For babies, when is it advisable to add complementary foods

Updated on parenting 2024-05-04
22 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    How often should I breastfeed with complementary foods? For mothers who are exclusively breastfeeding, it is best to breastfeed their babies until 6 months before starting to add complementary foods. Because breast milk can meet all the nutrients of the baby in the first 6 months, including water, after 6 months, as the baby grows taller and grows, more nutrients are needed, so complementary foods should be added from 6 months onwards.

    The addition of complementary food should be gradual, first from water (vegetable water, fruit water) to puree (rice noodles, banana puree, sweet potato puree, mashed potatoes, pumpkin puree, liver puree, fish puree, etc., these vegetable puree and fruit puree can be made by yourself, you can also buy ready-made, HT's organic supplementary food is not bad), and then to gruel, rotten rice, boiled noodles, and slowly transition to normal rice, about 1 and a half years old.

    Pay attention to the diet of less salt and less sugar for babies under 1 year old, because the delicate kidneys and liver cannot bear too salty and sweet food. Eat small and frequent meals, don't give the baby too much, start to slowly increase the amount of each small bite, egg white is easy to allergies, it is best to wait until the baby is one year old before giving him whole eggs.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Hello, our country is in accordance with the (WHO) World Health Organization international requirements of the addition standards, it is recommended that the baby after 6 months to add food to the child. Complementary foods are added from the earliest baby rice noodles, followed by vegetable puree, meat puree, egg yolk, etc. It is recommended to add egg yolk after 8 months.

    After 1 year of age, fresh milk and its products, shelled seafood, peanuts and other dried fruits are added. Feed your baby in the order of liquid, puree, coarse grains, and small pieces, and solid food should be added before the baby is 10 months old.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Baby food is generally 6 months plus, part of the rapid growth and development of the baby, can be slightly early introduction of baby food, but not earlier than 4 months, not at the latest to 8 months. Every baby is different about when it actually starts, and you need to carefully observe the data signals that your baby sends to make you "eat". Babies mainly show interest in adult ingredients.

    In the case of an adult's meal, the baby has a "very wanted" look. You can manage your head and neck and accept the liquid or semi-solid food you are fed. When your child is full, he or she can rotate the top of his head, close his mouth, and pull away the ingredients to show that he "doesn't have to".

    It can even metabolize a lot of saliva. Bold children are likely to continue to reach out and grab the adult's hand to eat, and the child's growth and development will gradually improve after 6 months. Digestion and absorption, absorption and excretion continue to improve, milk can not meet the growth and development and nutritional content of the must, therefore, the diet must gradually change to solid ingredients, and finally make the baby gradually change from milk as the key food to solid food as the dominant.

    Ingredients change standard: from less to more, from a little to too much, there is a whole process of application; From thin to thick, from liquid food to semi-liquid food, gradually to solid food; From fine to coarse, such as from vegetable juice to vegetable puree, and then to chopped vegetables; From one to many; Feed one ingredient first, then add another after blending, and gradually start with a small amount; Procedures and methods of changing ingredients:4 June:

    When choosing iron-fortified rice flour, it is recommended to pay for one type of cereal, such as pure rice or pure oatmeal. That is mainly to prevent unknown cereals from causing ** allergies, because if you add mixed cereals, it is impossible to tell which kind of cereal causes the ** allergy.

    Of course, it is also very rare for Chinese babies to be allergic to cereals. Followed by roots, roots, vegetables, fruits, such as spinach, vegetables, potatoes and fresh fruits. Because at this stage, the baby's body is depleted of iron stores.

    Food products should be made into a paste and spoon-fed consistently to practice the ability to bite and swallow the ingredients;7 September: Solid ingredients such as cookies, bread slices, and steamed buns should be added immediately to promote the growth and development of teeth, and practice the ability to bite and work, and rotten porridge, rotten noodles (cooked), minced vegetables, meat foam, liver puree, fish puree and other foods should be added in a variety of ways to increase children's appetite.

    In addition, we need to pay attention to the transition from breastfeeding to the addition of complementary foods. Sometimes the baby is likely to not like to eat baby food, parents can feed a little milk first, and then eat baby food. If your child wants to eat again after eating baby food, give them some milk, this kind of connection is very easy for the baby to accept.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    It is better to eat the baby's complementary food when it is one year old, and the principle of adding complementary food is to be small and many times while trying to digest it as much as possible.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Under normal circumstances, it is better to eat in the morning and afternoon, and the supplementary food must be eaten very nutritious, easy to digest, easy to absorb, and very soft and rotten.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    You can choose to eat it in the evening. Be sure to chew it well and digest it well. Don't be too hard.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    In general, babies start to add complementary foods from around 4 to 6 months.

    Generally speaking, you can start with rice noodles that contain iron, followed by pumpkin puree, carrot puree, and some fruit puree. As the month gets older, you should add some foods such as meat puree and liver puree. Add food from a small amount to a large amount, from one to a many, first let the child taste the taste, as the child gets used to the taste, you can also add two foods to one piece.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    Generally, milk powder feeding can be added at four months of age, when the baby eats complementary food, the first time to eat a little less, the next day to observe to see that there are no adverse reactions, you can eat more, at this time to drink milk is still the main, milk powder pay attention to choose hypoallergenic, such as Minjia.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Usually, for children who are exclusively breastfed, it is recommended to start adding complementary foods from 4-6 months after birth.

    After the baby is born, breast milk is the most natural and nutritious food for the child, and it is recommended to feed exclusively with breast milk as much as possible. The mother's iron reserve in the uterus through the placenta is about enough for 6 months after birth. 4-5 months to start to add complementary food, the principle of complementary food addition is from less to more, from one to many, so to gradually add the amount and variety of complementary food, it takes about 1 month to add enough amount of complementary food.

