Introduction: After the baby is 6 months, first add complementary foods or wean the breast milk first? Don't make a mistake in the order, it's not good for the baby
After the baby grows to six months, you can add complementary foods, and at this time, most mothers must continue to work, can not accompany the baby every moment, encounter this situation, mothers in addition to the baby is very reluctant to solve, there are many problems are not easy to solve.
Especially for mothers who have been exclusively breastfeeding, one thing to figure out before going to work is to add complementary foods or to wean our breast milk first? Only by arranging the baby's rations can you work with peace of mind. But don't make a mistake in the order, beware that it's not good for your baby.
I believe that many mothers think so, it is better to add complementary foods first, as long as a full meal, you can persist for a long time without hunger.
Is this the right thing to do? Before a colleague of mine did this, she first weaned the baby, often fed complementary food, occasionally added some milk powder, thinking that the baby can eat enough, who knows how long, there was a situation of indigestion, making the baby very uncomfortable.
And the correct approach is that when it is four or five months, you must slowly let the baby adapt to eating milk powder, because it takes a while for the baby to accept the milk powder, and when the baby is hungry before weaning, first add milk powder to the baby, so that he can slowly familiarize himself with the taste of milk powder before weaning breast milk, it takes almost a month, don't be too anxious.
When the baby is fully adapted to drinking milk powder, and then gradually add complementary foods, so that gradually to change, the baby is good to adapt, there will be no physical discomfort or delay in development.
In other words, before preparing to wean the breast milk, there must be a preparation process, and it must not be suddenly broken! Instead, let the baby adapt to the milk powder first, and then add complementary foods, do not rush to wean breast milk, and do not rush to add complementary foods, otherwise it is not good for the baby.
When it comes to adding complementary foods, don't make a mistake, the following points need special attention:
First, the baby's first complementary food should be high in iron
Generally, when the baby reaches the age of eating complementary foods, the iron in breast milk is very small, so when adding complementary foods, iron should be contained, otherwise it will be detrimental to the growth of the baby.
Directly use high-speed rail rice noodles on the good, simple and easy to operate, to the baby to eat nutrition can also keep up, do not recommend their own rice noodles, because their own grinding rice noodles almost do not contain iron, often let the baby eat it is very bad.
Therefore, the baby's first complementary food should not use homemade rice noodles, nor should it be cooked directly.
Second, do not give the baby adult meal too early
Babies can't eat salt until they are one year old, and adult meals have a high salt content and a lot of seasonings, which is very bad for babies to eat. No matter how much the baby wants to eat adult meals, do not give him, it is better to make complementary foods alone, so that the baby can grow up healthily.
Third, the complementary food given to the baby should be gradually changed, and cannot be set in stone
At the beginning, paste food should be added, the baby is easy to accept and swallow, and after a while, it is necessary to change the complementary food, become puree, then become granular, and then become strips, blocks, and gradually become food similar to adults.
There are also soft and hard changes, first soft and then hard, so as to exercise the baby's chewing ability.
In addition, the types of complementary foods should be diversified, from one to a variety, often changed, can not do a type of complementary food for a long time, do this well, nutrition is rich, helpful for the growth of the baby.
Third, do not wean after adding complementary foods
Some parents think that the baby can already eat complementary foods normally, and they can not breastfeed, which is very bad. If you have the conditions to breastfeed, it is recommended to feed until the age of two, if you have been weaned, it is recommended to insist on feeding milk powder, at least until the age of three. This way the baby grows better.
The above points are often made by parents, if you also go into the misunderstanding, please correct it in time.