It is recommended to start adding methods to the baby when it is 4-6 months old, but this stage is a trial stage. The amount of complementary food eaten every day is not much, just one spoonful at a time, and then slowly increase after six months, and the food eaten should be relatively simple. You can choose to add complementary food to your baby when adults eat or after meals, so that your baby will have an interest in imitating learning after seeing adults eat, and it is easier to eat complementary food.
The complementary food that the baby eats for the first time is mainly iron-containing rice flour, and then nutritious foods such as vegetable paste and meat foam are added to the rice flour, and then slowly transformed into other foods. Remember that the amount of complementary food should increase from small to large, and the types of complementary food should also increase from small to large, so that the baby can feel the change step by step.
As long as the baby is under two years old, you can't replace a meal of milk with complementary food. Babies under two years old need to have enough milk intake every day. Even if you add more complementary food to your baby in the later period, you should ensure that your baby can drink enough milk every day, otherwise your body will not get enough protein.
After adding complementary food, the proportion of baby's milk quantity and how to maintain the milk quantity.
When the baby is 6 months old, parents can add complementary food to the baby. At this time, in addition to worrying about how much complementary food to add to the baby, many parents also need to worry about how much milk the baby should drink while eating complementary food. So what is the milk scale after the baby adds complementary food? How does the baby keep the milk quantity after adding complementary food? Let's take a look at it with me.
Generally speaking, after the baby adds complementary food, there is still a lot of milk. The daily milk consumption of babies under one year old is about 700 ml, because babies who have just eaten complementary food should still give priority to milk. Adding complementary food to this one-month-old baby is not only to meet the baby's growth needs, but also to train the baby's eating ability. When the baby is one year old, the amount of milk should be reduced, and it is enough for the baby to drink 400 ml of milk every day.
For the baby's growth, milk is an indispensable food, and parents should never ignore the important role of milk powder in the baby. If parents want to maintain enough milk by adding complementary food to their baby, they can drink more soup to ensure that they can feed their baby once every morning and noon, so that the baby can be fed four times a day. Don't add too much complementary food to your baby, otherwise your baby won't eat much milk, but it depends on your baby's development.
In short, after the baby adds complementary food, the amount of milk is definitely not as much as before, but parents don't have to worry too much. As the baby grows older, there will be more and more types of complementary foods. However, just adding complementary food to the baby follows the principle of a small amount of meals, and regularly adding complementary food and milk to the baby to make the baby's nutritional absorption more comprehensive.
Illustration of infant supplementary food adding schedule and supplementary food adding schedule.
Parents should also know the feeding schedule of complementary food when feeding their baby, because besides complementary food, the baby also drinks milk every day. At first, I mainly ate milk powder or breast milk, and then gradually increased the amount of complementary food. If you are not clear, you can look at the schematic diagram of the supplementary food addition plan and feed your baby at the right time.
1. When the baby is 6 months old, it belongs to the primary stage of adding complementary food. The food is also mushy, and it is fed as needed every day. At first, one ton of complementary food is enough every day, and one or two spoonfuls are selected at a time. As the baby's acceptance of complementary food increases, you can choose to increase the number of complementary food and the amount of complementary food.
2. After 7 or 8 months, you can arrange complementary food, two or three times a day. The amount of complementary food each time is about half a bowl. The food you eat can transition from mushy to semi-solid, and the direction is thick porridge, rotten noodles, minced meat, tofu, egg soup and so on. You can start feeding the baby.
3. When the baby 10 months old, you can choose to supplement food three times a day and add meals once. The amount of complementary food each time is about 80% of a bowl, and there are rich foods to eat, such as steamed bread, steamed buns and soft rice. You can choose fruits, egg custard and so on.
4. A month later. As long as you eat three meals a day with adults, and let your baby eat a bowl of food for each meal, you can also add two meals between morning and afternoon.
Nine-month-old baby's complementary food table milk quantity
When the baby is nine months old, it is also a big baby. At this time, the baby's milk quantity and food intake have increased. Therefore, parents must master the baby's eating rules, make suitable complementary food for the baby, and feed it well at the same time, so it is difficult for the baby to grow up. So for a nine-month-old baby, what is the daily milk quantity? At the same time, what complementary food tables are suitable for nine-month-old babies?
Nowadays, babies are very nutritious, so in most cases, nine-month-old babies have long teeth, so they have a certain chewing ability. At this time, the baby can eat meat, vegetables and fruits, so the nine-month-old baby can choose a wide range of complementary foods, as follows:
1, tomato and beef porridge. As we all know, tomatoes are rich in vitamin C, which is very good for babies. Needless to say, beef is rich in protein and iron, which can promote the baby's growth and development. Cooking porridge with these two ingredients is delicious and very suitable for nine-month-old babies.
2. Cod porridge. Cod belongs to deep-sea fish and is rich in DHA. If cooked in porridge, it will not bring its own flavor, and it is also good for the baby's brain development.
3, millet lean meat porridge. Millet nourishes the stomach, and lean meat contains iron and protein. At the same time, you can also change lean meat into chicken, which is a good match.
The above three complementary foods are very suitable for babies to eat. In addition to eating complementary food, parents also need to ensure the baby's milk quantity this month. It is recommended to drink milk four or five times a day, and the amount of milk per time is 150 ~ 180ml. Because although the baby has added complementary food, milk is still the baby's main food and nutritious milk source, and it must not be reversed, otherwise it will also affect the baby's health.