The traditional concept is that the child's first supplement is to add rice noodles first! Mainly because rice is a food that is not easy to be allergic, if we add rice to the child first, the child is not easy to be allergic, and the child is better digested and absorbed!
It is true that the child's complementary food eats rice noodles in the first bite, which may be less stressful for the child's gastrointestinal tract, but the child's addition of complementary food has a more important task, that is, to supplement iron.
According to the "Reference Intake of Dietary Nutrients for Chinese Residents", the daily iron needed by children 6 months ago was 0.3 mg, and the iron needed by children from 7 months to 12 months was 10 mg per day, that is, when children added complementary foods, the demand for iron increased by 33.3 times, and the child's dietary changes were only the addition of complementary foods, so the 33 times iron is the extra 9.7 mg of iron that must be supplemented from the complementary foods added by the child.
The iron content in cereals is very low, if parents give their children the first bite to eat their own home milled rice noodles, it is easy to lack iron, even if parents buy rice noodles with fortified iron outside for their children, but because the iron content in these rice flours is not very high.
For example, a very high-selling rice noodle in China contains only 5 mg of iron in 100 grams of rice flour. When the child first added complementary foods, he also ate 5 grams of 10 grams of rice flour at the beginning, which could only supplement less than one milligram of iron per day! In addition, the absorption rate of iron in plants is much lower than that in meat foods.
So by eating rice noodles to supplement iron is a bit of a drop in the bucket for children.
Nutritionist Liu Changwei mentioned in his book "What to Eat Every Week with Complementary Foods" that there is no basis for supplementary foods that must be added to cereals first, especially for exclusive breastfeeding, it may be better to add meat early, rather than waiting until the child is 8 months old to open meat!
Exclusive breastfeeding, children can add complementary foods can first add meat puree, to help children supplement iron
First, pure mother-fed children have healthier intestines
Breastfeeding is a kind of bacterial feeding, when the baby sucks the mother's nipple, the aerobic bacteria on the mother's nipple will enter the body through the baby's digestive tract, and a small amount of anaerobic bacteria in the skin will also enter the baby's intestines, helping the baby to establish a balanced intestinal flora, so the intestinal tract of breastfed children will be healthier.
Your baby's gut is healthy, and his digestive ability will be stronger when he adds complementary foods.
Second, pure mother-fed babies are not prone to allergies
Studies have found that drinking breast milk in children helps improve their ability to resist allergies.
Therefore, the probability of children drinking breast milk at 6 months to add complementary food allergies will be relatively low, and the probability of giving children meat puree or rice noodles will not be allergic!
Third, the iron content in breast milk is extremely low
The content of iron in breast milk is lower than the content of iron in milk powder, Ying Mama has a classmate in the pediatric department as a doctor, and the child will be pricked with fingers when hemoglobin is 7 months to 12 months old, mainly to see if the child has iron deficiency anemia, the mother will also fill out a table when pricking the child's finger, this table will write whether the child is breastfeeding or milk powder feeding, mixed feeding.
Classmates said that he found that those who breastfeed children, 70% of the children have low hemoglobin, that is, iron deficiency, and the probability of anemia in milk-fed children will be lower, because there is iron in the milk powder, and the iron content in breast milk will be lower, that is, the breastfeeding children are more likely to have iron deficiency and need iron supplementation more urgently.
The iron content in the meat paste will be slightly higher than the rice flour, and the absorption rate will be higher, so it is recommended that the child can consider adding meat puree or liver puree, which will help to quickly supplement the iron that the child lacks, and the child is also replenished well, which is more conducive to the development of the child.
Of course, in addition to the first bite of complementary food, the child should consider adding rice noodles to the child first, or adding meat puree and rice noodles at about the same time, which will help the child to better supplement iron!
Generally, rice noodles or meat paste are eaten for 1 to 2 months at most, and when the child is 8 months old, it is necessary to eat a slightly granular food. At this time, parents should also learn to make some iron recipes for their children.
For example, children can make broccoli beef puree for children at 8 months, broccoli is also rich in vitamin C, and beef is rich in protein and iron, vitamin C can promote the absorption of iron, once a week to the child to help children better iron supplementation, to prevent iron deficiency anemia.
Children's growth requires not only iron, but also high-quality protein and other nutrients. If you want your child to grow taller and want your child to be smarter, you need to work complementary foods.