Seeing that the baby is about to be 6 months old, it is time to add complementary foods, at this time many mothers will be anxious: they have to feed and eat complementary foods, how should they be fed?
In fact, every month the baby's development and maintenance have rules, as long as you master these rules, you will be handy a lot, and it is not easy to do the wrong pit baby.
Next, Jing Mama came to teach new mothers: at 6 months, how to add complementary foods to the baby, how to arrange the baby's feeding for a day.
After 6 months, the breast milk is not nutritious? Want to wean your baby more complementary foods?
"At about 6 months, breast milk has no nutrition, and with complementary foods, eating is more nutritious, just wean the child to eat."
Many breastfeeding mothers have been "advised" like this, right?
In the book "Guidelines for the Care and Parenting of Newborn Infants", it is written that after the baby reaches the age of 6 months, exclusive breastfeeding can no longer provide enough energy, as well as key nutrients such as iron, zinc, vitamin A, etc., so it is necessary to introduce different flavors and textures of food on the basis of continued breastfeeding.
But new parents should correctly interpret it: it is not possible to provide "enough" nutrition and energy, but it is not without nutrition.
Although the baby at this stage has begun to add complementary foods, it is still mainly based on milk, supplemented by complementary foods, and the main energy and nutrition are still provided by milk.
Therefore, when gradually adding complementary foods, it is necessary to continue to give milk to the baby to ensure the supply of energy and nutrients such as protein and calcium.
7-9 months of age: the amount of breast milk per day should not be less than 600 ml, breastfeeding not less than 4 times a day;
Babies 10-12 months: the amount of breast milk per day is about 600 ml, and should be breastfed 4 times a day;
Babies 13-24 months: approximately 500ml of breast milk per day, breastfeeding no more than 4 times a day.
But not all mothers, breast milk conditions are good, can always provide enough breast milk for the baby.
For babies who are deficient or unable to breastfeed, formula needs to be continued as a supplement to breast milk after 6 months.
After the 6-month-old baby adds complementary foods, how to arrange breast milk/formula and complementary foods for one day?
To add complementary foods to the baby, many mothers will not: how to add it? When of the day is it added?
In the "Dietitian Mother's SupplementAry Food Addition Log", the stage of adding complementary food (6-18 months) is divided into 5 periods:
About 6 months: swallowing period, one complementary food;
6-7 months: swallowing period, 2 times complementary foods;
7-8 months: peristaltic period, 2 times complementary foods;
9-11 months: fine chewing period, 3 times complementary foods;
12-18 months: chewing period, 3 times complementary food + additional meals.
6 months is the beginning of the addition of complementary foods, which is the preparation stage for saying goodbye to exclusive breastfeeding and the preparation stage for trying other foods other than breast milk.
At the same time, considering the characteristics of the baby's development, it can be fed by the baby for a day, and these details need to be paid attention to when adding complementary foods.
▲ Gradual addition
Baby about 6 months old, weighing 6.5-7kg, when adding complementary food, from a single variety to gradually add, from less to more, from 1 spoon to 2 spoons to more than one spoon, until gradually replace a meal of milk.
After adding a food, it is necessary to observe for 3-4 days, if the baby adapts well and there is no discomfort, then start to add a second kind; continue to add new types of food later, which also follows this principle.
▲ Start with pureed food supplements
When you first start eating other foods other than breast milk, your baby's ability to swallow is not very strong, and you should gradually try it from a pureed food supplement.
For example, baby rice noodles, meat puree, vegetable puree, fruit puree, etc., from thin to thick, help the baby gradually learn to swallow actively.
▲ Pay attention to iron supplementation
At 6 months, the iron carried by the baby from the mother's body is gradually exhausted, and the iron in the breast milk can not meet the needs of growth and development, choose 6 months to add complementary food to the baby, one of the reasons is "iron supplementation".
My son went to the vaccine when he was 6 months old, and the health doctor gave him a physical examination, and found that he had a slight anemia, and suggested that I eat complementary foods correctly and pay attention to iron supplementation.
Therefore, at this stage, the baby's complementary food should be added from the iron-rich food, and it is a puree food supplement.
In addition, the baby's digestion and absorption capacity is also limited, it is more recommended to add iron-fortified infant rice noodles first, and start with the original rice noodles, which is both iron supplementation and easy to digest and absorb.
As the number of supplementary foods for babies increases, you can also gradually add red meat puree, egg yolk puree, liver puree and so on.
Here Jing Mama has a small reminder: because the liver is rich in vitamin A, and it is a fat-soluble vitamin, long-term frequent eating, it is easy to let vitamin A accumulate in the body, poisoning occurs. Therefore, it is not recommended to give the baby frequently, once a week.
▲ Do not eat fresh milk, yogurt, cheese, etc. too early
The mother-in-law of one of my friends thinks that after 6 months, the child has added complementary foods, and many foods can be eaten, so that she can wean the child, and said that she should order fresh milk for the child to drink, thinking that fresh milk is more nutritious.
Because of this, she also had a big fight with her mother-in-law, and finally resigned to take the child herself.
Why not recommend drinking fresh milk and yogurt for such a small baby?
Because the protein and mineral content in these milk or dairy products is much higher than that of breast milk, too early to drink the baby, his digestion and absorption capacity is not so strong, it is easy to increase the burden on the kidneys.
In addition to these milk and dairy products, soy milk powder, protein powder, etc. are not recommended for babies within one year of age.
Although it is to add such a small thing to the baby, there is a lot of knowledge hidden in it, what are the details or aspects that need attention, parents ignore, it may affect the health and growth and development of the baby.
It is recommended that novice parents learn more about scientific parenting in advance, scientifically add the knowledge of complementary foods, and correctly give their babies complementary foods.
How many months did your baby start adding complementary foods? What is the first supplementary food your baby takes? Come and share your experience with moms.