For post-90s parents, the most common zinc supplement method is to supplement zinc oral liquid in TV advertisements, indeed, for babies who are in the critical period of growth and development, zinc deficiency occurs from time to time. So as parents, how should we help our babies to effectively supplement zinc? Below, I will share my experience with you:
3 types of babies prone to zinc deficiency
Zinc deficiency in babies is indeed more common, and for the following types of babies, zinc deficiency may be more likely to occur:
(1) Premature babies, premature babies because of the shorter time in the mother, so it can ingest less zinc from the mother.
(2) For babies who have not been breastfed, breast milk can be said to be the best source of nutrition for the baby, and because the mother has adopted a caesarean section or other reasons, resulting in insufficient breast milk and unable to provide breastfeeding conditions for the baby, then the baby is prone to zinc deficiency.
(3) Babies who do not like to eat meat, because zinc is often present in large quantities in animal foods, such as liver, chicken, pork, beef, etc. If the baby does not love to eat meat, it is easy to have zinc deficiency.
Manifestations of zinc deficiency in your baby
So, when babies start to be deficient in zinc, what will they do?
1, loss of appetite, eat less, and even resist eating;
2, have pica, love to eat strange things, such as nails, wall ash, etc.;
3. The nails become brittle and white spots appear;
4, the size is obviously much shorter than the same age, hair growth slowly, etc.;
5, poor resistance, slight changes in the weather began to get sick;
6. Hyperactivity, slow response, inattention, etc.
How to correctly not supplement zinc
Babies with mild zinc deficiency can be improved by dietary adjustments. As mentioned earlier, zinc is mainly present in animal foods, so parents can feed some meat dishes for babies with mild zinc deficiency, such as seafood, animal offal, etc. Secondly, you can also give them more lean meat, egg yolks, fungus, etc.
In addition to making more adjustments to their daily diet, parents should not forget to choose a nutritious formula as a supplement! Like I chose for my baby, Youbo Gainuoan milk powder is very good, this milk powder added natural milk calcium with special screening 0.1-1μm ultra-fine crushed calcium carbonate, can make the baby's absorption effect on calcium is good; and the added divalent iron, not only more active, but also more easily absorbed; contains zinc is the second generation of zinc lactate, its bioavailability is about 1.3-1.5 times of zinc gluconate, which can give the baby more comprehensive and rich nutritional supplements, so that the baby grows healthier!
The healthy growth of the baby is the common expectation of every parent, if you want the baby to grow up healthily, in the process of raising the baby, parents should know more about the relevant parenting knowledge, and use scientific nursing methods! Today's sharing is here, I hope to help friends in need~