Whether it is the World Health Organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics, or the Chinese Nutrition Society, it is recommended to exclusively breastfeed babies from 0 to 6 months, and for babies born at healthy term, the best time to introduce complementary foods is 6 months old.
The time to add complementary foods is very important, too early and too late!
What signal will the baby send when he wants to eat complementary foods?
Weight signal: The baby weighs more than twice as much as it was born, but less than 6kg, so you have to wait.
Developmental signals: can sit firmly on their own, can sit firmly on the back of the chair, and can control the rotation of the head and neck by themselves.
Signals on the amount of food: if the breast milk is sufficient, you also want to eat frequently, or the formula milk powder reaches 1000ml a day.
Original reflex signal: the baby's tongue reflex disappears, when feeding the baby with a spoon or other things into the baby's mouth, it will instinctively push out with the tongue, if this behavior disappears, you can consider adding complementary foods.
Behavioral signals: The baby sees adults eating, has a very interested look, has a certain hand-eye-mouth coordination ability, can feed food into the mouth more accurately, and is also a signal that complementary foods can be added.
If the baby has the above signals at the same time, the mother may consider adding complementary foods.
What else do I need to pay attention to when preparing to add complementary foods?
1, the first time to eat complementary food, the choice of spoon concave surface is slightly flat, can not be too deep, the spoon should be small, that kind of coffee spoon is more suitable for the baby.
2. Choose to start adding complementary foods in a happy and healthy state for your baby.
3. When feeding complementary food with a spoon, the spoon cannot be sent too deep into the mouth, and the food cannot be sent directly into the mouth by the baby's palate. One is that it is easy to cause nausea, and the other is not conducive to exercising the baby's independent intake of food and the exercise of chewing ability. Guide your baby to open his mouth and start with the tip of the spoon to ingest food on his own.
4, the baby does not eat, do not force. Only one new food can be tried at a time, and one adapts to try another new food. If discomfort occurs, pause and wait until the baby is older to eat.
5. The status of complementary foods changes with the age of the month: 4-6 months to feed juice-like and fluid food, 7-8 months can be paste-like or small particles, 9-12 months for larger granular solids. In short, the principle of going from thin to thick, fine to coarse, has to be observed.
6. Food types and order of addition: rice noodles, egg yolk puree vegetables, fruit blood, liver lean meat, chicken, fish and mutton, beef. The principle of going from few to many types of food must be followed.
7. Do not put condiments. Especially salt, which cannot be added within 1 year of age, can be added to vegetable oil in an appropriate amount. Soy sauce, vinegar, monosodium glutamate, etc. all contain salt, in addition to sugar, don't use these to flavor because you are afraid that your baby will not eat complementary foods. The taste affects the appetite, resulting in partial eating, and excessive salt can also damage the baby's kidneys.
Share six 6-month-old + baby mixed vegetable puree methods, rich in dietary fiber, healthy spleen and digestive aids. For more complementary food practices, please refer to Baby Butler.
Broccoli mashed potatoes
1: Wash the broccoli, cut into small flowers and soak for 20 minutes, then blanch.
2: Peel and cut the potatoes into pieces and steam them in a pot.
3, add an appropriate amount of warm water together to beat into a puree
Carrot pumpkin puree
1: Peel and cut the carrots and pumpkin into pieces and steam them in a pot.
2. Add an appropriate amount of warm water to beat together into puree.
Red date yam puree
1: Wash and cut the dates, peel and cut them into pieces, and steam them together.
2: Add an appropriate amount of warm water to beat into a puree, sift while removing the jujube peel.
Apple mashed potatoes
1: Cut the apple into cubes. Peel the potatoes and cut them into pieces and steam them in a pot.
Purple potato yam puree
1: Peel and cut the purple potatoes and yams into pieces, and steam them in a pot.
Corn carrot puree
1: Steam the corn and carrots in a pot
2, add an appropriate amount of warm water together to beat into a mud, sieved once.