At what age is it better for babies to start eating complementary foods

Updated on parenting 2024-07-28
33 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-13

    1. Suggestions from authoritative institutions and experts.

    The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends supplementing babies between 4 and 6 months, and some parenting and nutrition experts recommend starting after 6 months.

    Because after 6 months, the baby's tongue stiffening reaction disappears, and the gastrointestinal function is basically developed, and he is ready to welcome solid food.

    2. The effect of adding complementary foods too early or too late.

    It is not good to add complementary food too early or too late, if it is earlier than 4 months, the child's gastrointestinal digestive function has not yet developed perfectly, and adding complementary food will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and kidneys. If it is later than 8 months, it will affect the development of chewing and swallowing function, and it is not conducive to the supplementation of trace elements such as iron and zinc.

    If it is a premature baby, the time of early birth should be added when the complementary food is added to calculate the month, such as one month early, the complementary food should be added at 7 months, and if it is two months in advance, it should be added at 8 months.

    3. It is determined according to the baby's own behavior.

    Of course, each child has individual differences, there is a speed of development, there is no need to determine when to add complementary food to the baby by month, if the child has the following performance, indicating that complementary food should be added.

    One is that the baby has eaten enough milk, but still seems to be hungry, crying or irritable.

    The second is that the baby will snatch it when he sees an adult eating, grab it in his hand, and stuff it into his mouth.

    The third is the disappearance of the tongue reaction, the way to judge is to put a small spoon into the baby's mouth, if the tongue is no longer pushed outward, there is no longer a tongue reaction.

    Fourth, the baby's back can be straight and able to sit well on supports.

    My baby started to eat complementary food at 5 months, when he just teethed, he snatched it from his hand when he saw me eating, hid it in his hand, and when he saw his mouth move, he clasped his mouth with his hand. I grabbed my steamed bun and stuffed it into my mouth to eat, and I couldn't eat it.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    Bao is noisy and trembling, and it is better to eat complementary food when he is about 6 months old; At 6 months, the baby begins to add the first bite of complementary food, which is easy to be absorbed by the intestines, which can ensure that the baby consumes enough nutrients and can enhance immunity.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    Babies can add complementary food after 6 months; Because as the baby grows older, the gastrointestinal function is gradually exhausted, and milk powder alone can no longer meet its growth needs, and it is necessary to draw nutrients from Qin Feng from various foods in Shizheng.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    It is better for the baby to eat complementary food when he is about one year old, based on the fact that at this time the baby needs to nutriently rotate is also more than wax jujube, eating complementary food can help the baby wean, but also enhance immunity.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    After 6 months. Because after 6 months, the stomach and intestines of this treasure have developed and become the first one, the baby can eat complementary food, and the baby at this time also needs more comprehensive nutrition.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Modern family raising babies is more important for the baby's healthy growth, in the daily care of the baby will take into account many aspects, among them, the most important concept of scientific feeding is to ensure that the right time to feed the baby with the right food, if in advance or delay, it may lead to unbalanced nutritional intake of the baby, and can not grow up healthily. When the baby is just weaned, it is necessary to start eating complementary food, if it is a mother with little experience, it is likely that you will not understand this and do not know when to feed the baby complementary food, generally speaking, the more scientific time period is about six months, this time can allow the baby to absorb the nutrients in the complementary food. Then, you need to pay attention to the following points when feeding your baby complementary food:

    The reason why the baby can't start feeding complementary food after birth is because the baby's digestive system function in the body is not so perfect when it is not fully developed, and it can only digest breast milk until the baby grows to a certain stage, such as about six months. Eggs are very rich in nutrients, which can provide enough physical strength for the baby. And the egg yolk should not be fed directly to the baby, it should be stirred with warm water to achieve a paste.

    If the baby can digest and absorb the egg yolk well, then you can further add some fruits or rice cereal to increase the type of food step by stepStep by stepcan make the baby more accustomed to complementary foods.

    Since many babies are eating complementary food for the first time, they have been eating breast milk before, whether it is the feeling of mouth residue or chewing habits, complementary food is different from milk, so it is necessary to feed the baby complementary foodPatienceIf the adult is very anxious when feeding, he will add a bite before the baby swallows, which is likely to cause the baby to vomit. If the baby is allergic to a certain complementary food, stop immediately and change to a complementary food.

