In many foods, parents should choose supplementary foods that are suitable for young children. Improper supplementary foods may cause children's stomach discomfort or allergies. Therefore, when adding supplementary foods, especially when they are first added, they should Give it carefully.
The first food contacted by the baby at home is the mother's milk or infant formula. Gradually, with the growth of the day, breastmilk or infant formula cannot provide enough nutrients to cope with the children's growth. Yes, so when the children are four to six months old, parents can begin to prepare supplementary foods for them.
Supplementary Food Addition Principle
In many foods, how should parents choose appropriate supplementary foods for their children? Improper supplemental foods may cause children's gastrointestinal discomfort or allergies. Therefore, when supplement foods are added, especially when they are added for the first time, they should be given care.
At the beginning, besides dilute vegetable soups or juices, rice flour made with baby rice flour is the best choice. As the child's taste system gradually matures at this time, saliva amylase will also begin to digest starchy foods. Why does it start with rice flour? Because rice flour is more easily digested and absorbed than wheat flour, and wheat products contain amino acids that can easily cause children's allergies. Therefore, in order to avoid inducing children's allergic vicious circulation, it is better to start with rice flour. Supplementary food is appropriate.
Rice batter modulation method
In general, the preparation methods of rice cereal paste can be divided into two types: one is directly using a spoonful (generally infant milk powder spoon can be) baby rice flour plus 30 to 60c.c. warm water, modulated into a paste; note that When you add the first time, you can use a little bit of the market to increase the acceptability of children's miso, and reduce the gastrointestinal discomfort or allergies in young children.
Another way is to feed infant formula and baby rice noodles to children in a 1:1 ratio (that is, a spoonful of baby formula and a spoonful of rice flour with 30c.c. of warm water) or 2:1. This method can not only increase the flavor of formula, but also increase its nutritional content at the same time. In addition, parents and mothers should pay attention to: Please try to put the complementary food in a bowl or cup, and use a spoon to feed the child instead of bottle feeding.
This is because it allows the baby to adapt to the adult's diet early, to reduce the dependence on mother's milk or formula milk; at the same time, in order to make the rice paste and the saliva amylase in the saliva can be fully mixed to facilitate the absorption of starch, so as to avoid When the bottle is fed, the rate of passage is too fast, so that the saliva amylase cannot fully function.
Replace rice paste with porridge
By the time the baby is seven months old, the rice paste originally provided can be replaced with porridge as part of it; because the baby's teeth start to grow slowly and the ability to swallow becomes mature, it is precisely for them to add semi-solid foods. A good time, these semi-solid foods are the most convenient white porridge.
Generally, when it is first added, it is given in small quantities first, and no seasonings are added. After the baby gets used to, in addition to the white rice porridge, the parents can add some fish paste, egg yolk, vegetable puree, etc. to the porridge. Solid other ingredients not only add a different flavor to the porridge but also increase the amount of nutrients.
However, it is still necessary to remind that: as far as possible the main natural food, and not seasoning as a principle, once to add a food subject, in order to reduce the baby's discomfort. If the baby's acceptance of the added ingredients is not good, the parents should be eager for the rest of the day, and do not force them to eat, so as not to cause the baby to eat the antipathy; you can stop feeding for a week or two, and then give a small amount again, you can let the baby again Accept this ingredient.
Transform different tastes and practices
Ten months later, your baby's teeth are not only getting better and better, they are getting more and more complete. At this time, they can start to try solid foods. At this time, it is a good choice like rice or rice. Choose the softer dry rice first, mix it with foods such as tofu, fish, ground meat, steamed egg and vegetables, or cook the rice flour into rice noodle soup, or mix it with other soft ingredients and stir it until it is cooked. It is a change of taste. After the baby receives solid food, the relative can also gradually reduce the consumption of breast milk or infant formula.
If your baby has good acceptance of solid food, you should gradually reduce the consumption of dairy products, and it is better to develop the habit of eating solid food before drinking dairy products. Every time you give a new food, you should pay attention to the baby's feces and skin conditions (such as: diarrhea, vomiting, skin flushing or rashes and other symptoms); if there is no adverse reaction after three to five days of feeding, you can change another Kind of new food.
Parents should clean their hands when making supplementary foods and wash foods and utensils to avoid food hygiene problems and allow babies to eat more nutritiously and safely.