6 months is a critical period for the addition of complementary foods
After the baby is 6 months old, most babies can add complementary foods, and it is best to start with the original flavor of fortified iron rice flour, which does not add any sugar, salt and other condiments.
After 6 months, it is a critical period for the development of your baby's taste buds and the formation of taste preferences. At this time, children should be encouraged to accept the rich variety of food and feel the original taste of different foods. After eating natural and original foods, babies are more likely to like healthy foods in the future and are not easy to be picky eaters.
Familiarize your baby with natural food flavors Every ingredient has a unique natural taste. When the baby has eaten the original rice noodles, mashed potatoes and pea purees can be introduced, followed by some sweet complementary foods, such as pumpkin puree, carrot puree, apple puree, banana puree, etc., these foods make the baby's taste buds feel richer.
Some mothers worry that the rice and noodles made for their babies have no taste, in fact, the cut tomatoes are boiled in the noodles, and the taste is also very good; the rice is wrapped in seaweed into small rice balls, which is also very delicious.
Add seasoning after the age of 1
Salt: Breast milk, formula and other foods contain sodium, and too much sodium intake by the baby will increase the burden on the kidneys and may cause high blood pressure in adulthood. Therefore, for babies under 1 year old, there is no need to add salt to the complementary food, so that you can develop a good habit of light taste in the baby.
Sugar: Sugar is another flavor that babies love. Most small children like it, but it is enough for babies to eat naturally sweet foods, without adding extra sugar, too much sugar can cause satiety and may cause caries in babies.
Vinegar: Babies only need to add vinegar when stir-frying, there is no need to use it in noodles or as a dumpling dip.
Soy sauce: Soy sauce contains salt and umami substances that can be used in small amounts for flavoring. Parents can also choose to make some baby flavorings, the following is a brief introduction to a flavoring agent a homemade shrimp skin powder.
Recipe: Unsalted light dried shrimp skin, a little white sesame seeds
Preparation method: wash the shrimp skin in warm water, drain the water (can be dried in the sun), do not pour oil in the pot, stir-fry the shrimp skin and white sesame seeds after the pan is hot, the color is yellow (gently pinch it is crushed) out of the pan and cool, put it into the blender to beat into powder, and finally put it into the food supplement jar for later.
Tip: Suitable for babies over 8 months old, especially if the baby begins to become less fond of eating tasteless complementary foods, you can try to order shrimp skin powder. But make sure your baby isn't allergic to it
In addition to the above condiments, many natural ingredients are also great fresheners! For example: tomatoes, mushrooms, kelp, Chinese cabbage, cabbage, bean sprouts, carrots, onions, shrimp skins... As long as the combination is balanced, these foods can not only increase the taste, but also rich in vitamins, minerals and trace elements, and these ingredients will not cause digestive burden to the body!