As the saying goes: Every family has a difficult scripture.
However, in terms of baby feeding, there is a problem that generally plagues the majority of parents. That is:
My baby also eats a lot
But how come I don't see the long meat/ah?
Because of this, many parents have begun to think wildly: Is it not good to absorb? Problems with the intestines? Or a physical problem?
But in fact, the key to the problem may not be the baby, but the food we give the baby every day.
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These foods are low in nutrient density
The more your baby eats, the thinner he gets
Eating more does not mean that the baby absorbs more, some foods seem to be large, but in fact, there is not much nutrition.
Among the thousands of ingredients, the nutrient density can be divided as follows:
Solid Food> Liquid Food
Whole foods> Foods that have been decomposed
If parents have been eating low nutrient density food for their children, at that time, the baby is indeed full, but in fact, it does not absorb much nutrition.
◆ Meat > broth
Influenced by traditional concepts and cognition, many parents feel that broth is very nutritious.
But in fact, most of the nutrition is still in the meat, and most of the soup is free fat and water.
Take "calcium bone broth" as an example:
There is indeed calcium in the ribs, but calcium is insoluble in water, and the calcium in the rib soup is very small, 1L soup is only about 10mg of calcium, and 1L of milk has about 1000mg of calcium.
Therefore, drinking bone soup to supplement calcium is really ineffective.
◆ Rice > rice soup
Like broth, the vast majority of rice soup is water.
Compared to solid foods, this semi-liquid food provides very little energy and nutrients.
If you can give your child rice directly, don't give your child rice soup.
Long-term drinking of rice soup and broth for children will not only lead to children's nutrition not keeping up, affecting the body, but also hindering the development of the baby's chewing function.
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Eat according to this standard
The more your baby eats, the healthier he gets
As a part of the nutritional source of the baby after 6 months of age, whether the baby can eat well or not determines whether the baby can grow up healthily.
Don't worry about the baby can't digest, but give him some low nutrient density liquid, semi-liquid food, the correct food supplement process is as follows:
◆ 6 to 9 months old
Eat puree and granular foods.
The baby's first bite of complementary food should be fortified iron baby rice noodles, and after the baby adapts, slowly add some mud-like food.
Such as vegetable puree, fruit puree, egg yolks, meat puree and so on.
When the child is 8 to 9 months old, semi-solid foods such as rotten noodles, thick porridge, wontons, etc., are mainly natural grains.
At this stage, the child can already adapt to semi-solid food, and eating semi-solid food can also exercise his chewing ability.
You can also try finger foods, i.e. lump or strip foods, such as small pieces of broccoli, potato fries, carrot strips, etc.
◆ 10 to 12 months old
This stage is to gradually transition from semi-solid food to solid food.
Parents can gradually make food into solids for their children to eat, such as soft rice, noodles, steamed buns, buns, etc.
In addition, at this age, the parents will begin to cultivate the baby's ability to eat independently.
◆ 13 to 24 months old
Children after 13 months of age can already eat like adults.
But it is not recommended that children and adults mix meals, parents should do it for their children alone, the taste is light, the food eaten should be balanced and comprehensive, and all major categories should be there.
For example, pork, eggs, broccoli, dragon fruit and so on.
Children do not eat meat / one, the probability is the problem of "eating".
Babies eat high nutrition, in order to eat more and more strong!
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