Wen 丨 Forest Mommy
What does your baby eat in his first bite?
Many mothers will rush to answer: rice noodles!
For babies who are just about to add complementary foods, rice noodles are indeed a good choice, no need to chew, good digestion, not easy to allergies, easy to eat...
However, for many novice mothers, the first time to add rice noodles to the baby, there will still be many places not to understand, and even a lot of misunderstandings, you have to step through the pit to be clear, today we will talk about how the baby's first bite of rice noodles should be eaten.
Part 1: How much to eat rice noodles for the first time?
If you see that other babies can eat half a bowl of rice noodles and give them so much, then you may be disappointed.
The first time you add complementary food, the baby can't eat so much, and it is impossible to give you a performance to swallow a big spoon, it is likely that you feed a little, the baby licks twice and comes out of the mouth again...
In fact, the first time to eat rice noodles is mainly a process of adaptation, the focus is not on how much to eat, but to let the baby experience the feeling of feeding with a spoon, learn to swallow, familiar with the taste of complementary foods, and see if the baby can accept it.
The first time you eat, let the child taste 1-2 bites on it, use that kind of silicone soft spoon, once half a spoon, do not need too much, the baby mouth is small, not too good at swallowing, a bite to eat too much experience is not good, and only add once a day.
If the baby after tasting it shows that he wants to eat, there is no sense of rejection, then we can add for 3-5 consecutive days, the amount and number of gradually increase, and we must observe the baby's performance after adding complementary foods: if the child has normal stool, no odor in the mouth, smooth and rosy tongue, and no allergic reaction to the skin, then you can rest assured.
In this way, we have successfully passed the first step of adding complementary food: the original rice noodles, and then, we can try to arrange some fruit and vegetable puree for the baby.
Part 2: How to mix rice noodles?
Rice noodles are actually similar to milk powder, they are solid powder or flakes, when eaten, warm water is mixed and fed to the baby.
However, rice flour is different from milk powder, and its water addition ratio can be adjusted according to the actual situation.
The viscosity of rice noodles also needs to be adjusted according to the age of the month, initially approaching the liquid, and then slowly becoming thick, which is not easy to fall off on the food spoon.
The ratio of water and rice noodles, the initial 10:1, 3-5 days after adjusted to 7:1, and finally gradually adjusted to 5:1, showing condensed milk slowly flowing down, so as to play the role of complementary food.
It is recommended to use warm water of 40 to 55 ° C, pure water or boiled water, and no mineral water, or milk powder, breast milk to prepare.
And rice noodles are best eaten fresh and can ensure fresh hygiene, so it is best not to flush too much at a time, although the baby can eat it, but it will affect the baby's demand for breast milk.
Part 3: How long should I eat rice noodles?
When my friend bought rice noodles for the baby for the first time, he used a kind of thinking of hoarding milk powder to shop, directly bought four cans of rice noodles, and he had not finished eating at the age of one...
In fact, rice noodles are just a transition on the road to food supplementation, in the early stage of addition, not only provide nutrition for the baby, but also help the baby exercise the ability to swallow solid viscous food. But as the baby continues to advance, his food also needs to gradually transition from the form of rice paste to granules, small pieces, and large pieces, so as to gradually exercise the ability to chew, and rice noodles have not been eaten, so there is no need to buy too much at a time.
And the baby's supplementary food in the later period also has more nutritional needs, always eating rice noodles with a relatively single nutritional content, which has been unable to meet the needs of the baby, so rice noodles can be eaten until about 10 months, and the baby can stop when eating rotten noodles and soft rice.
Part 4: How to choose rice noodles?
The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents and the American Pediatric Association recommend that the baby's first supplementary food should be iron-fortified infant rice noodles.
Now everyone chooses rice flour for the baby, generally will prefer the original flavor plus iron rice flour, this is because about 6 months, the iron stored in the baby's body is gradually reduced, and it needs to be supplemented through food, but at this time the baby cannot add natural food rich in iron, so the rice flour will add extra iron to meet the baby's nutritional needs and avoid iron deficiency symptoms.
After the first can of rice noodles, then transition to other flavors of rice noodles, such as fruit flavor, meat flavor, etc., try to choose a relatively clean ingredient list, no sugar, salt, pigments, preservatives, flavors These are the basic requirements.
If Moms don't know what brand to choose, they can look for this criterion on the packaging:
GB10769-2010
This is the national standard for conformity.
Some mothers will choose to make rice noodles at home, this is also not recommended, although rice noodles are rice ground into powder, but its production process also needs to meet certain health standards, homemade, may think it is clean, but can not do real sterile hygiene, and can not add iron and other nutrients.
Well, that's all there is to it, when your baby adds rice noodles. Feeding the baby is a matter that requires patience and care, pay more attention, but also in order to step on the pit less, so that the baby is healthier, the baby is healthy, which is also our pursuit.