The baby has reached the age of adding complementary foods, but does not know how to feed the child?
Such a situation is indeed not a minority, and we also have a message from my mother in the background:
Teacher, my baby added complementary food, but I found that her milk is very bad and delicious, I think not to eat milk to eat complementary food, but some mothers said that they must ensure the amount of milk intake of children, then how to arrange feeding after the baby adds complementary food?
After the baby can eat complementary foods, there is less attention to milk, and some mothers even have the intention of weaning because the amount of milk after the baby adds complementary foods.
In fact, even if the baby has added complementary foods, breast milk or formula is still an important nutrient, and the intake should be sufficient. So how should mothers arrange for their babies to feed in this case? What should I do if the milk volume is reduced or even the baby is anorexia? Let's elaborate.
1. Milk intake
To make the point, even with the addition of complementary foods, your baby's staple food is still milk, including breast milk and formula. Before the baby is one and a half years old, dairy products are staple foods to ensure the provision of relatively high-density energy, and if the intake of complementary foods is too much, it is not conducive to the growth and development of the baby.
For babies from 6 months to 12 months, whether it is formula or breast milk, it should be guaranteed between 600 and 800 ml per day; for babies from 12 months to 18 months, the amount of milk should not be less than 400 to 600 ml.
Complementary foods should be based on the staple food that the baby eats every day - that is, the amount of milk and the baby's growth status to decide how to match, for example, one day the baby drinks a lot of milk, we can adjust the protein intake in the retest. The recommended amount of milk here is not set in stone, and it is flexible to grasp according to the specific situation of your baby, so that the child is healthy and smart.
2. What to do if there is less milk after adding complementary foods
Due to the reduction of the initiative of pumping after the baby adds complementary foods, less stimulation may lead to a decrease in the amount of milk of nursing mothers; moreover, many working mothers start working after the baby is 6 months old, and the reduction of milk is also very common.
At this time, I recommend that nursing mothers try to increase the number of feedings, or if possible, they can pump at the company in order to maintain the continuous secretion of breast milk, and let the baby suck more is still an important way to promote lactation. After working mothers go to work, their attention shifts from raising their children to work, and they can spend more effective time with their children when they return home, and can also promote the continuous secretion of milk.
3. What should I do if the baby is tired of milk after adding complementary foods?
Sometimes we will find that since the baby has eaten the "flavorful" complementary food, the taste of light milk is not liked, especially the premature introduction of fruit juice (apple juice, orange juice) such as sour and sweet juice for the baby or "heavy taste", for the milk is even less disliked.
Don't introduce juices, vegetable soups and other foods to your baby too early! Not to mention the low nutrient density, it also affects the baby's feeding. If you want to give your child fruits and vegetables, steam them to make a puree.
If the child does not like to breastfeed, it is also possible for the mother to use a small trick to apply some juice to the nipple or nipple to attract the baby, and then gradually return to normal.
4. Example of baby recipe arrangement
Having said all this, here are some examples of the milk intake and staple food arrangements for babies aged 6 to 12 months:
The growth is really gratifying, the baby from only feeding to adding complementary foods, from lying down to lying on the stomach and then walking, every new change of the child will make us become the circle of friends of the "sun baby crazy devil", how about the sun, the child is really happy!
The growth came so fast, the first few months or can only lie in bed babbling little doll, now there is a crawl and can walk, curiosity makes him fearless, and a few months, the mother seems to change from a girl to an "old mother", all kinds of bitterness only he knows it!
But no matter what, while the children are growing, we are constantly cultivating ourselves, and happy parenting is right!
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