Introduction: After adding complementary foods, the baby's weight slows down? Don't blame your baby for eating less, parents should check themselves
When the baby is feeding, many parents look forward to the baby growing up faster every day, thinking that when the time comes, they can add some food other than milk, but when it comes to the stage of adding complementary foods, parents are worried, thinking that it is better to only breastfeed before, in fact, the various stages of the baby's growth are different, parents do not worry too much, look at the parenting knowledge to adapt.
When it comes to adding complementary foods, parents often encounter this problem: after adding complementary foods, the baby's weight slows down? What's going on here?
Under normal circumstances, after the baby eats complementary foods, it should grow better, but in fact, some babies do not grow well when they are not just feeding?
Some parents think that it is the baby's fault, how can it grow well every time it is not good? In fact, if we think about it, the baby is very innocent. Don't blame your baby for eating less, parents should check themselves.
Reason 1: Long-term feeding, suddenly add complementary foods that are not suitable for babies
Some parents think that the baby has no teeth before the age of one, just drink milk can be, so the baby almost did not eat any food before the age of one, and then suddenly added complementary foods after the age of one, and added some complementary foods that are not suitable for the baby, in this case, the baby is not good, how can it grow well.
Under normal circumstances, the baby grows to about six months to add complementary food, this time is also the best stage for the baby to accept complementary food, if you miss the baby to drink milk, he will be accustomed to drinking milk, and then want to add complementary food is difficult, and food to eat less, chewing ability has not been exercised, how can you eat well.
Reason two: complementary food has no nutrition, just eat a full stomach
Some parents add complementary foods in time, but do not pay attention to the nutrition of complementary foods, thinking that the baby is still eating milk to meet nutritional needs, so they often add some complementary foods that have no nutrition, such as a bowl of soft and rotten noodles, no other ingredients; a bowl of white rice porridge.
These complementary foods to eat, just eat a full stomach, nutrition is very low, relying on milk alone to supplement the nutrition is far from enough, it is easy to malnutrition, resulting in weight slowdown.
Reason three: after giving the baby complementary food, almost no milk is drunk
Some parents are more extreme, to see the degree of the baby to receive complementary food is very good, so they do not breastfeed much, only occasionally sometimes lazy to do complementary food, will add a milk powder, this practice is very bad.
The time for the baby to eat complementary food is very short, and it cannot eat much at one time, so the intake of nutrients cannot meet the needs of the body, in this case, the baby eats well, it will also delay development and slow down weight.
The above three reasons are more common, parents as soon as possible self-examination, if you just do this, to correct in time.
When supplementary foods are added, night milk can be slowly weaned off, but daytime milk cannot be weaned. At the beginning, it is necessary to feed mainly, and gradually transition to breastfeeding as a supplement, this process should not be too fast, so as to meet the nutrition needed by the baby.
In addition, during the production of complementary foods, remember to go from thin to thick, from soft to hard, from thin to thick, from small to large, and do it according to such rules, so that you can make a complementary food suitable for the baby and also help the baby to develop.
Complementary foods eat well, chewing ability becomes stronger, teeth can easily chop food, not picky eaters and not anorexia, it is easier to move closer to adult food in the future, which is beneficial and harmless to the baby.
Do you understand the reasons for the weight slowdown of your baby after adding complementary foods? Don't make a mistake again.