25-year-old Qianqian is a beautiful and smart little girl, two years ago on a blind date she met the handsome and golden programmer husband Li Li, love at first sight and soon entered the palace of marriage.
Now they have a cute one-year-old daughter, Apple.
In order to let the little princess grow up healthy and happy, Qianqian pays great attention to her daughter's diet and nutrition. She wakes up early every day to study various recipes, and patiently prepares fresh and delicious complementary foods for each meal, hoping that the children can eat healthy.
But what made Qianqian feel a lot of headache was that Little Apple always shook her head after eating one or two bites and said that she didn't want to eat it, so that the dishes she worked so hard to make were wasted.
"Is it because my craftsmanship is not good, and I don't like to eat small apples when I cook?" Qianqian couldn't help but start to doubt herself. In order to test her idea, one day she brought the dishes she made to her mother-in-law's house and let her son taste them.
As a result, her mother-in-law and son both praised Qianqian's cooking skills for being very good and the dishes were novel and delicious.
Then one day, Apple's grandmother came to the house to help take care of Apple. She took some grown-up dishes from the table and fed them to her little granddaughter. Xiao Apple, who was not interested in the food cooked by his mother, suddenly lit up with his big eyes when he saw the dishes on the table, and he stretched out his little hand excitedly and ate very deliciously.
Qianqian was embarrassed and worried when she saw this scene, for fear that her daughter would have indigestion.
Seeing her daughter's enthusiasm for adult dishes, Qianqian was very worried. She knows that according to WHO's recommendations, children can gradually eat adult food after the age of one, but the specific time needs to be decided according to the actual situation of the family.
If not well thought out, blindly letting your young daughter eat adult food may cause digestive problems, which is not good for her health.
For this reason, Qianqian decided that it was better to be cautious. She began to pay attention to her daughter's reaction after tasting adult food, to see if she had vomiting, diarrhea and other uncomfortable symptoms after eating.
At the same time, Qianqian also patiently explained to her grandmother the potential risks of children who are too young to eat adult dishes, and asked her not to give adult dishes to children at will for the time being without asking her own opinion.
While letting her daughter try adult food, Qianqian also paid attention to maintaining her daughter's balanced diet, and did not let her eat too much adult food with a strong taste and not suitable for children's digestion because of novelty.
She compiled a scientific and reasonable meal table to ensure that her daughter's three meals are nutritionally balanced and her metabolism is smooth.
After a period of tasting and observation, Qianqian found that her daughter could basically digest adult dishes, but occasionally there were still some signs of poor digestion. For the sake of her baby daughter's health, Qianqian decided to wait for a while to wait for her daughter's digestive function to become more mature and strong, and then gradually let her transition to eating adult food according to her reaction and acceptance, and will continue to pay attention to her daughter's physiological response at all times.
When children can eat adult food has always been a matter of great concern to many parents. Li Jiamin, a senior nutrition expert, said in an interview with the media that according to her professional experience, generally speaking, children can start to eat adult food after reaching the age of one, but the specific time also needs to consider many factors, and eating adult food too early or too late is not conducive to the healthy growth of children.
The first thing that needs to be examined is the taste and nutritional combination of the adult diet in the family. If parents have a light diet and a rich variety of nutritious and balanced dishes, then it is suitable for children to start eating adult dishes around the age of one.
On the contrary, if parents are Xi to heavy dishes, too spicy and salty, then for the health of the child's digestive system, it is necessary to postpone the time appropriately, and it is generally recommended to let the child eat adult dishes after two and a half years old.
The second thing to observe is the child's own digestion. Each child's level of development is different, if the child's chewing and swallowing ability is weak, digestion and secretion is insufficient, but also need to exercise more in the complementary food stage, eating adult dishes too early is not conducive to food digestion and absorption.
Experts suggest that you can start by letting your child try a small portion of adult dishes, observe the digestive reaction, and if you can basically digest them, you can gradually increase the proportion of adult dishes.
Finally, parents should also pay attention to whether their children are picky eaters after eating adult food, which affects the balance of their diet. Eating only one or two foods you like, and rejecting other nutritious dishes, will affect your child's overall and balanced nutrition.
Parents should pay more attention to their children's dietary structure to ensure a balanced intake of various nutrients such as protein and vitamins.
Yang Shumin, a well-known psychologist, pointed out in a public speech a few days ago that many parents' anxiety and worry about their children's eating adult food actually stem from their worries about their children's health and lack of confidence in their own dietary choices.
When children are not interested in complementary foods and prefer adult dishes, parents will involuntarily have self-doubts, thinking that the children do not eat the complementary foods they have carefully prepared because of the problems with the ingredients or cooking skills they have chosen, resulting in the children not liking to eat.
In fact, children's dietary preferences will be affected by many factors such as taste and food form, and it is not necessarily a parent's problem.
Experts suggest that parents adjust their mentality, adopt a more rational and peaceful attitude, understand the characteristics of each child, observe their reactions to different foods, and then guide their children step by step.
You can first select the parts of adult dishes that are soft and easy to digest, and gradually introduce them into the child's diet. At the same time, it is necessary to control your own dietary preferences, develop a healthy and balanced eating Xi, and influence your children by example.
A child's dietary choices can be greatly influenced by their parents. If parents can self-manage and eat a balanced diet, it will also help children develop a healthy eating concept, establish a good diet Xi from an early age, and grow up healthy and happy.
There is really no set standard answer to the question of when children can eat adult food. Each child's physiological conditions and growth environment are different, and parents need to make judgments according to individual conditions.
For most children, the first year old is a more appropriate time to start gradually introducing some adult dishes. But it does not mean that all one-year-old children can eat adult food directly, and it also depends on the digestive ability.
If the digestive function is not fully developed, you can postpone it appropriately, such as postponing until the age of two before starting to eat adult food.
After starting to add adult dishes to your child, parents need to be patient and attentive and observe their child's reactions at all times. If there are digestive problems, you should adjust the pace in time, give the child's body some time to adapt, and wait for the digestive function to mature, and then continue to let the child eat more adult dishes.
In addition, parents should also pay attention to whether their children are picky eaters, resulting in insufficient intake of certain nutrients. It is necessary to guide children to form a good Xi of a balanced diet. Instead of staring at when to eat adult food, it is more important to focus on the healthy growth of children and give them suitable food so that they can grow up healthy and happy.