When your baby starts eating complementary foods, can he add salt? The answer is no. Many parents will walk into this misunderstanding, thinking that when the baby starts to eat complementary foods, it is necessary to add salt to the food, and the truth is not like this.
How old can children eat salt, do parents really know?
Liu Xuan was on the "Freshman Diary 2" program, when she was very strict about her son's diet, which was considered by netizens to be "iron blood education" and was once on the hot search.
How strict is that? Because his son is allergic to many foods, Liu Xuan recorded the food he ate every day from childhood to adulthood, and he could not eat snacks during the day. Even though my son is 4 years old, there is still no salt in the meal.
I also met a mother who took a baby and fed her son, who was just 8 months old, rice paste, added salt, and the child could drink two bowls at a time. The mother has been boasting, saying that the child has a good appetite. But when he went to the hospital for examination, the doctor said that the child had consumed too much sodium for a long time, and his body was not very healthy, and he needed to be hospitalized for observation.
A 4-year-old does not give salt to his child, and an 8-month-old adds salt, which is the right approach? Let's talk about that next.
The "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents" mentioned that children before the age of one do not need to add additional salt to complementary foods, and children aged 1-2 should eat less salt as much as possible!
The main component of table salt is sodium, which can affect the health of the kidneys if consumed too much. Babies under one year of age are mainly milk-based. Both breast milk and formula contain sodium. These already meet the baby's body's need for sodium and do not require additional additions.
Usually the baby drinks milk powder, there will also be sodium components, generally the first and second stages of milk powder sodium content is 130-200 mg / L, for a day to drink 800-1000ml milk powder infants, sodium intake is enough.
Even in the rice cereal that the baby usually drinks, there is sodium. Attentive moms, you can pay attention to the ingredient list. Isn't it time for your baby to add salt when he's more than one year old?
In fact, sodium is also contained in vegetables, such as greens, carrots, tomatoes, etc., which all contain sodium. When to add, and how much per age? Let's take a look at the table below.
From this table, it can be seen that the sodium requirement for babies under 1 year old is 350-700 mg, which is enough to consume from breast milk, formula and complementary foods. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children eat family meals with family members after the age of 2, and also have light and less salt.
The requirement for sodium in 4-7 years is 900-1200 mg. Table salt can be added as appropriate. However, it is not recommended to add too much, it is easy to develop a heavy taste, and it also lays hidden dangers for diseases such as high blood pressure.
As children age, so does the need for sodium. Usually, enough vegetables and fruits can be guaranteed, and it is also recommended to eat a light and salt-less diet. Sodium intake exceeds the standard, and the impact on the body is long-term.
People over 50 years old, the demand for sodium has declined, which is to remind the middle-aged and elderly people to eat a light diet and not to eat too salty.
All in all, adding salt to the baby too early and too late is not a good thing, and it can be reasonably supplemented according to the needs of sodium elements at different ages.
After the baby eats the salt, please accept the three suggestions
What should I do if I accidentally give my baby too much salt? Parents don't worry, use the following three methods to help the baby drain the salt in the body in time.
First, drink plenty of water.
This is a commonly used way, when the body consumes too much salt, it will stimulate the central nervous system, transmitting a signal of thirst. Give your baby a little more water, and the salt can be drained out of the urine.
Tips: Children of each age consume different amounts of water and should never be overdose. For example, children under 1 year old have 30 ml of water replenishment at a time, 100-200 ml for 2-3 years old, and 800 ml for children over 4 years old. If the amount of water exceeds the appropriate amount of water, it will be a burden on the child's kidneys, so parents need to give the child an appropriate amount of water.
Second, eat more fruits and vegetables containing potassium.
In addition to drinking more water, parents can also give their children more vegetables and fruits with high potassium content, potassium can inhibit the child's absorption of salt, dilute the concentration of sodium chloride in the body.
For example, eat some bananas, spinach, amaranth, etc. These foods can be interspersed in your child's diet and done twice a week to supplement with potassium.
Finally, take extra care in the preparation of your diet.
My children's complementary foods before the age of 1 are prepared by myself, although other family members are also attentive to their children, but it is still more reassuring to do it themselves.
Before he was 2 years old, meals were basically prepared separately, for the simple reason that no matter how light the adult's meal was, it would be saltier in the child's mouth. Moreover, adults eat too much salt, which will also affect their appetite.
In the early hours of the morning, mom came to nag:
It is recommended that new parents prepare their children's diets, after all, the older generation does not know too much about scientific parenting, and traditional parenting methods will cause family conflicts. For the sake of family harmony, it is more appropriate to prepare your baby's diet yourself.
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