    All in all, children at the age of six months can eat complementary food, and parents should pay attention to feeding methods and habits.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    At the end of 4 months, you can eat complementary food, at this time, you can supplement some fruit juice, vegetable juice, egg yolk and other substances to make the baby's diet richer.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Children can start eating complementary foods around 1 year old, because by the time they are 1 year old, they generally have teeth and can chew food on their own.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Under normal circumstances, full-term babies can start to add complementary foods during the age of four to six months, adding too early may make the baby's gastrointestinal tract uncomfortable, and adding too late will cause the baby to lose the slow chewing function and exercise. Collapse.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    The baby can open the age to start eating complementary food at the age of six months, at the beginning you can add half an egg yolk to the early sensitivity, adults can hold the baby in front of the table when eating, the adult's diet can be a little bit of it, let the baby taste it.

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Babies can generally start to eat the first complementary food egg yolk at the age of six months, because the nutrition of egg yolk socks is still relatively good, the nutrition is relatively high, if you eat egg yolk without allergies, you can slowly start to add other complementary foods to him.

  12. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    Babies can eat complementary foods in the first six months of life, because the iron reserves in the baby's body have been depleted at six months, and the iron content in milk is relatively small, at this time, pureed foods can be added, such as iron-containing formula rice noodles, vegetable puree, fruit puree, etc.

  13. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Babies can generally add complementary food at 4-6 months, generally need to eat less and more meals at the beginning, from less to more, from thin to thick and so on slowly added, you can give appropriate juice, vegetable juice and so on gradually to millet soup, egg custard, millet porridge, noodles, etc.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Babies can eat complementary food at the age of half a year, eat complementary food to start from eating half an egg yolk, to carefully observe the state of the baby after adding complementary food, if you want to eat when the desire to eat is very large, you can officially add, and can let the baby sit at the table, adult meals can let the baby taste a little.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    After 6 months, you can slowly add complementary food. At the beginning, you can only eat some rice noodles and juice, and the baby's slow teething can exercise the baby's chewing ability, eat some small pieces of fruit, and eat thicker porridge. Baby noodles are all OK.

    Be sure to cook it badly when processing.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Babies can be appropriately added with complementary food after four months, and babies grow and develop rapidly after four months, and need additional nutrition to meet the needs of growth and development. In addition, timely addition of complementary food can also promote tooth eruption and exercise chewing ability. Baby food can start with rice porridge, rice noodles, and rotten noodles.

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    During the first six months of life, the child is usually fed exclusively with breast milk, pure formula or mixed feeding, which means that there is no need to eat anything other than milk.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    Babies generally start to add complementary foods at six months, but there are individual differences, and complementary foods cannot be added later than eight months. Adding complementary foods too early may increase the occurrence of baby allergies, which may lead to a decrease in milk supply and affect growth and development.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    Generally, babies can start to eat complementary food at about 6 months, because babies at this stage can eat some of the same food as adults, but when feeding children, be sure to chop the food.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    Babies and young children, generally after six months, slowly breast milk composition it is not nutritious, so you can add some complementary food, you can eat steamed egg custard, you can cook porridge.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    According to the developmental status of each baby, babies can start to consider adding complementary foods at the age of 4 to 6 months, which can also make the baby's nutrition more balanced.

  22. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    Babies can eat complementary food at the age of one and a half years, which can add some vitamins to the body and supplement nutrition, which is particularly good.

  23. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    Generally, complementary food is added after six months, but in fact, when the baby is suitable to add complementary food, it depends on the specific development of the baby.

  24. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    Hello, generally babies can add complementary food from four to six months. It can start with a muddy shape and go from less to more.

  25. Anonymous users2024-01-20

    When the child is just a few months old, because the body function is not yet perfect, the teeth have not yet grown, and can not eat some large and indigestible food, which requires the mother to pay attention to the selection of food, and add complementary food at the appropriate time, so how old can the child start to eat complementary food?

    Under normal circumstances, children begin to add complementary food at the age of six months, and at the beginning they should first add some rice noodles, from less to more, slowly increase the amount, from thin to dry, and then add fruit juice and millet porridge and the like. But the premise is that the child must be healthy, and the speed of increasing the amount is not too fast, let the child adapt first, pay attention to observe the child's situation, and the time to add complementary food should be determined according to their own situation. It is also important to let children pay more attention to rest and enhance their appetite.

    If you add complementary food to your child too early, it may cause your child to have diarrhea or vomiting, indigestion, and food can not be fully absorbed. If you add complementary food to your child too late, it will affect your child's health and cause malnutrition.

    Therefore, the mother should pick a good time to add complementary food to the child, always pay attention to the child's physical condition, add complementary food in time, if the child is found to be uncomfortable, stop in time, and add another food. In general, children should be given complementary foods at 6 months after birth.

