complementary foods. In fact, the iron content in breast milk after 4 months is getting less and less, and it needs to be supplemented from complementary foods. Some parents feel that adding complementary foods is too troublesome, especially when the baby is just starting to learn. They simply put rice cereal and milk paste into bottles for the baby to drink, or simply postpone adding complementary foods. Learning to eat complementary foods is a brand new attempt for babies. Not only can they get more nutrients, stimulate the development of teeth and oral cavity, train chewing and swallowing functions, but it is also the starting point for babies to move onto a new growth ladder.

Generally, complementary foods can be given to babies starting from 6 months of age. Mixed feeding or artificial feeding babies can add complementary foods after 4 months, while exclusively breastfed babies can start later, but each baby's growth and development is different, and individual differences are also different, so the time to add complementary foods is also different. It cannot be generalized.