Contents and sequence of supplementary food addition:
4 months -6 months: green leafy vegetable water
6 months to 7 months: iron-containing rice flour, vegetable puree (except mushrooms and beans), fruit puree and egg yolk.
8 months: protein, vegetable oil, minced meat (except fish, shrimps and crabs), rice paste (except soybeans) and batter.
9 months: thick porridge with small particles, rotten noodles, minced meat, chopped vegetables and fruit slices.
10—12: soft rice, shredded noodles, steamed bread, vegetable slices, fruit pieces, animal liver, fish paste, shrimp paste, soybeans and their products.
/kloc-after 0/2 months, you can cut hard foods such as cucumbers, carrots and apples into strips to help your baby grind his teeth. This is also a good opportunity to train your baby to eat by himself.
Matters needing attention
1), the protein and mineral content of fresh milk, yogurt and cheese is much higher than that of breast milk, which easily increases the burden on the baby's kidneys. Therefore, it is not recommended for infants under 1 year. Protein in yogurt is relatively easy to digest because it is decomposed by lactic acid bacteria. 1 year and a half later, a small amount can be given to the baby. Fresh milk and cheese, it is recommended that children gradually eat a small amount after 2 years old.
2) Honey is easily infected with Botox and is not suitable for infants. If necessary, 1.5 years old can be added in small quantities.
3) The ingredients of ordinary soybean milk powder, protein powder and formula milk are quite different, so it is not suitable for children under 3 years old.
The principle of supplementary food addition
1) From less to more. On the one hand, the types of complementary foods gradually increase from iron-rich paste foods (such as iron-containing rice noodles), and finally the baby's diet is diversified; On the other hand, the amount of a single food should be from less to more, and the complementary food should not be added more than three times a day at the beginning.
2) From thin to thick, from thin to thick. For example, adding vegetable paste to a 7-month-old baby needs to be cooked with a cooking machine and made into a paste; After 9 months, vegetables can be cooked, chopped and fed directly.
3) Step by step. Babies may be allergic to foods other than breast milk. It is suggested to add only one new food at a time and increase the consumption from less to more in three days. Observe the baby's mouth, skin and defecation. If there are no adverse reactions such as vomiting, diarrhea and eczema within 3 days, you can continue to add another new food. If vomiting, diarrhea, eczema and other reactions occur within 1~2 days after adding new food, stop feeding the food immediately, and add food to the baby from less to more after 3~7 days. If the same adverse reaction still occurs, you need to see a doctor in time, and ask the doctor to confirm whether the baby is allergic to food.
The role of adding complementary food
1) Meet the growing nutritional needs of infants and young children: As the age of infants and young children grows to 6 months, the nutrition provided by breast milk can no longer fully meet the needs of infants and young children's growth and development, and complementary food should be added in time to supplement it.
2) Promote the development of baby's eating and digestive ability, and cultivate good eating habits: Adding complementary food in time can help baby adapt to different foods gradually, which is of great significance to promote taste development, exercise chewing, swallowing and digestive functions, cultivate children's good eating habits, and avoid picky eaters and partial eclipse.
3) Promoting the psychological and behavioral development of infants: the gradual transition from passive breastfeeding to children's independent eating is an important process of children's psychological and behavioral development. In this process, the addition of complementary food plays a fundamental role. At the same time, feeding, helping infants to eat by themselves and eating at the same table with their families are conducive to the establishment of parent-child relationship and the development of infants' emotional, cognitive, language and communication skills.
It is worth noting that although the addition of complementary food has many benefits for the growth of infants, the unreasonable structure of complementary food for infants also has many hazards. For example, premature addition of cereal as a complementary food will affect the intake of nutrients in infants and young children, and will also increase the chances of food allergies and intestinal infections in infants and young children. Adding complementary food too late will make the baby miss the key age of taste and chewing development, which may lead to abnormal eating behavior, difficulty in breastfeeding and insufficient nutrition of the baby.