  26. Anonymous users2024-01-19

    Baby 4 to six months can start to eat complementary food, just add complementary food to eat rice cereal is better, the baby to six or seven months when began to erupt baby teeth, at this time you can add complementary food, with a certain chewing ability, it is recommended to eat some vegetable puree, fruit puree, rice porridge, soup food, eat some nutritious, easy to digest food, but in moderation, can not eat too much to cause indigestion.

    Initiatives are proposed. The baby can only be added after six months of age, and some babies will be later, about eight months or so, it is recommended to give the baby some easily digestible food.

    Precautions. Precautions for babies to add complementary food:

    1. Don't eat too much complementary food.

    2. Try to eat only one kind of complementary food every day.

    3. Don't eat too hard food.

  27. Anonymous users2024-01-18

    1. After six months, the baby can gradually start to add complementary food, and the supplementary food needs to follow the principle of from less to more, from thin to thick, and it is best to add vegetable juice, soup, egg yolk, etc. at the beginning. Gradually to the paste, meat puree, vegetable puree, etc.

    2. Add complementary food to the baby to do an anti-allergy test, do not exceed two at a time, eat each for three days, if there is no problem, add another one.

  28. Anonymous users2024-01-17

    The baby is about 5-6 months old to add complementary food, plus supplementary food should be taken slowly, just start to add a little rice noodles to the baby, millet porridge, rice porridge, egg yolk plus 1 5, a small amount of increase, can not feed the baby.

  29. Anonymous users2024-01-16

    It is generally recommended that when the baby is four to six months old, when the weight reaches 7kg, we recommend adding complementary food, first of all, it is recommended to add rice noodles containing fortified iron, followed by vegetables and fruits with tubers, and when the baby is 7-8 months old, you can gradually introduce fish, eggs, meat, and when the baby is about 9, it is recommended to gradually change the baby's food into puree to increase the baby's energy intake.

  30. Anonymous users2024-01-15

    Generally, children can add complementary food at the age of 4 to 10 months, the best time to add complementary food is between two feedings or before the next feeding, the complementary food that is added at the beginning is mainly iron-containing rice noodles, you can feed a spoonful to observe the child's eating situation and whether there is vomiting and redness around the mouth after eating.

  31. Anonymous users2024-01-14

    The baby begins to eat complementary food six months after birth, because the secretion of amylase increases in the first six months of life, at this time, it is best to add complementary food to eat rice noodles fortified with iron.

  32. Anonymous users2024-01-13

    The baby can add complementary food at four months, because the baby is still young, you can prepare rice cereal for him, don't eat too much at a time, 1 2 spoons can, and then add different complementary foods with the increase of the age of the month.

  33. Anonymous users2024-01-12

    The time of the beginning of the first bite of complementary food is widely spoken, and the time recommended by various authoritative institutions is also from 4 months to 7 months. In fact, there is no need to be entangled, if you are pure breast milk, you can add it after 6 months; If it is mixed feeding or plain milk powder, it can be added early.

    The 6-month-old child is in the direct swallowing period of eating complementary food, and can add some pureed complementary food to the child, such as iron-containing rice cereal, vegetable (juice) puree, fruit (juice) puree, and egg yolk puree. After the baby is born, there is breast milk to eat this is the greatest happiness of the mother and the baby, because the baby will not starve, the mother does not have to get up in the middle of the night to make milk powder, but the baby can not continue to eat breast milk, with the growth of the baby's body, gradually it is necessary to start to add lead friends and complementary food.

    7 9-month-old children go through the tongue to grind food and then swallow, that is, the tongue grinding. Moms can appropriately add some slightly granular complementary foods, such as nutritious porridge, fish paste, shrimp paste, meat paste, liver paste, rotten noodles, minced meat, minced vegetables, minced fruits, tofu puree, whole eggs. Babies should start from about six months under normal conditions, many elderly people are from the beginning of four months to add complementary food to babies, in fact, this practice is a bit early, but now are scientific feeding, add complementary food to wait until the baby's gastrointestinal development is more mature, so that babies are not easy to have diarrhea or spleen and stomach disharmony.

    10 At 12 months, the child gradually learns to chew and enters the chewing period. At this time, mothers can give their babies some soft solid food, such as bread slices, steamed bread slices, small buns, small dumplings, small wontons, fruit slices (pieces), and broken vegetables. When adding complementary food, the food should be soft and easy to digest, and the soup should be watery, so that the baby will not feel particularly panicked due to eating too dry, and the appetite will continue to be good.

    No matter what complementary foods are added, the first criterion to follow is that it will be different from person to person. It is necessary to rely on the growth and development of each baby and the preference for complementary food, so the time, quantity and speed of complementary food should be controlled and controlled step by step according to the baby's practical situation.

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