    When adding complementary food, infants need to pay attention to the observation of at least 3 days after each food added, and then add a new one without allergic reactions. Supplementary foods should be steamed as much as possible, avoid frying and pickling, and add less greasy foods and sweets.

  10. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Babies don't eat the same amount. You pay attention to the baby's eating and sleeping appearance. It is good to sleep instead of crying in most cases after eating, and it is good to sleep more peacefully and at about a large interval in most cases.

    To put it simply, it is good that the baby can eat and sleep, and will learn to play. Like my child has a lot of food, I'm still a little worried, hehe, as long as the baby has no adverse reactions, let's relax. We tried to add complementary foods when we were five months old.

    First a little bit of boiled rotten porridge, then try to eat a little egg yolk, and when the baby can drink four or five mouthfuls of porridge, buy some baby biscuits for the baby to eat. If you want to be more nutritious, you can sprinkle a handful of millet, white rice or soybeans when boiling porridge, which will be very nutritious. Hope it helps.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Babies generally need to add complementary food from 4 to 6 months, when adding complementary food, we must pay attention to from less to more, from thin to thick, from easy to digestible to indigestible, slowly add, add complementary food should also pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene, but also pay attention to whether the baby has vomiting, indigestion or diarrhea symptoms, if there is a can be suspended to add, and then continue after the baby's symptoms recover. Adding complementary foods is a long process. Wait for your baby to get used to the same before adding another.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Preamble: The time to add complementary food can be combined with the baby's physical condition to choose, if the baby's gastrointestinal digestion ability is better, you can choose to add complementary food at 4 months, if the baby's gastrointestinal system is not perfectly developed and very fragile, you can choose to add complementary food at 6 months. When adding complementary food, parents must pay attention to the step-by-step process, from less to more, from thin to thick, from fine to coarse, so that children can better digest and absorb.

    Because the baby's age is relatively young, this time will often develop imperfectly, so in the process of adding complementary food, parents must pay attention to the correct way, at the age of 6 months, appropriately add some rice cereal to the baby, if the baby has no adverse reactions after eating rice cereal, you can appropriately increase the amount of complementary food. When the baby is a little older, you can choose to add some other foods, such as fruit puree, vegetable puree, egg yolk, etc. In the process of baby growth, there are a lot of nutrients needed, so as to meet the needs of growth and development, so complementary food should focus on diversification, mainly light.

    At the beginning of adding complementary food to the baby, we must pay attention not to change the food frequently, which will cause the baby to be difficult to accept food, so as to develop a picky eater. Because the baby's adaptability is relatively weak, at this time the baby's digestive ability is also relatively fragile, so when adding complementary food to the baby, you can choose a food to feed for 3 4 days, if the baby has no abnormal situation and then change to another food, according to the baby's nutritional needs, gradually add the type of food.

    When adding complementary food to the baby, it must not be too early, nor too late, if the complementary food is added too early, the baby is prone to gastrointestinal allergies. If the baby adds complementary food too late, it will lead to malnutrition in the baby, which is not conducive to the growth and development of the baby, it is very appropriate to add complementary food when the baby is 6 months old, and this time can also exercise the baby's chewing ability and swallowing ability, and improve the baby's interest in food.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    At 4 months, it is normal to add complementary foods, at the beginning of adding very thin complementary foods, slowly thickening, of course, you also need to change from less to more, but also eat some easily digestible staple foods.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    The time for babies to add complementary food is 4-6 months after birth, breastfed infants advocate adding at 6 months, babies at this age already have perfect food digestion ability, porridge food or other soft and rotten food can be digested in the stomach, to clarify whether the child's digestive ability is normal, it is best to let the child make a preliminary expression of hunger or satiety, which is conducive to parents to adjust the diet.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    It is most correct for babies to add complementary foods at 6 months; In the early stage of adding complementary food, you should give your child a small amount of food to eat many times, and pay attention to the choice of complementary food, not to give your child too greasy food, you can give your child a little more vitamin-rich food, such as fruit puree, rice cereal.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    After 6 months. It is necessary to choose complementary foods with relatively safe ingredients, and also understand the baby's physical condition and add some nutritious foods appropriately. You can try different complementary foods and you can also eat some purees.

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    The principle to follow in adding complementary food to the baby is to increase with the number of days, and also to add according to the softness and hardness of the food, but also according to the age of the baby, do not add too much at one time, add step by step, these are the principles to follow when adding complementary food.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    Varieties should be from one to a many, the amount of food should be from less to more, the added things can also be from thin to thick, the ingredients should also be from fine to coarse, if the baby is not suitable to eat, it should be stopped immediately, otherwise it will affect the baby's health.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    It should be followed by good digestion, and it is relatively soft, and the food eaten is some very delicate, and it will not be easy to have lumps, and the taste should be good, and the baby is willing to eat.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    When adding complementary food, we try to add some complementary foods that are well digested by the body, and secondly, we should also try to feed less when eating, and should also drink together with milk powder, so that it is better for the child's body and can make the child better adapt.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-20

    It is necessary to go from less to more, step by step, to be easier to digest, to be regular and quantitative, to be nutritious, and to be observed at all times.

  22. Anonymous users2024-01-19

    Generally speaking, it is best to add complementary foods to your baby at six months. If the baby has the desire to eat, you can dip a little soup with chopsticks or spoons to satisfy the baby's appetite.

    If the baby usually shows the phenomenon of not eating enough, it means that breast milk can no longer make the baby full, so add some complementary food to the baby during the day.

    Another way is to see if the baby has fully matured, if the development is complete, the baby, can control their head movements, as well as the movement of the upper body, that is, you can turn your head and shake your head to express your wishes, you can according to the meaning conveyed by the baby, men should add complementary food.

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