According to a survey by the China Center on Aging, there are currently more than 6647% of the elderly help their children take care of their grandchildren. With the next generationParentingMore and more parents are choosing to let their grandmothers help take care of their children. Although grandmothers are full of love for their children, when it comes to taking care of children, grandmothers can also make some mistakes inadvertently, especially when it comes to feeding. This kind of blind feeding behavior is easy for childrenGastrointestinalDao to cause damage. In this article, I will give you a detailed introduction to some common wrong feeding methods and provide some solutions to ensure the healthy growth of your child.
It is often heard that there are grandmothers who will rush to pick up their children when they are cryingFeeding bottlesStuff it to the child. However, they do not know that drinking milk while the child is crying can easily lead to air inhalation, which can easily lead to the childSpit upand flatulence. When feeding your child, you should keep your baby quiet to help prevent flatulence from developing.
The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents recommend that children should start adding complementary foods when they are 6 months old. This reduces the likelihood of your child's allergy to complementary foods and also lightens your child's allergiesGastrointestinalBurden. However, some grandmothers will still add complementary foods to their children too early in the same way as they used to raise their children, which may lead to the child's inability to digest the nutrients in the complementary food, which can be triggeredAccumulation of foodand stones. Therefore, under normal circumstances, it is best to wait until the child reaches 6 months before gradually adding complementary foods, and do not rush it.
Some grandmothers will use their children's utensils when feeding their children's meals and personally try the temperature and texture of the food before giving it to their children. However, the mouth of the elderly contains many germs such as:Helicobacter pyloriand Epstein-Barr virus, which can easily be transmitted to children by sharing utensils or tasting temperatures. This behavior can lead to the child contracting gastritis, etcGastrointestinaltract disease. Therefore, for the sake of the child's health, the child's tableware must be used as much as possible, and at the same time, attention should be paid to controlling the temperature of the food, not to blow cold with the mouth or test the temperature of the food with the mouth.
Grandmothers sometimes desperately chase after their children to feed them, and even chase after them when they are running. However, such behavior is not only harmful to childrenGastrointestinaland may also pose a risk of suffocation. When a child is running, the mouth opens and breathing accelerates, and if food is accidentally swallowed, there is a risk of suffocation. Moreover, grandma always chasing the child to feed will make the child think that eating is grandma's business, not his own business, and he will be prone to picky eating and anorexia when he grows up. Therefore, after the child is one year old, he should gradually develop the Xi habit of eating at the table by himself, which will help the child develop a good eating Xi.
In the process of grandma taking care of the baby, we must pay attention to avoid the above several wrong ways to hurt the child. As mothers, we should not be afraid of offending grandma, we should communicate with grandma in a timely manner, and both parties are thinking about the health of the child. At the same time, we also need to give the right guidance and advice to help them understand the feeding and care needs of their children. Let's work together to let our children grow up in a healthy and happy environment.