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Babies from 4 to 6 months of age can usually start to add complementary foods.

Exclusively breastfed infants are recommended to be given complementary foods after 6 months, while non-exclusively breastfed infants are recommended to be added after 4 months.

In addition to whether the infant is exclusively breastfed, the timing of the baby's introduction to complementary food is also related to the baby's digestion and absorption function. If the baby's stool quality does not change significantly after adding complementary food, it means that you can start to add complementary food, and the amount needs to be gradually increased from less to more.

Babies generally start to add complementary food at 4-6 months, depending on the situation of the baby's gastrointestinal tract, if the baby's digestion and absorption function is better, you can add complementary food at 4 months.

First of all, egg yolk is generally added, and gradually rice porridge, rice soup, sweet potato porridge, oatmeal porridge, green vegetable soup, meat puree, fish floss, meat floss, rice noodles and other supplementary foods can be added.

When adding complementary food, it is necessary to follow certain rules, do not add too much each time, and do not add it frequently, so as to avoid symptoms such as indigestion or food accumulation in the baby.

When should babies be given complementary foods? Exclusively breastfed babies are usually added at 6 months, no earlier than 4 months and no later than 8 months.

The best age for babies to add complementary foods is 4-8 months, no earlier than 4 months, and no later than 8 months. 4-6 months is divided into the first stage, 7-9 months is the second stage, 10-12 months is the third stage, and 12 months to two years old is the fourth stage. The things added at each stage are different, and the principle is from a small amount to a large amount, from coarse to fine.

In the first stage, it takes about a month to add 1-2 spoons of iron-containing rice noodles or vegetables, fruits, and pears on the basis of 800-1000ml of milk every day. There are no adverse reactions for 5-7 days, and then another food is added.

The second stage is 7-9 months of this stage, the daily milk volume should be 700-800ml, and then add other cereals, potatoes, vegetables and fruits, you can add animal food, you can add 10g of oil per day.

The third stage is 10-12 months of this stage, to ensure 600ml of breast milk every day, at this time 600-700ml of milk, cereals can be added soft rice, teething biscuits, beans and animal food 4-6 spoons, a spoon is about 10ml, you can add 10g of oil, and the daily rice can be added to 1 2 bowls, this bowl is about 250ml diameter bowl amount, twice a day.

The fourth stage is 12-24 months, on the basis of ensuring 400-600ml of milk every day, you can try to eat some egg white, shrimp, shellfish, nuts, meat, wheat, these foods can be added at the same time grams of salt, oil can be added to 15g, and gradually add complementary food.

My baby began to add complementary food at 6 months, and the experience of adding complementary food was shared:

1. Try to add a small amount of iron first, and give priority to adding high-iron foods, such as fortified iron rice noodles, meat, and animal liver.

2. Each time a new food is added, observe for 3 days, and then add other new foods without adverse reactions.

3. Food properties: slippery muddy.

4. Avoid condiments such as honey, milk, sugar, salt, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, etc.

5. You can add a small amount of vegetable oil: choose a regular brand, supplement the necessary human fatty acids, my baby eats the perilla seed oil of Changbai Workshop, rich in linolenic acid can be metabolized to produce DHA, and promote the development of intellectual vision.

Frequency of initial addition of complementary food: 6 a.m.: 200ml of milk; 9 a.m.:

15g of rice cereal or vegetable puree or fruit puree + 120ml of milk; 12 noon: milk 150ml; 3 p.m.: milk 150ml; 6 p.m.:

200ml；9 p.m.: milk 150ml

Preferred ingredients for supplementary food: fresh corn, winter melon, broccoli, pumpkin, potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, rape, lettuce, celery, bok choy, Chinese cabbage, cabbage, lettuce, lotus root, cucumber, tomatoes, spinach; Bananas, apples, pears, avocados, cherries, strawberries, prunes.

Vegetable puree method: take a fresh potato, cut into small pieces, steam and press into a puree, if the potato is more viscous, you can add a little warm water (or rice soup) to dilute, the potato can be replaced with: sweet potato, pumpkin, lotus root, yam and other root vegetables, the practice is the same;

Green vegetable juice method: Wash the spinach, blanch it in boiling water, put it in a juicer to squeeze it into juice, pour the juice into the pot and burn it for about three minutes, filter the slag, and eat it at a suitable temperature.

Fruit puree method: peel and cut fresh fruits into pieces, and grind them into puree; For the first time, pears, apples, etc. can be added after steaming, and the baby is slightly older, which can be directly ground into a puree to eat.

When the baby is about 6 months old, start adding complementary foods to the baby.

Of course, it does not mean that it has to be added on the day of 6 months.

It certainly doesn't matter a few days earlier or a few days late.

But at the earliest, not earlier than 4 months.

Baby's diet is a problem that parents should pay attention to, a good diet is not only conducive to the growth and development of the baby, but also can improve the baby's immunity and disease resistance, so we have to provide the baby with the best diet, but many parents still do not understand some of the principles of the baby's diet, for example, the baby should add some complementary food when the baby reaches a certain age, many parents do not know what to do.

If the baby can flexibly turn his head and the tongue reaction disappears, you can try to add, you can try to add, you can try to add.

When you see these 4 signals, it's time to start adding complementary foods, so don't miss the opportunity.

Babies generally begin to add complementary food around 6 finger hunger months, if the child is too young to add complementary food, there will be some harm to the spleen and stomach, and when adding complementary food, you should also add a small amount of complementary food.

At the age of 5 months, the baby can start to add complementary food, and at the beginning you can add some vegetable puree, fruit puree and other foods to the baby.

Baby distribution at 6 months can be added complementary food, in the first addition of complementary food should add some well-absorbed complementary food, Pei escort in 8 months should add some other complementary food to the baby.

Babies should start adding complementary foods at 6 months of age.

Here are 8 principles to keep in mind when adding complementary foods to your baby:

1. Adapt to the baby's age in months;

2. One to many;

3. Supplementary food should be tender, hygienic and tasteful;

4. Be in a happy mood when eating;

5. From thin to thick;

6. From small to coarse;

7. Stop adding immediately when you encounter discomfort;

8. Eating liquid or pureed food should not be too long.

When you see these 4 signals, it's time to start adding complementary foods, so don't miss the opportunity.

Breast milk has long been considered the best natural nutrition. However, many parents are embarrassed to find that the breast milk is sometimes insufficient, so that the baby is always not full, so we often adopt mixed feeding. Around the age of four months, breast milk can no longer fully meet his nutritional needs.

At this time, parents can consider gradually adding complementary food to the baby, you can add from one-eighth of the egg yolk, take it with warm boiled water, or start adding from the juice, buy the baby's special juice or filter it after squeezing it, dilute it with warm boiled water for the baby to drink, or the original nutritious rice flour for the baby to start adding. You can also choose some vegetable puree, such as corn puree, pea puree, mixed vegetable puree, with rice noodles to eat, just eat about once a day. Vegetable puree, I began to go to the mother and baby store to buy canned ones, which is convenient and nutritious.

The shelf life of a can after opening is 3 days, and if you can't eat it all at once, you can store it in the refrigerator. After persisting for a week, the baby will basically get used to it, and then you can feed the puree.