In the treatment of children's complementary food, parents must not "do whatever they want", the child loves to eat what to give, really do not advocate! My next-door neighbor Xiao Hu's house is an example.
In order to take care of the twin sons in the family, Xiao Hu resigned and became a full-time mother, doing everything herself. In the blink of an eye, the children are over half a year old, and it is time to add complementary foods.
When Xiao Hu specifically asked me for experience, is it good for children to eat rice paste or meat paste? I told Xiao Hu that the principle of adding complementary foods is too thin to thick, and the baby can choose rice paste with higher iron content in the first bite of complementary food. After the child adapts to acceptance, it is necessary to add other complementary foods such as meat puree, fruits, vegetables and so on to ensure that the child is nutritionally balanced.
The appetite of the twin sons is somewhat different, and the eldest son is particularly "addicted" to eating rice cereal, and it is a big bowl when he eats it. Xiao Hu tried to add meat puree to the eldest son's rice paste, which may be the reason for the fragile stomach, and the eldest son had some diarrhea after eating. Therefore, for a long time after that, Xiao Hu did not dare to add other complementary foods, and the eldest son ate rice paste alone.
In order to give his eldest son better nutrition, Xiao Hu also very diligently grinds his own rice paste, which is called additive-free and more assured.
The younger son's interest in rice paste is general, and he likes all kinds of fish, beef, and pork puree, and mixes them in rice paste to eat well.
After a while, the size of the twins appeared to be different, and the younger son obviously surpassed his brother. So I kindly suggested that Xiao Hu take the child to have a child care check-up. Xiao Hu was stunned on the spot when he got the results of the twins' examination, whether it was height, weight or head circumference, there was a clear difference between the eldest son and the younger son.
According to the average level of child development, the younger son belongs to the normal range, while the older son is significantly behind, and it is accompanied by the phenomenon of iron deficiency anemia.
The same mother's fetus, excluding the influence of congenital genetic factors, why is the development of the twins so different?
The attending physician believes that it is related to the acquired parenting method. After understanding the eating habits of the twin sons, the attending doctor thought that the problem was here.
First of all, because the eldest son ate rice paste, which was ground by Xiao Hu himself, the iron content was very low, so the iron intake of the eldest son's growth process was not enough, which caused him to have mild anemia symptoms. Secondly, the eldest son's nutritional elements are too monolithic, and relying solely on the nutritional source of ordinary rice paste cannot guarantee his growth needs.
"So what to do?" Little Hu was anxious like an ant on a hot pot.
The doctor told him: Fortunately, the discovery is more timely, and the child's condition is not too bad. Now adjust the structure of the child's complementary food in time, and the child can catch up with the growth progress. Otherwise, if you continue like this, not only will your body lag behind, but it will also affect your brain development.
After Xiao Hu returned home, I also quickly shared my food supplement experience and key points with her carefully:
Nutrition should be balanced
The first principle of complementary food is nutritional balance, which means that in the process of preparing complementary food, the variety preparation should be complete. According to my experience of making complementary foods for children, cereals and potatoes, vegetables, meat, beans, etc. will be prepared at home.
Each meal will be equipped with different meats, vegetables, and beans, so that the child can consume some in a balanced way. Otherwise, the complementary food is too single, and the child is easy to develop the problem of picky eating, not to mention, it is easy to cause them to be malnourished.
Don't choke on food
The process of adding complementary foods is from single to multiple, so that children receive the same kind of food to exclude possible food allergies that may be in the child during feeding. However, the feeding process of complementary foods should not be wasted due to choking.
For example, my neighbor Xiao Hu, because the eldest son had a slight diarrhea after eating the meat puree, she thought that the eldest son was not suitable for eating. In fact, many times the baby is exposed to fresh food for the first time, more or less there will be a little situation. Such as: mild diarrhea, constipation, etc. This may be poor tolerance for the baby, or weather changes, or it may be improper eating, which is not necessarily related to a certain food. The best thing to do is to wait for a while and try the child again, and the second time the baby's acceptance is different.
Feed in the right way
Babies eating complementary foods is actually an excessive increase in infant complementary foods towards adults. Therefore, in terms of feeding methods, they can no longer be fed in infancy.
I also don't recommend feeding complementary foods with bottles, because it is not easy to control the amount of food, and there is also the possibility of choking. So my two children started with complementary foods, sitting on the baby's table, back against the mat and feeding with a spoon. First, this feeding method is safer, and the second is to cultivate a good habit of eating in a fixed place for children.
The way of cooking should change
You should not add salt and other seasonings to your baby before the age of one year, so as not to burden your child's kidneys. However, the faint noodles and thin porridge will also make the baby tired, so in the cooking method of complementary food, the mother also requires new and changeable.
When my child is eight months old, he will add stewed chicken soup to the baby's soup noodles, which will add a little natural flavor, which is both nutritious and the baby loves to eat.
In addition, I will spend more time on the food supplement plate, put some cute little shapes for the baby, let the baby see the pleasing food, and the appetite will increase.
Finally, the pattern changes frequently, and the food within the baby's acceptance range (Note: foods that do not cause allergic reactions) are basically changed every other day, so that the baby is exposed to different ingredients and tastes, and it is easy to have a fresh feeling.
The above is the experience sharing and personal advice on baby complementary feeding, hoping that on the issue of complementary feeding, parents can pay great attention to it. After all, only if the baby eats well, the development of all aspects of the body can keep up!
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