Premature babies are born two months early, when should I add complementary food? Why?

We all know that it is best to breastfeed the baby after birth, and then add some complementary food as the child grows up, especially if the premature infant is more important, the complementary food of the premature infant needs to be added later than the full-term infant, because the premature infant itself is relatively weak in resistance, and the adaptability is relatively weak, and there is a certain emphasis on the addition of complementary food, it is necessary to pay attention to the nutritional matching, and the selection of ingredients should also be fine. Let's take a look at when premature babies are born two months early, when to add complementary food and why.

1. Premature babies are born two months early, and complementary food should be added when the baby is 6 months old.

If you add it too early, the baby has no digestive ability, which will easily cause indigestion and bloating, and when adding complementary food, you should gradually add it at a time, you can't add too much, at the beginning of the complementary food can be adjusted a little thinner and then slowly adjust the viscosity, so that the baby has an adaptation process.

2. What complementary foods can be added?

At the beginning, you can add infant nutritional rice flour, which has a relatively high mineral content of iron and zinc, and the iron content reaches %, to meet the nutritional needs of children. Wait for your child to get used to it before adding some pureed vegetables and fruits. For example, honey pumpkin puree, pumpkin is rich in carotene, which has certain benefits for the baby's eye development, can make the baby's eyes brighter, and can also improve the body's immunity.

Method: Wash the pumpkin, peel it, remove the seeds, cut it into slices, then use a spoon to press the steamed pumpkin slices into a puree, gently save the pumpkin puree into a big ball with your hands, and then save a few small balls and put them around, and pour honey on them before eating.

In fact, the baby's complementary food can also be mixed with some vegetable juice with meat puree, so that the complementary food will taste better, and the baby's appetite will be better. If you want to make the baby have a good appetite, the color matching is also very important, and the fresh bright material color can stimulate the child's curiosity and interest in experience, so that the appetite will be improved, and the nutrition of the baby's diet is also more comprehensive.

Preterm infants are born two months early, and complementary foods are generally recommended at 4-6 months of age. For premature infants, the function of various organs is still relatively weak, and it is best to postpone the time of adding complementary food by two months. However, this time is not absolute.

At about 7 months, you can add complementary food; When the child is so old, whether it is breast milk or milk powder, it cannot keep up with the nutrition, and additional complementary foods must be added to ensure that the baby's body is more healthy.

Complementary foods should be added at the age of seven or eight months, according to the child's physical condition, so that the child can be healthier.

It's best to consult a doctor. Premature babies need special care after birth, and they should also choose special formulas for drinking milk powder, such as Youbo Aneng.

We know that angels who report early need twice as much attention from their parents to grow better. Feeding is essential to compensate for premature infants' nutritional deficiencies that are already present at birth or early in life and to enable them to grow as full-term babies. So, when do premature babies start adding complementary foods?

Pediatricians say that when a premature baby is added with complementary foods, you need to see the following signals. From the perspective of the baby's growth, when the Fed premature baby is 8 to 10 times a day or the total amount of formula milk is 800 to 1000 ml, it still seems to be incomplete or the weight does not meet the standard, indicating that milk feeding alone cannot meet the needs of the baby's growth and development. At this time, the mother should continue to breastfeed the baby with other foods.

Judging from the development of the baby, when the baby can sit on something for a while, he is very interested in other people's food, such as grabbing what the mother wants to eat, and likes to put things in his mouth; When feeding him or her food with a spoon, the open mouth is a sign that your baby is ready to try mushy foods. If the baby can put pureed food from the lips with a spoon into the mouth, use the tongue to put the food on the tongue, will use the upper and lower gums (bed) to tighten the food, and swallow, will not suffocate, the baby has already begun to accept the pureed food.

It should not be earlier than 4 months of corrected ageUnlike full-term infants, preterm babies have a corrected age. Breast milk or formula milk is the main source of energy and nutrients for infant growth and development**, and early supplementation of complementary foods can reduce milk intake. Because 4 months ago, the baby's gastrointestinal function was not mature enough to digest starchy foods well; The intestines cannot completely block the absorption of inappropriate substances, and early addition of complementary foods is very detrimental to your baby's health.

Therefore, preterm infants should be fed no earlier than 4 months before the corrected age.

The correction age is no later than 6 months, because the baby's taste perception and learning ability to swallow and chew has a critical period, in which it is easy to acquire relevant abilities, and once they are missed, it requires more effort and even difficult to acquire these abilities. In addition, due to insufficient nutrient intake, adding supplementary foods later will also affect the growth and development of the baby. If solid foods are added too late and critical periods of chewing and swallowing development are missed, infants may be reluctant to eat or unable to chew lumpy foods, unable to swallow foods with large particles, or have delayed language development.

Therefore, pediatricians recommend not adding complementary foods to preterm infants, no later than 6 months after correction.

It can be added, and it is best to add it when the baby is about 6 months old, because at this time the baby's stomach and intestines already have resistance.

No, because the child is a premature baby and is not fully developed, it is necessary to stay in the incubator for many days and cannot eat complementary food.

