As the baby grows up, relying solely on breast milk or milk powder can no longer meet the needs of children's growth. After the baby is 4-6 months old, the growth and development of the human body need a lot of nutrients. At this time, our own mother can choose to add complementary food to the baby. When it is natural to add complementary food, the baby will send a signal to her mother, such as the tongue-sticking reaction subsided, and she began to be interested in the parents' ingredients. She can stand on her neck and keep it for a long time, and the growth and development will be delayed to improve these.
The best time to add complementary food is around 6 months old. Some mothers with insufficient breast milk can consider starting to add complementary food for the first time after 4 months. It is not recommended that Bao Ma add complementary food to her baby too early or too late. If the complementary food is added too early, the baby may have diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, digestive dysfunction, etc. due to incomplete digestion and absorption; Adding complementary food too late may lead to unbalanced nutrition and lack of nutrition for the baby, and it will also lead to the situation of refusing to eat non-dairy liquid food.
2. What to add in the first bite?
I often hear some mothers say that the old people at home often say that egg yolk is the best food for children to add for the first time, and takes egg yolk as the baby's first complementary food. In fact, egg yolk is not the most suitable choice for the first addition. For the first time, the baby should choose high-speed trains and foods with high nutritional content, which is actually to strengthen the iron secret recipe rice paste. At the age of 6 months, the iron stored in the mother's memory has basically been consumed, and iron can't get elements from milk.
Iron is one of the essential nutrients for the body, and participates in key physiological activities such as hemoglobin concentration, DNA production and energy consumption. If there is not enough iron in the food supplement at this time, it is easy to cause iron deficiency and severe anemia. Severe anemia endangers the immune ability of infants, physical growth and brain development. The millet soup and rice paste made at home can't meet the baby's iron requirements. The secret rice paste is easy to absorb and not easy to cause allergic reactions. Therefore, the baby's first complementary food should be high-iron rice flour.
3. How to add complementary food
To add complementary food to your baby, you should follow the principle of adding from less to more, from thin to thick, from fine to coarse, and from one to many. The first bite of complementary food can be added between two meals of milk, when the baby is in a happy mood. Remember, mothers must prepare a soft and safe spoon before adding complementary food. Mother put the complementary food on the plate, let the baby stand up straight, and take a spoon to feed the baby. In order to cultivate the baby's better eating habits, mothers must remember to give the baby a quiet natural dining environment, and not let the baby suffer from the influence of TV sets, small toys and their mobile phones.
In fact, the first time you add complementary food, the baby just tastes it, and a spoonful will do. Because the baby has never eaten complementary food before, it is very likely that the baby will release and spit out the complementary food. Don't worry, mothers. This doesn't mean that the newly added complementary food baby doesn't like it very much, but he is not sure how to eat it. A mother must patiently help her baby get through it. Naturally, after adding complementary food for the first time, it doesn't disappear after eating it. The mother should check whether the baby has side effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and blisters. If there is, you need to stop adding it immediately, and then try it a little after the baby's symptoms recover. If the same adverse reaction occurs, you need to see a doctor as soon as possible to determine whether it is an allergic event. If the baby is well integrated, the mother can slowly add new ingredients to the baby according to the principle of addition.