With the continuous growth of the baby, need to add some complementary food to promote the healthy growth of the child. Complementary food has two functions: one is to make up for the deficiency of pure dairy products and promote the healthy growth of children; the other is to train children's gastrointestinal function, chewing and other physiological functions. The baby can gradually add complementary food after four months. How can we add complementary food correctly? Let Xiaobian introduce it.
Principle 1: hypoallergenic, light taste. Baby's complementary food should be made separately, and it's better not to add salt. The added food should pay attention to food safety and hygiene. It's better to eat and cook the food for the baby now instead of feeding the rest.
Principle two of adding complementary food: from simple to mixed. One kind of complementary food should go through the adaptation period of 5-7 days, and then add another kind of food. After the adaptation, one kind of food should be mixed with many kinds of food. The first supplementary food is rice flour, because rice protein is rarely allergic. Every new food may be tried many times before it is accepted by the baby. In case of dyspepsia, the supplementary food shall be suspended. After it returns to normal, it shall be fed from the beginning or a smaller amount.
Principle 2: from thin to thick. For example, when rice flour is added at the beginning, it can be diluted to make it easier to swallow. Only one new food can be fed at a time, and the concentration of food should also be from dilute to thick from a small amount.
The third principle of adding complementary food: from less to more, from fine to coarse texture. The initial amount of food may be only 1 spoon, gradually increasing, so that the baby has a process of adaptation. The texture of food can be made into juice or mud at the beginning to facilitate swallowing; when the primary teeth erupt, the selected food can be a little thicker and harder.
Principle 4: add new food. When a baby does not want to eat a certain food, it can change the food. 4. Add rice flour or rice soup at 6 months, and add grains and rhizomes at 7-8 months, and start to try all kinds of leafy vegetables and fruit purees. After 8 months, you can start to add meat.