Normal babies start to add complementary food at 4-6 months, premature babies can be calculated according to the baby's corrected age, as long as your baby is ready, you can start to add complementary food to him. Here are a few things you can tell if your baby is ready

1. Control of the head. To receive complementary foods, your baby's head must be able to maintain an upright, stable position.

2. Stop the "tongue sticking out reflex". In order to keep solid food in the mouth and swallow it, your baby needs to stop the innate reflex of pushing food out of his mouth with his tongue.

3. Sit up straight with support. Even if your baby can't sit in the high chair, he or she must be able to sit upright with support so that he can swallow food smoothly.

4. Chewing action. Your baby's mouth and tongue develop in sync with the digestive system. To start eating complementary foods, your baby should be able to push the food up to the back of his mouth and swallow it.

As your baby learns to swallow effectively, you may notice less saliva coming out of your baby; Your baby may also start teething at this time.

5. Significant weight gain. Most babies gain about twice as much weight (or about kilograms) as they were at birth, and they are ready to eat complementary foods.

6. Increased appetite. The baby seems to be hungry and still seems hungry even after eating 8 to 10 times a day of breast milk or formula.

Generally, the baby who gives birth normally can add complementary food at six months, but the gastrointestinal function and digestion of premature babies are not very good, and the physique is not as good as that of full-term babies, so it should be added when the baby is more than seven months old.

At the beginning of adding complementary food to the baby, you can first add iron-fortified rice flour to the baby, the stomach and intestines of premature babies are relatively weak, and the digestive function is not perfect, so when adding complementary food, it is necessary to gradually add complementary food.

Generally, normal children can add complementary food at six months, and babies who are born one month prematurely, their gastrointestinal digestion is not good, and their physique is a little worse than that of full-term babies, so they can be postponed by one month, and complementary foods can be added at about seven months.

Under normal circumstances, babies are six to eight months old when complementary food is added. However, if the baby is born prematurely, try to add it at about 10 months. Because the stomach of a premature baby is not as good as that of a normal child.

When adding complementary food, you must remember not to be in a hurry, from less to more, from thin to thick, you must take your time, and you must not be in a hurry.

Normally, babies start to add complementary foods 5-6 months after birth. You can try to add complementary foods to him from 6 months onwards. For example, egg yolks, rice cereal, apple puree, etc. are all good choices.

My baby has been given complementary food since the 6th month. I love apple puree and rice cereal.

Like ordinary babies, complementary food can be added at six months.

The chronological age of a premature baby is calculated from the day he is born, not the same as his developmental age, which determines whether he is ready to eat complementary foods. Although most premature babies look similar to full-term babies by about 18 months. The World Health Organization recommends that babies start to add complementary foods after 6 months, but some babies have a signal that they can add complementary foods, 4 months to 6 months are the appropriate time to add complementary foods.

The signal is: the baby weighs twice as much as at birth. In the first few months, breast milk or formula milk is still used as the main nutrition**, and complementary foods are added, not because breast milk or formula milk is not nutritious, but to allow the baby to adapt to the taste and texture of a variety of foods.

Prepare for future weaning.

The best time for premature babies to add complementary food should be calculated according to the baby's corrected age of the month, corrected age = the actual age of the baby - (40 weeks - gestational week of birth) 4), for example: the actual age of the baby is 6 months, 36 weeks of birth, the corrected age = 6-(40-36) 4 = 5 months. If the premature baby develops normally and well, does not have diarrhea, and has normal stools, it can be added from a small amount first, and the food is thin and paste-like.

Add it once a day to observe the baby's state, if there is no diarrhea or constipation, it is okay. It should be possible, if you are not at ease, you can also ask the doctor, don't you have to go to the community hospital for examination at 6 months.

Breastfeeding babies are recommended to add complementary food at 6 months, but it depends on the individual differences of the baby, some babies see that adults are hungry to eat, indicating that the baby can try to add complementary food, it doesn't matter if you are a little earlier or later, as long as the baby is willing to accept complementary food, digestion should be normal. Hello, if you are fed with milk powder or mixed feeding for about 5 and a half months, you can start to add complementary food, and if you are stunted in all aspects of pure breast milk after 6 months, you can appropriately postpone the time of adding complementary food. The first time you add complementary food, you should add rice flour, and after getting used to it, you can start to add egg yolk, and then slowly add others.

Generally, when the baby reaches the age of one year, you can add some complementary food, but do not give the baby some oil or salt.

When the baby is 4 or 6 months old, you can add complementary food, try to add some easy to digest complementary food, preferably thin paste, which is conducive to the baby's diet.

Generally, normal babies will be added complementary food at six months, the type of complementary food should be relatively single, and the general premature baby has been qualified in physical development, and it can also be carried out from six months.

Of course, premature babies can also increase complementary food, but because premature babies are weaker and weaker, and their ability to absorb nutrients is also relatively poor, try to increase complementary food for children later; You can give him some egg yolks, rice cereal, and some spinach puree, which can play a role in nourishing blood.

For the normal growth of the baby, after the baby is 6 months old, you can add complementary food to the baby's calendar; Supplementary food can be added with rice noodles, vegetable puree, fruit puree, meat puree and starch.

Of course you can, but it must be after 6 months. You can choose rice noodles, rice cereal, soft noodles, millet porridge.