Your baby's first bite of complementary food is one of the many important firsts in life. For new mothers, will it be a little confusing, even a little nervous? When to start eating, what to eat, and how to eat? What should I pay attention to before eating, and what should I do if I don't like to eat? Let's take a look at each of them.
Complementary food, 4 months or 6 months?
The secretion of salivary glands in small infants is relatively small, and it only begins to increase gradually at 4 months, and the secretion increases at 5 to 6 months. Saliva has the effect of digestion and inhibition of bacterial growth, and saliva also has digestive enzymes, mainly increased secretion of amylase, which can carry out preliminary digestion of food. According to the characteristics of the child's physiological development, it is not possible to add complementary food before 4 months.
Breast milk is the most reasonable "nutritious meal" for infants from 0 to 6 months, providing all the nutrients needed by infants up to 6 months old. To meet their evolving nutritional needs, breastfed babies can be introduced with complementary foods starting at 6 months.
Formula-fed babies can start trying complementary foods after 4 months to increase nutrient gain.
Of course, every child's development is different. If your child is fully qualified to add complementary foods, you can add them. However, it cannot be earlier than 4 months at the earliest, and not later than 8 months at the latest.
Iron-fortified rice noodles are usually recommended for your baby's first bite of complementary food. But some mothers will wonder, does it have to be rice noodles? Is there anything else?
To give the baby the first bite of complementary food, the first thing we should consider is to prevent the baby from allergies, because some babies' gastrointestinal development is not perfect, and it is ideal to choose cereals as the first bite of complementary food.
Iron-fortified rice flour is not only not easy to cause allergies in babies, but also rich in nutrientsTherefore, rice noodles are the best choice for the baby's first bite of complementary food.
Mix 1 level scoop of rice noodles and add 4 tablespoons of 45 or more warm boiled water;
Leave for 30 seconds to allow the rice noodles to fully absorb the water;
When mixing the rice noodles, face them in the same direction.
The best state of rice noodles is condensed milkToo thin babies don't like to drink, too dry babies are difficult to swallow.
When we are mothers, the most important thing to look at when buying baby food is the ingredient list of the packaging!!
1. Pure grain rice flour is preferred.
Rice noodles on the market, mainly divided into: pure grains, grains + vegetables and fruits, grains + vegetables and fruits + meat, when adding rice noodles to the baby at the beginning, it is generally recommended to choose pure grain rice noodles, after adapting, and then consider choosing rice noodles with a higher degree of complexity. Every time a new ingredient is added, a desensitization test should be done.
2. Avoid sweetening ingredients.
In order to make the baby have a higher acceptance of rice noodles, some manufacturers will add some sweetening ingredients to rice noodles, such as white sugar, glucose syrup, and maltose. From a nutritional point of view, these ingredients do not have much effect on the baby, except for providing energy to the baby, but will also affect the baby's taste, resulting in dislike of other light foods.
3. Whether it contains juice and salt.
Like above, rice noodles with added juice also play a role in increasing sweetness and flavor, and it will also increase the baby's dependence on taste, so it is not recommended to buy.
For babies under 1 year of age, almost all authoritative complementary food guidelines recommend not adding extra salt to avoid excessive sodium intake and burden on the kidneys. So parents should pay great attention to this.
4. Whether it contains milk ingredients.
Many baby cereals will add some milk** ingredients such as whole milk, skim milk, and whey protein to the raw materials.
But for the baby, eating these rice noodles containing milk raw materials is equivalent to contact with a new milk powder, which may cause gastrointestinal discomfort, and if the baby is allergic to milk, eating these rice noodles will trigger allergic reactions. Therefore, in comparison, it is recommended that you give preference to rice noodles that do not contain milk raw materials.
Children's supplementary food production is very particular, what kind of materials to choose is very important, how to make it is even more critical. Many mothers don't know how to make complementary food, so they follow the adult's recipe to make it for their children, resulting in children not digesting it, but it will hurt the child's spleen and stomach and cause food accumulation.
Therefore, it is recommended that mothers learn to make complementary foods in raising their children. Here is a highly recommended complementary food book "What to Eat Weekly Complementary Food" that is sought after by thousands of mothers.
This book starts with the addition of complementary foods for babies at six months and ends with recipes for children at the age of three, and details the recipes for each day of each week.
For example, a 10-month-old child's recipe for a week is an example, such as drinking milk powder or breast milk with a piece of apple for the first meal on Monday, eating ** powder or breast milk for the second meal, eating lettuce soft rice for the third meal, eating breast milk or milk powder with a sweet jade soup for the fourth meal, eating chicken breast soft porridge for the fifth meal, and drinking milk powder or breast milk ...... for the sixth meal
And each complementary food has a very detailed production method, such as the preparation time, cooking time, difficulty index, as well as the ingredients needed, the specific method, what nutrients can be added to the child, etc.
In addition to the text version, there is also a tutorial for making it, so you can choose according to your preferences.
According to the baby's age, the mother chooses the appropriate complementary food to make, and the baby can also eat well and grow fast. The mothers who bought it back gave the book a high rating, and it is very friendly to new mothers. With a good book in hand, you will have a bottom in your heart when you feed your child complementary food.
How to make complementary food for children step by step and nutritious, parents don't have to worry about it at all, because the recipes are arranged clearly every week, and parents only need to follow along, and delicious and nutritious complementary foods can meet their children's appetite.
0 3-year-old baby diet, it is enough to look at this book, which is equivalent to hiring a professional nutritionist. **It is not expensive, as long as 69 yuan, it is equivalent to inviting a professional "nutritionist" home.
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