Introduction: When to add complementary foods to your baby? 6 months or 1 year old? Parents need to observe these changes
When the baby grows to a certain time, it is necessary to add complementary foods, can not only eat milk, otherwise it will not be able to meet the baby's growth needs.
So when to add complementary foods to your baby? Many parents do not know, some people think that the baby can add complementary foods when it grows to six months, and some people think that it is not necessary to add so early, and it is appropriate to add it at the age of one, is it 6 months or 1 year old?
Some time ago, the cousin's baby was six months old, and the cousin excitedly rushed to make complementary food for the baby, but the result was that several times of feeding ended in failure.
Friends are the opposite, the baby is six months old when there is no addition of complementary food, sometimes see the baby to reach out to eat, will only occasionally give a little taste, mainly to breastfeed, because friends feel that their milk is very sufficient, do not need to give the baby to eat complementary food can also, so you have to wait until the baby is one year old to choose to wean, only to give the baby to eat complementary food, the result of feeding the food chewing can not move, now one and a half years old can only eat softer things.
Both of these practices are clearly wrong! In fact, to add complementary foods to the baby, you can't just look at the age, parents need to observe these changes.
Under normal circumstances, most babies can add complementary foods at about six months, but this is just big data, not so absolute, that is to say, some babies do not have the ability to eat complementary foods until six months, so in this case, they cannot rush to add complementary foods, otherwise it will be counterproductive.
In addition, the addition of complementary foods to the baby can not exceed eight months at the latest, if you add complementary foods too late, it is not good for the baby's growth, such as malnutrition and development can not keep up, poor chewing ability and other issues.
So when to add complementary foods, but also depends on the baby's changes, take a look at it.
1, see if the baby's tongue reflex disappears
This reflex is a congenital behavior, when it does not disappear, we put solid food into the baby's mouth, he will use his tongue to push the food out, on the contrary, this reflex disappears, you can smoothly feed the food into the baby's mouth. Therefore, even if the baby grows to six months, if the tongue reflex has not disappeared, it is necessary to wait, on the contrary, the baby is only five months old, this reflex has disappeared, then parents can try to add complementary foods to see how well the baby accepts.
2. See how well your baby reacts when he sees food
When it comes to adding complementary foods, he will show a strong interest in food. Parents just brought a plate of dishes, the baby wants to reach out to grab, or look directly at the parents to eat, the baby wants to eat, these performances show that the baby is interested in food. Then parents can try to add complementary foods, but remember not to eat adult food directly to the baby, otherwise it will hurt the baby and increase the difficulty of adding complementary foods in the future.
3, see if the baby is an increase in the amount of food
When the baby grows up to a certain time, its meal volume will suddenly increase, and if it is only fed at this time, the baby will eat milk very frequently and be hungry very quickly. Then encounter this situation, you can try to add complementary foods, usually five or six months of baby is prone to this situation, after the addition of complementary foods the situation will improve a lot, the baby will not be hungry so fast, the number of crying will be reduced, the quality of sleep is also good.
When adding complementary foods to your baby, remember to make them separately and not mix them with adult meals, otherwise it is easy to make complementary foods that are not suitable for babies. If it is not done properly, the baby may not be able to accept it for a while, the process of adapting to the complementary food will be very long, or the baby will be unwell after eating the inappropriate complementary food.
At the beginning, you should add iron-reinforced rice noodles to the baby, slowly add them from thin to thick, and then add other ingredients after the rice noodles are fully adapted, so that the baby adapts quickly and does no harm to the body.
Do you understand the time to add complementary foods to your baby? Observe the baby's changes so you can tell if it's time to add complementary foods, so don't make a mistake.