Spring Festival
A festival where the word "food" is the first
In the huge team of rice cookers during the Spring Festival
Little babies have indigestion due to excessive drinking and eating
For example, bloating and abdominal pain
Even nausea, vomiting, diarrhea...
It makes new parents feel pain and headaches
Happy Spring Festival for families
How babies eat is healthy
First, the characteristics of the baby's digestive system
Infant and young children are not only the fastest period of physical development such as weight, length, head circumference, etc., but also the peak period of neuropsychological development such as sports, behavior, emotion, perception, etc. Many parents and mothers want to seize this golden period to make up for their children, but the baby's digestive system is still in the development stage, it is an immature digestive system, the function is not perfect enough, and the digestion, absorption and utilization of food have certain restrictions.
Oral: salivary gland development is not yet perfect, saliva secretion is small and amylase content is low, which is not conducive to digesting starch.
Teeth: Deciduous teeth begin to erupt around 6-8 months and have poor ability to chew food.
Esophagus, stomach, intestine: the esophagus is thin and short, the gastric volume is small, and the mucous membranes of the esophagus and stomach are thin and susceptible to damage. Bowel movement is worse than in adults.
Pancreas, liver: the development is not yet mature, the vitality of digestive enzymes is low, and the digestion ability of starch, fat and other foods is weak.
In short, the baby's gastrointestinal function is not sound, can not adapt well to food or food changes, if too much to drink, easy to cause gastrointestinal digestion and absorption disorders and indigestion. So, stop believing that "it's okay for children to eat more."
Second, how to eat the baby during the New Year
"Big New Year's Day, it's okay to eat a little!" Presumably, everyone has heard this sentence, as if all the taboos can be left behind on the special day of "New Year". Parents are still like this, and they are even more indulgent to their children, and in the New Year, the children drink a little more drinks, eat more candy, or gobble up a slightly greasy variety of meats on the table where they Chinese New Year's Eve meals. However, families with small babies need to pay special attention to the fact that the digestive function of the babies will not change because of the New Year's Festival, and we still need scientific feeding at this time.
Parents should provide a mixed diet based on cereals, supplemented by milk, eggs, fish, livestock, poultry, vegetables and fruits, but the cooking method should be different from that of adults, and the dietary principles include the following three points:
1. Balanced meals
Gradually add cereals and livestock, eggs, poultry, fish, milk and legumes and their products, and the daily supply of milk or corresponding milk products should not be less than 350ml. Animal liver, blood and seafood are scheduled at least once a week to supplement with vitamin A, iron, zinc and iodine.
2. Reasonable cooking
Staple foods are alternating between soft rice, noodles, steamed buns, dumplings, etc. Vegetables should be chopped and boiled, and lean meat should be made into minced meat or minced meat. Nuts and seed foods such as peanuts and soybeans should be ground to make a paste to avoid choking into the trachea. Cooking should be steamed, boiled, etc., should not add MSG and other condiments.
3. Meal arrangements
4-5 meals a day, in addition to three meals can be added 1-2 times of snacks, regular meals. After dinner, in addition to fruit or milk, you should gradually develop a good habit of no longer eating, especially avoid sweets before going to bed to ensure good sleep and prevent caries.
"Children do not know how to be hungry", which means that as a parent, you must strictly control the baby's diet. On the day of family celebration, it is more necessary to pay attention to the diet of the babies, avoid exposing the baby to indigestible food, and the whole family is happy to spend the New Year!
Sources
Sun Changhao. Nutrition and Food Hygiene (8th Edition)[M].Beijing:People's Medical Publishing House,2017.
[2] Expert Committee on the Revision of Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (Expert Working Group on the Revision of Guidelines for Women and Children)
Cui Yifan,Dong Mingming,Hu Dan,Xiao Xuwu. Effects of different feeding styles on infants' intelligent development and immune function[J].Chinese Journal of Child Health Care,2021,29(10):1049-1052.
Contributed by: Zhang Ruijuan, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Luo Xiaoqin
Editor: Kang Xiaobei Cai Wenjuan
Audit: Department of Maternal and Child Health of Shaanxi Provincial Health Commission