At what age is it appropriate for breastfed babies to start adding complementary foods

1. When is it scientific to add baby food?

The time of adding complementary food has always been different, but the growth and development of each baby is different, so the time of adding complementary food can not be generalized, and the earlier the addition of complementary food, the better. In addition, after adding complementary food, the mother should carefully observe the various signals of the baby eating complementary food.

2. Complementary food, added in the first few months?

In the past, it was believed that babies should be given complementary foods when they reached the age of 4 months, because babies at 4 months old can already secrete a certain amount of amylase, which can digest and absorb starch. The new infant feeding report adopted by the World Health Organization advocates exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months, and adds food on the basis of breastfeeding after six months, and it is best to adhere to breastfeeding until more than 1 year old, mainly milk, supplemented by other foods, which is why we call the food added to the baby within 1 year of age called complementary food. At present, the Ministry of Health of our country has also recommended that supplementary foods be added after the baby enters the 6th month.

However, for each baby, when to start adding complementary food, parents should decide according to the baby's health and growth status, and the time to add complementary food should be determined according to the baby's growth needs rather than completely by age. If you feel that your baby is very healthy and can be added before six months, we recommend that you consult a child care doctor first.

Generally speaking, from the beginning of four months, in addition to breast milk or milk, the baby should gradually add some vegetable puree, apple puree, banana puree and rice noodles. After the baby is born for more than 4 months, the iron and calcium stored in the body have been basically depleted, and only feeding breast milk or milk can no longer meet the needs of the baby's growth and development. Therefore, it is necessary to add some foods rich in iron, calcium, and vitamins.

The baby can be completely weaned (breast milk) at 10 months, and most of the diet is fixed for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and from porridge to thick porridge, soft rice, from pureed meat to minced meat, from pureed vegetables to minced vegetables, to almost one year old, you can train your baby to eat by yourself, and must be weaned (breast milk), if you continue to breastfeed the child, the child may neither drink milk, appetite is also poor, and all aspects of nutrition can not keep up with the needs of the baby's growth, but at the same time have to follow a step-by-step method to add complementary food to the baby, From less to more, from thin to thick, from fine to coarse, get used to one and then add another, add when the child is healthy and the digestive function is normal, pause the reaction for two days, and restore health before proceeding. Let the baby slowly adapt to the transition from milk to food, and I believe that the baby will definitely adapt. My children's supplementary food is bought by my mother in China, and I prefer German Xibao, from rice noodles to fruit puree, meat puree, etc., everything is available.

In general, in the process of breastfeeding, the baby can be added to the baby by the time he is 4 or 6 months old. If the nutrition of the baby who has been purely breastfed cannot keep up, it is necessary to add complementary food at this moment, so that the baby's nutrition can keep up with the needs of physical growth and development. The baby can gradually add complementary food to the baby from 4 to 6 months, but the growth and development of each baby is different, and there are differences in physical fitness, so the time to add complementary food to the baby is not an accurate time.

Babies with better growth and development can add complementary food appropriately around 4 months, but the amount of addition should not be too much.

Try not to eat protein, shovels and other foods with high protein content before the age of 1. When children first add complementary foods, it is best to eat only egg yolks, because protein is rich in protein, some children will make lactose intolerant, so for the sake of safety, before the child is 1 year old, try not to feed the child protein, shovels and other seafood products. Add one complementary food at a time, and gradually increase the variety.

This is to prevent the child from having allergies, only add one complementary food at a time, if the child does not have ** allergies, and then slowly add another complementary food.

From the child is 6 months old, I began to add complementary food to him, at first I made my own baby rice cereal, I made baby rice cereal to soak in rice, plus red date paste and Chinese yam to grind together, grinding for feeding the baby. Sweet and fragrant babies love to eat. As the months progress, you will gradually start to add pureed fruits, vegetable purees, egg yolks, and then fish, chicken breasts, pork and beef.

After the baby turned one year old, I gradually cut the meat into hard pieces. Shape your child's chewing ability, and your child loves to eat and is healthy.

Many parents find that when they first feed their babies complementary food, their babies often spit out the items they have just fed into their mouths, saying that they don't like to eat. In fact, the baby's tongue sticking out is an instinctive sense of prevention, called "tongue protrusion reflex", indicating that the feeding of complementary food is not enough. The protruding reflex surface usually does not disappear until about 4 months.

