The journal "Pediatrics" proposes that if the infant's development level does not meet the standard of eating complementary foods, the introduction of complementary foods can be postponed, between 4 and 8 months.
The older generation often said that in the past, there was no concept of "complementary food" for raising children, and people fed their children breast milk for a period of time, and then began to drink porridge, chicken cake, noodles, and then eat adult meals.
In contrast, parents now devote more effort to complementary foods, not only paying attention to the details of taste, but also having extremely high requirements for the quality of ingredients. Some parents spend high prices to buy organic ingredients, and some people choose to "open up the wasteland" to grow vegetables for their babies to eat.
Zhang Ziyi "planted complementary food" for her daughter to eat
Zhang Ziyi, the mother of the second child, is not only very serious in her work, but also not sloppy in raising a baby. She does not pay attention to the outside of her children like some stars, but has the ultimate pursuit in life.
After she gave birth to her daughter and woke up, she used to "open up the wasteland" at home to create an exclusive small vegetable garden for the baby, with a variety of ingredients, and she could pick whatever she wanted, and more importantly, she did not have to worry about pesticide residues.
When you wake up, you can eat the lentils made by your mother, which is both delicious and healthy, and at that time, it also attracted many mothers and fathers to follow the trend of "planting complementary foods".
However, it is not easy to grow good fruits and vegetables, organic ingredients can now be bought everywhere, and parents can pay more attention to feeding details in addition to ingredients, which can also make babies eat healthy.
To give the baby a good complementary food, first start eating complementary food at the right time, which is too easy for parents to ignore.
Adding complementary foods too early or too late has adverse effects
Generally speaking, it is more appropriate for the baby to start adding complementary foods at 6 months, not earlier than 4 months, not later than 8 months, otherwise it will bring harm to the baby.
With the addition of complementary foods too early, the baby's gastrointestinal function and swallowing function have not yet been perfected, and solid food is easily stuck in the throat, and it is difficult to be digested and absorbed, bringing a burden to the body.
After 8 months, no complementary foods have been added, the chewing function can not be exercised, even if you drink a lot of breast milk and milk powder every day, the nutrition required by the body cannot keep up, which will also delay the baby's physical development.
Beka adds complementary foods in 6 months, and it is more accurate to observe "3 moves and 1 value"
Parents do not have to rush to add complementary foods on the first day of the baby's 6 months, carefully observe the signals given by the baby's body to find a more appropriate time.
1) Observe how your baby's hands move
If you want your baby to eat complementary foods, the first thing is to make sure that he is interested in complementary foods. Most babies show a strong curiosity about adult food around 5 months, and when they see something delicious, they reach out and grab it and bring it to their mouths, which is one of the signals that babies send to eat complementary foods.
If you have just entered 6 months, the baby is really not interested in complementary foods, parents may wish to give the baby another period of time to adapt.
2) Observe how your baby's tongue moves
Parents who have experience in raising babies will find that small babies have self-protection mechanisms before eating complementary foods.
When Little Candy was more than 1 month old, my sister came to see me with her child. At that time, a few of us adults were chatting in the living room, and my niece ran into the bedroom to play with candy, and I saw my niece stuffing cookies into candy's mouth, hurried over to stop it, only to find that the little candy had already pushed out all the biscuits in her mouth with her tongue.
After the baby is born, it has its own "tongue reflex" to protect itself from foreign bodies entering the mouth when it is not suitable for eating complementary foods. When your baby's tongue-raising reaction disappears, it means that he is preparing for complementary foods.
3) Observe how your baby's neck moves
Eating complementary foods is no better than drinking milk, and it is best to eat with the upper body upright, so it is important that your baby's neck is able to fully support his head.
Many babies have not yet learned to sit independently at 6 months, but as long as they can stand upright when they are in the arms of their parents, they can also be fed complementary foods.
4) Observe the "developmental values"
The development value of babies of different months of age has a standard range, and the time to add complementary foods can be appropriately delayed, but it is found that the height and weight of the baby after 6 months are always low, and breast milk must begin to add complementary foods.
The infant development standards from 0 to 12 months are as follows, if the baby's development value is always close to the minimum value, it is necessary to consider whether the addition of complementary foods is late.
Complementary food from the beginning of the introduction to accompany the baby to about 3 years old, full of food at the same time to ensure "eat well", sugar mother in the small candy about 4 months began to study complementary food, exercise cooking, ready at any time. In addition to asking other moms about the menu that is popular with the baby, a good food supplement book has also helped me a lot.
Moms and Dads can also get ready and become the baby's exclusive chef!