After your baby turns 6 months old, he will start the first big change in diet - eating complementary foods.
For babies, especially sensitive babies, it is both a surprise and a challenge.
Under normal circumstances, mothers only need to follow the order of addition from one to many, from less to more, from thin to coarse, from thin to thick, from thin to thick to add complementary foods to the baby.
But for allergic babies, in addition to following these principles, there are some special "rules", novice mothers must not step into the misunderstanding. In particular, the following 3 points must be avoided!
Myth 1:
Minbao is prone to insufficient nutrition, and it is necessary to add complementary foods earlier
Breastfeeding Minbao, but also strictly avoid dairy products, some mothers may think that their milk is "not nutritious enough"; and milk powder feeding Minbao, some mothers may think that deep hydrolyzed formula milk powder, nutrition loss, not as good as ordinary milk powder, the baby drank not enough nutrition. At this time, the mother will hope to give the baby complementary food as soon as possible to supplement the "insufficient" nutrition.
But in fact, babies with milk protein allergies do not need to add complementary foods in advance. According to the dietary guidelines for Chinese residents, it is enough to start introducing complementary foods when the baby turns 6 months old. It should be noted that complementary foods should not be added during the avoidance of milk-containing diets for diagnosis to avoid unclear diagnosis.
First, babies who are breastfeeding or deep hydrolyzed formulas are getting the nutrients they need to grow up as long as they drink enough milk. Deep hydrolyzed protein formula is only a highly allergenic milk protein molecule, "cut" into a lowly allergenic short peptide or amino acid, its essence is conducive to the absorption of the baby, in terms of nutrition, and ordinary formula milk powder is basically the same.
Secondly, most babies gradually disappear after 4 months of age, and the tongue and swallowing movements will slowly coordinate.
Even children with milk protein allergy do not need to add complementary foods in advance, do not postpone the addition, it is recommended to start adding complementary foods at 4-6 months of age, but avoid the time of diagnosing food allergies.
Myth 2:
Directly add sensitive foods to Minbao to enhance sensitivity
Cow's milk protein allergy babies may not just avoid "cow's milk protein", because the protein between different foods is very similar, prone to cross allergies. Up to 10-35% of infants with cow's milk protein allergy are also allergic to soy1.
Although the ESPGHAN guidelines state that no scientific experiment can prove that delaying the addition of eggs, fish and other high-protein foods can effectively help milk-allergic babies. Parents are advised to consult a doctor before giving their baby foods that may cause allergies, such as milk, soy, eggs, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts and fish.
In addition, when buying complementary foods for their babies, mothers must carefully check the ingredient list to avoid allergens.
For example, baby enjoy home products, is a food supplement specially developed for sensitive babies, all product details can be seen from the ingredient list, no added 8 major allergens: no egg milk, wheat, gluten, etc. A gospel food supplement for really sensitive babies~
Myth 3:
The more types of complementary foods are added, the better
Ordinary babies first add complementary foods, they must be the same, can not be a variety of complementary foods at the same time, let alone milk allergies babies. Adding complementary foods one by one is conducive to adapting to new foods, and it is also easy to find potential food allergens.
The time difference between the addition of the two complementary foods should be more than one week, and after confirming that the baby has no sensitive reaction, a new complementary food is added7. After adding a new food supplement, if there is a recurrence of the disease or new symptoms and signs (i.e., reactions), Minbao should immediately stop adding the food, and if a food allergy is confirmed, follow the doctor's advice.
In addition to avoiding the above 3 misunderstandings, mothers should also remember that the main source of nutrition for babies at this time is still milk, and complementary foods are only "auxiliary". Minbao, aged 7-12 months, is guaranteed to consume approximately 600ml of breast milk or deep hydrolyzed formula per day to support your baby's brain and physical development.