If you insist on feeding complementary food before it subsides, blindly stuffing and hard feeding, not only will parents be frustrated, but also make the baby feel unhappy, which is not conducive to the cultivation of good eating habits.

It is enough to add complementary food between 6 months and one year old for the baby, and you can start with rice noodles when adding complementary food.

When our baby was four and a half months old, she began to add complementary food, and she began to eat rice noodles, and now she is mixed with milk powder and rice noodles, and our baby drinks Shengyuan Gainoan.

In the process of parenting, generally when the baby is about six months old, you need to add complementary food, adding complementary food should be gradual, at the beginning you can add some soft and digestible liquid food, not too much.

Introduction: As the baby grows up, breast milk or formula milk alone can no longer meet the baby's nutritional needs, so the baby should be added with complementary food in time. So when is it better to start adding complementary foods to breastfeeding babies?

What complementary foods can be added? Let's find out together today.

The most suitable time to add complementary foods to your baby is around six months. As long as the baby has the following movements, such as keeping his head upright when he is holding his head, has a clear appetite, and always shows great interest in food when his parents eat, he can add complementary food to his child. If the baby's digestion is poor, often diarrhea or cold and fever, you can also postpone for a period of time to consider adding complementary food.

All in all, adding complementary foods to babies varies from person to person, and there is no set standard.

At the beginning, let the baby eat complementary food can be from thin to thick, from single to diverse. Many babies' first bite of complementary food is apple puree, which is peeled and steamed and pureed with a blender and fed to the baby. Apples are rich in nutrients and vitamins, and they are not easy to cause allergies, so they are very suitable as a baby's first bite of complementary food.

After eating fruit puree for a period of time, you can add vegetables, egg yolks and meat puree, pay attention to the eggs and meat must choose fresh, and do not leave the next meal for the baby to eat after each meal.

Adding complementary food to your baby is a gradual process, and you can't feed too much at once, start with a small amount. If the baby does not like to eat, do not force the baby to accept complementary food, which can easily lead to the child's fear of eating complementary food to leave a psychological shadow, affecting the ability to eat independently in the future. Wait for the baby to get used to the complementary food before starting to increase the amount, and pay attention to the complementary food do not add seasonings to the baby, such as salt and sugar.

Because the baby's kidneys have not yet developed before the age of one, these seasonings will affect the child's kidney and gastrointestinal function.

Breastfed babies can start to add complementary foods around 4 months, you can add egg custard, mashed potatoes, pureed vegetables, fruit salad, vegetable salad.

For mixed-fed babies, complementary foods can be added after 4 months. Babies who are exclusively breastfed can be given complementary foods after six months. There are many types of complementary foods that can be added, such as liver puree, fish puree, vegetable puree, lean porridge, rotten noodles, egg custard, wonton, fruit puree, millet porridge, etc.

When adding complementary foods, choose local, seasonal ingredients. Only one complementary food can be added at a time, and then another complementary food can be added after the baby adapts to this complementary food, and do not add multiple complementary foods at a time.

Breastfed babies start to add complementary foods after 6 months; You can add egg whites, apple puree, banana puree, dragon fruit puree, noodles, rice noodles.

First of all, it is important to note that complementary foods are not always added as early as possible. Generally, the first time to add complementary foods is at least 4 months after the baby is born, and some doctors recommend that you start feeding complementary foods until the first month. Why should you start adding complementary foods at this stage?

First, the baby grows and develops rapidly in infancy, and breast milk or formula milk gradually cannot fully meet the nutrients and calories required by the baby's normal development, so after a few months, it is necessary to gradually increase complementary foods to supplement protein, iron and vitamins.

In the second month, the baby should still be based on breast milk or formula milk, and the daily amount should be guaranteed. Adding complementary foods too early can affect the amount of breast milk or formula your baby eats each day, and it can also affect their absorption of nutrients from breast milk or formula.

Thirdly, the baby is not able to eat well at this time. When they first started feeding complementary foods, many parents found that their babies would use their tongues to push food out. This is an instinct of the baby, and it is a natural reflex of the baby before 4 months of age.

Generally, after 4 months, the baby will gradually get used to the spoon being in his mouth. If solid food is added too early, it may cause your baby to choke on food, which can be dangerous.

Finally, it is also a very critical reason, whether to add complementary food depends on whether the baby can absorb it, to the month later, the baby can better absorb the nutrients in the food, play the real role of adding complementary food. If you start adding complementary foods too early, it may also cause allergic reactions because your baby's gastrointestinal tract is not fully developed.