How to choose a baby's complementary food

Posted by linzhiyou on March 26th, 2021

As the baby grows up, breastfeeding no longer fully meet the needs of the baby's growth. At this time, nutrient-rich food supplements need to be added.

The World Health Organization recommends that the best time to add complementary food to healthy full-term babies is 6 months. However, there are also individual differences in the time when babies start to eat complementary food. The addition of supplementary food is not as early as possible, not earlier than 4 months at the earliest. When the baby need, what food should parents choose as the baby’s first bite of complementary food?

The order of adding complementary food should be from liquid to solid

Infant are not strong in digestion, so you should choose liquid foods for complementary, such as juice, rice soup, etc.

Types of complementary should be from one kind to many kinds

When starting to feed complementary foods, only one food should be fed. After the baby gets used to it, try another complementary food.

Serving size of complementary should be from small to large amount.

Overfeeding is not recommended when feeding baby. Once a day.

Concentration of complementary  should be from thin to thick.

Tender and smooth food with small particles can exercise baby's swallowing ability. To prepare for swallowing solid food in the future, liquid food should not be fed for too long, otherwise it will affect the development of chewing ability.

Stop feeding when baby feel unwell.

Although it is normal for babies to refuse new foods, if crying and diarrhea occur at the same time, they should stop feeding immediately and consider whether they are allergic.

Types of complementary food.

1. Rice noodles

Rice noodles mainly refer to baby rice noodles, which are also the first choice for many mothers. The main ingredients of rice noodles are carbohydrates, which are not easy to cause baby allergies.

2. Rice cereal:

Rice cereal is obtained by crushing grains such as rice, black rice, millet, corn, etc., and cooking with water, and has a certain viscosity and semi-solid matter after boiling. Rice cereal is starch, and its digestion requires amylase, and the salivary glands of infants within 3 months of age are not fully developed, so it is not advisable to add rice cereal too early.

3. Fruit puree:

There are a lot of vitamins and trace elements in the fruit, which can supplement the nutrition needed for the baby's growth. Mothers can use a spoon to puree the fruit, banana, etc., and feed the baby from a small amount.

4. Vegetable puree:

Vegetables are an essential food in our daily diet. When making vegetable puree, press the vegetables into mud with a spoon after cooking, then feed baby in a small amount.

5. Egg yolk mud:

Egg yolk is rich in iron, which can prevent iron deficiency anemia in babies. However, it is not recommended to choose egg yolk when feeding supplementary food at the beginning, because egg yolk contains nutrients that are not easily absorbed by the baby.

6. Meat puree:

Meat is rich in nutrients such as iron, calcium and vitamins. When making it, mothers should choose fresh and good quality meat, such as pork, beef, mutton, etc., with lean meat as the mainstay.

When accepting a new food, due to changes in taste and texture, the baby may not get used to it and spit out the food. Because he is not familiar with the taste of the new food. It doesn’t mean he does not like it.

Mothers need to be patient and feed them for a few days help the baby gradually get used to the new taste.

Although complementary food is very important, it is still only supplement. Babies under one year old still have to take dairy food as their staple food. Taking complementary food as a staple food too early will slow down the baby's growth rate.

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