After 6 months, babies can take the test to add complementary foods, and fruit is a good choice at this time. Fruits are rich in vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber, and come in a variety of flavors and textures, and many mothers also like to give their children fruits.
But how should fruit be added? Should fruits be steamed before eating? When is it right to add fruit? Are you still struggling with these questions?
Does it really depend on the situation if you want to steam? Many mothers think that boiled or steamed fruits can be digested better, and they are worried that their babies will be "cold".
Indeed, after many fruits have been steamed, many of the cellulose in the fruit will become soft or completely broken, so as to achieve better mashing into puree, which is also said to be better digested. So, with the exception of bananas and avocados, "raw" fruits are indeed not as digestible as boiled.
But if your baby is 6 months old, you don't need to steam the fruit before you can add it to your baby. In fact, many babies at this age are already well absorbed by the so-called "raw" fruit that has not been steamed.
To sum up, most babies after 6 months can accept "raw" fruits well, and they don't have to be boiled. If you don't have to worry about it, you must "cook", steaming it can preserve the nutrients of the fruit more than boiling.
For hard fruits, mothers can steam them properly, because before the age of 5 (many institutions have inconsistent recommendations, from 3 to 5 years old) should avoid giving them hard fruits to prevent choking on the trachea and causing danger. But also avoid overcooking to reduce vitamin loss.
Therefore, bananas, avocados, apricots, mangoes, papayas, peaches and other ripe and soft fruits can be peeled, pitted, and seeded after scraping off with a spoon or mashed into a paste for the baby to eat; Harder fruits, such as apples, pears and melons, usually need to be cut into pieces and boiled or steamed with a little water.
As with other complementary foods, when you first start feeding your baby fruit, you should follow the principle of adding a small amount (gradually increasing the amount) and introducing only one new food at a time.
With the improvement of the baby's chewing and swallowing ability, between six months and one year old, the roughness and thickness of the fruit food can be gradually increased. Transition from delicate purees (6 months) to coarser purees (7 to 8 months) to soft, small strips (8 to 12 months). When you first start feeding your child fruits, ripe bananas, apples, pears, apricots, melons, plums, avocados, papayas, and peaches are all good choices. After the baby is 8 months old or older, the confinement lady suggests that you can try other fruits.
It is not recommended to add fruit immediately after a meal. Because fruits are eaten immediately after meals, the sugars and organic acids contained in them will react with the food components, and pectin will also increase the burden on the stomach by absorbing water and increasing the moisture content of chyme in the stomach. This will not only affect the absorption of nutrients, but also ferment, causing bloating, hiccups, acid reflux, bad breath and other phenomena.
In the early morning on an empty stomach, the confinement lady does not recommend giving the baby fruit. Avoid tomatoes, oranges, pineapples, persimmons, black dates, bananas, lychees, hawthorns and other fruits, which will cause various health effects including stomach pain, acid reflux, formation of gastrolias, irritation, and damage to the gastrointestinal mucosa, nausea, vomiting, and inhibition of cardiovascular function.
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