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Issue 210
How to gradually improve the complementary food for babies aged 7-12 months?
Complementary foods are added initially
When the baby begins to add complementary foods to about 6 months old, the food is in the swallowing period, and the oral treatment of food is basically to chew the whole swallow, and the mother should add food according to this characteristic of the baby.
Complementary foods have just been introduced, the intake is not much, you can arrange 1-2 meals, the specific time and reference amount are as follows:
1. Morning milk (7 o'clock) breast milk/formula 120 ml
2, in the morning, add meals (10 o'clock) baby rice noodles 20 grams of pea puree 20 grams
3. Noon milk (12 o'clock) breast milk /formula 120 ml
4. Afternoon milk (14:30) Breast milk/formula 120 ml
5, afternoon meals (16:00) banana strips 40 grams (as finger food will be wasted, you can prepare more)
6. Evening milk (18:00) breast milk/formula 120 ml
7. Bedtime milk (20:00) breast milk/formula 120 ml
Image from Parenting Mutual Nutrition and Food Supplement Group: Sugar Moms
Baby 7-8 months
When the baby grows to 7-8 months, gradually and slowly adapt to the complementary food, the food is in the peristaltic period, the oral treatment of food is tongue chewing + gum chewing, the mother should add food according to this characteristic of the baby.
At this stage, in addition to ensuring that the baby is ingested with iron-rich foods, it is also necessary to continuously increase the number of supplementary foods, including grains, vegetables and fruits, meat, eggs, fish and other animal foods and soy products, and try to introduce yogurt.
Complementary foods can be arranged for 2-3 meals, the specific time and reference amount are as follows:
2, morning meal (10 o'clock) rotten noodles (baby noodles 20 grams) beef tofu green vegetable soup (beef 10 grams, tofu 15 grams, green vegetables 20 grams)
3. Noon milk (12 o'clock) breast milk/formula 150 ml
4. Afternoon milk (14:30) Breast milk/formula 150 ml
5, add meals in the afternoon (16:00) water to taste 100 ml of yogurt
6. For dinner (18:00) pork liver spinach puree (pork liver 15 grams, spinach 20 grams) recipe rice noodles 25 grams
7. Bedtime milk (20:00) breast milk/formula 150 ml
Image from Parenting Mutual Nutrition and Food Supplement Group: Ono Mama
Baby 9-10 months
9-10 months old baby daily meal times than slightly adjusted, although the milk is still the main source of nutrition for the baby, but the importance of complementary food is gradually highlighted, there can be two times a day the main meal can be adjusted to supplementary food (such as breakfast, lunch or lunch, dinner). The varieties of complementary foods include cereals, vegetables and fruits, meat, eggs, fish and other animal foods, soy products and dairy products.
Complementary foods can be arranged for 3-4 meals, the specific time and reference amount are as follows:
2, breakfast (8 points) seaweed tofu porridge (rice 20 grams, seaweed 1-3 grams, tofu 30 grams) steamed sweet potatoes (30 grams) (Note: morning milk and breakfast, according to their own schedule, can be combined. ）
3, in the morning, add meals (10 o'clock) yogurt 100 ml dragon fruit 30 grams
4. Noon milk (12:00) Breast milk/formula 150 ml
5. Afternoon milk (14:30) 150 ml of breast milk/formula
6, afternoon meal (16:00) kiwifruit 30 grams of dissolved beans 5-10
7, dinner (18:00) boiled broccoli 30 grams (as finger food will be wasted, you can prepare more)
Shrimp and vegetable knot soup (20 g flour, 2 shrimp, 30 g green vegetables)
8. Bedtime milk (20:00) breast milk/formula 150 ml
Image from Parenting Mutual Nutrition and Food Supplement Group: Jinbao Mother
Baby 11-12 months
11-12 months old baby daily meal ratio is slightly adjusted, although the milk is still the main source of nutrition for the baby, but the dietary pattern gradually changed to adults, three meals a day can be adjusted to supplementary food. The varieties of complementary foods include cereals, vegetables and fruits, meat, eggs, fish and other animal foods, soy products and dairy products.
During this period, the baby treats food in the chewing period, and the oral treatment of food is mainly tooth chewing, and the mother should add food according to this characteristic of the baby.
2, breakfast (8 o'clock) red date bread 40 grams banana wheat circle yogurt (banana 50 grams, wheat ring appropriate amount, yogurt 100 grams) (Note: morning milk and breakfast, according to their own schedule, can be combined. ）
3. Morning milk (10 o'clock) breast milk/formula 150 ml
4. Lunch (12:00) Beef and vegetable stew (20g rice, 5g carrots, 10g broccoli, 5g bell peppers, 10g tomatoes, 20g beef) Loofah broth (loofah 10g)
5. Add meals in the afternoon (16:00) Breast milk/ formula milk 150 ml blueberries 20 grams of dissolved beans about 10
6. Dinner (18:00) Pork ribs animal pasta (20 grams of pasta, 2 small ribs) Chinese cabbage tofu soup (30 grams of Chinese cabbage, 20 grams of tofu)
Image from Parenting Mutual Nutrition and Food Supplement Group: 11 Hemp
Dietitian reminds
Each baby's development, meal size and schedule are different, and parents can adjust it according to their own children's situation.
About author:Wang Bin, child nutritionist, China registered dietitian, national second-level public nutritionist, national senior nutrition lecturer. Good at combining medicine with modern nutrition knowledge, focusing on the field of maternal and infant nutrition and health, teaching you to feed your children scientifically.