The birth of each baby is the beginning of a family happiness, the baby from birth to get a variety of careful care from the parents, we also know that the baby is inseparable from a variety of nutrition, want the baby to grow up healthily, adequate nutritional supplements are essential. As babies age, breast milk gradually fails to fully meet the baby's nutritional needs, and the amount of iron reserves in the body is gradually depleted.
So what is the knowledge about the "iron content" in the baby's body?
1. Healthy full-term baby
For healthy term infants, newborns born 37 weeks gestational age, weighing more than 2.5 kg, without deformities, without disease, and without risk factors for iron deficiency. Babies from 0 to 4 months old, because of the abundant iron reserves at birth, do not need additional supplements regardless of the feeding method, if the pregnant woman's diet is balanced, the baby's birth weight is normal, the baby can be provided with iron reserves of up to 4-6 months. In nutritional theory, this does not require additional iron supplementation, but for the purpose of preventive iron supplementation, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that 1 mg/kg of iron supplementation be started at 4 months after birth, until the addition of complementary foods can consume enough iron-rich foods, and the overall benefit is greater. Therefore, if the baby has a question of "whether iron is needed", it is recommended that parents give priority to consulting a professional doctor or dietitian to assess the baby's special situation.
2. Mixed feeding babies
For infants using mixed feeding, parents can look at the iron content in the milk powder and estimate the iron content in the milk powder per day based on the amount of milk ingested by the infant, if the dose of 1 mg/kg is reached, additional iron additions are not required for 6 months; if this is not feasible, the use of iron can also be prevented after 4 months to achieve an iron intake of 1 mg/kg.
If parents are still worried about the baby's lack of nutrition, it is recommended that you can also choose to drink in line with the new national standard of Youbo Privilege Gayonian milk powder, this milk powder uses a refined whey protein formula, according to the scientific proportion of strengthening the calcium iron zinc content, so that the nutritional ratio is more scientific, to avoid the baby's nutritional deficiency; in addition, this milk powder also contains DHA, AA, choline, taurine, lutein and other nutrients, which can help the baby's brain, vision and other all-round growth; more worth mentioning is that this milk powder also meets the new national standard, The new national standard adjusts the range of protein content in 1, 2 and 3 stage milk powder, increasing the whey protein content in 2 stage milk powder should be ≧ 40%, and the whey protein content in Youbo Privilege Ganoan milk powder, 1 stage is as high as 70%, 2/3 stage is also 50%, nutrition is very comprehensive, is a high-quality choice for many mothers.
3. Babies born with insufficient iron reserves
If the baby is born with insufficient iron reserves, then it is recommended to supplement with iron prophylactically from 2-4 weeks after birth under the guidance of a doctor. Supplementation of 2 mg/kg of iron (iron + iron in food) once daily, up to 15 mg, according to your baby's body weight, is recommended from 2 to 4 weeks of life, and the additional iron dose should be reduced as appropriate when supplemented to 1 to 2 years of age, along with breast milk fortifiers, iron-rich formulas, and other iron-rich foods. It must be noted that when choosing supplements for the baby, it is necessary to consult a professional doctor for specific personalized supplements, for babies with iron deficiency risk factors or have been diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia, they need to take iron under the guidance of a doctor, and develop an individualized iron supplementation program according to the degree of iron deficiency and physical condition, until the anemia is corrected, and then cured for 6 to 8 weeks, follow the doctor's instructions for scientific iron supplementation.
So in daily life, how to judge whether the baby is deficient in iron? Look at the following symptoms, whether the baby has a serious expression, rarely smiles, and even some have "food fetishes", such as eating newspapers, raw rice and raw flour and other strange things. When in doubt, it is recommended that parents first take the baby to the hospital for professional examination, never judge themselves, blindly supplement Oh!