When is it time for breastfed babies to start adding complementary foods?

Method steps.

First: the time of adding complementary food.

The latest regulations of the World Health Organization require exclusive breastfeeding or formula milk until the baby is 6 months old before adding complementary foods (the old rule was 4 months), because breast milk or formula milk can provide enough nutrients for babies from 0 to 6 months, and adding complementary foods too early will cause allergies and physical discomfort to the baby.

Because the baby's digestive absorption system and immunity are not yet mature, they cannot cope with too many complex foods. If the mother really wants to add it earlier, she should wait until the baby is 17 weeks old at the earliest. When the baby reaches six months, he must add complementary food, because the iron content in breast milk and formula milk is obviously insufficient, and the baby needs to ingest from complementary food, and at this time the baby has matured in all aspects and can gradually cope with various changes in complementary food.

Theoretically, the addition of complementary food is more than 4 months, but it really depends on the situation of your baby in life, and most babies are officially added at 6 months.

Second: how to add.

Complementary food, that is, the baby's supplementary food, between 6 months and one year old, a lot of the baby's nutrition must be taken from breast milk or formula milk, and the baby must ensure that the amount of milk is 500 ml to 800 ml per day. Don't be in a hurry when adding complementary food, add the same as the same, so that you can observe the baby's reaction to the added complementary food. For the first time, you can use the baby's favorite milk to make rice noodles, feed the baby at a fixed time in the morning, it is best to feed the baby a little milk first, and try to add complementary food when the baby is not too hungry.

When feeding the baby, the baby must sit upright, and never lie down to feed, so as not to choke the baby.

The safest early addition food:

Rice noodles, apples, pears, bananas, papayas, pears, broccoli, carrots, sweet potatoes, potatoes and pumpkin. Among them, bananas, papayas and pears can be broken without boiling and eaten directly by the baby.

I feel that at the age of seven or eight months, I can give my baby complementary food, and my baby was also paired with a small Luban milk powder, which can help digestion.

The complementary food added to the baby should be easy to digest, or you can use some Feihe milk powder for the baby to eat, which can help digestion and improve the digestive function of the baby's stomach.

Breastfed babies can try complementary foods at about 6 months old.

When breastfeeding, it is generally recommended to start adding complementary foods after the baby is six months old, and it is possible to exclusively breastfeed before six months. Milk can meet the baby's daily and metabolic needs of some ingredients, if it is artificial feeding, or mixed feeding of the baby, after the baby is full of 4 months, you can start to gradually add complementary food when you are healthy. However, how to add complementary food, according to the actual physical condition of the baby, to take specific measures.

The purpose of adding complementary foods is mainly to increase the baby's intestinal ability to adapt to foods other than breast milk. In addition, it makes up for some nutrients that are lacking in breast milk or milk powder.

Generally, the timing of the baby to add complementary food is 6 months to Chang or Shang as well, but it also depends on the baby's performance, choose to add complementary food in the time. When they want to eat complementary foods, observe the following signs:

1. Crying for several days in a row, you find that he is neither sick nor teething;

2. When others are eating, he is very interested in the food on the table;

3. Be able to sit firmly on their own, and the tongue reflex disappears, so that the baby will not push the food out of the mouth;

4. You can grab food and put it in your mouth.

In addition, you can observe whether there is completely undigested food on your baby's diaper. If so, you should pause the addition of complementary foods and try again after a few weeks.

After six months, it's fine.

Different parents have different views on when to add complementary food to the baby, but when I took the parenting course, the teacher specifically talked about these:

It is not recommended to add complementary food to the baby before the month, especially for children who are exclusively breastfed, because the child's gastrointestinal function is not fully developed at this time;

2. After feeding the child with milk powder for 5 months, you can add complementary food to the baby;

3. It is recommended to add complementary food to the child after 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding, which will affect the secretion of milk too early;

4. For the first time to add complementary food, cereals, vegetable juice, fruit juice, etc., 1-2 spoons a day can be, followed by egg yolk, egg yolk must be diluted with water and fed to the baby;

5. It is not recommended to add condiments to feed supplementary food at the beginning, which will increase the burden on the child's kidneys.

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 diet of 4-6 month old babies is still based on breast milk (or formula milk), and the main purpose of complementary food is to try to eat. Start with a small amount, i.e. 1-2 scoops, and gradually increase thereafter.

Complementary foods mainly provide liquid and pureed foods. Iron-fortified rice flour (can be prepared with breast milk, formula milk or apple juice), vegetable puree (3-4 kinds), fruit juice or puree (juice should be from 2:1, 1:

1 start with water, then drink the original juice, followed by puree), egg yolk (5 months old), fish puree, chicken, duck, pork.

In the end, it depends on the baby's adaptation to eating complementary food, and then make specific adjustments according to the actual situation.

The World Health Organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the UK** Department of Health all recommend that exclusive breastfeeding should be carried out for at least 6 months, and after 6 months, you should start adding complementary foods to your baby.

I myself plan to add complementary food to my baby in more than 5 months.