New concept of complementary food
The time to add supplementary food is exquisite. What the baby should eat in the first bite of supplementary food is more learned.
The traditional way is to give your baby rice noodles and rice noodles fortified with iron. Because after 4 months, the iron obtained by the baby from his mother has been almost consumed, which is prone to iron deficiency anemia.
However, the American Academy of Pediatrics believes that there is no medical evidence that complementary feeding in a specific order has special benefits for children.
What is the first complementary food?
In other words, the first supplementary food added to the baby is not necessarily rice flour. Meat paste, egg yolk.
In the past, we suggested that it should be added after seven or eight months. Now, the dietary guide for Chinese residents suggests that in the first month when the baby adds supplementary food, it is best to let the baby eat iron rich food first, such as iron fortified rice flour and red meat paste. Like pork, beef and mutton, these belong to red meat. Animal liver, animal blood and egg yolk mud are rich in iron and zinc, which is very good for baby’s growth and development.
If you choose to add rice flour to your baby first, you should choose whole grain rice flour. Because the arsenic content in some rice is higher than that in other grains, children should eat multiple grains instead of one.
How should children eat complementary foods at each stage?
The child’s development is different at each stage. For the baby at each stage, grandma Zhang brought you a “supplementary food advanced table”.
What should I eat first?
Many doctors believe that fruit is sweet. If the baby eats fruit first, he will refuse to eat vegetables or be allergic to vegetables, so it is suggested that he should eat vegetables first and then fruits.
The American Academy of Pediatrics believes that there is no set rule. If the breastfeeding mother can eat all kinds of vegetables and the child has been exposed to the taste of these foods when eating breast milk, he will not refuse vegetables when starting to eat complementary foods.
According to scientists, around the 17th week of pregnancy, the fetus begins to swallow amniotic fluid. If the mother prefers a certain food taste during pregnancy, the child may also prefer this taste after birth. Therefore, it is suggested that mothers should also pay attention to the diversification of food during pregnancy, which is not only conducive to their own health, but also conducive to the nutritional balance of the next generation. In addition, other people in the family should also pay attention to the diversification of food, and don’t affect their children because of their taste preferences, or give them psychological hints.
The authoritative literature has changed
Another big change in the 7th edition of parenting encyclopedia is that in the past, doctors suggested that after providing a new food to a baby, let him eat it for a few days and then change it for another one, so that parents can see how the baby reacts to various foods.
But new research shows that it is also safe to provide multiple foods at one time. This is the view of the American Academy of Pediatrics. At present, the World Health Organization and the Chinese Academy of nutrition suggest that they should be added in the same way, not with several foods. Each time a new food is added to the child, it should be observed for two or three days. If the child does not have diarrhea, rash or vomiting, add new food.
In addition, the American Academy of Pediatrics also believes that at this stage, let the child start eating foods containing peanuts to prevent his future allergy to peanuts. There is no evidence that waiting until the child is 6 months old before adding allergenic foods, such as eggs, dairy products, soybeans, peanuts or fish, can prevent food allergies. Therefore, allergy specialists and pediatricians now suggest that allergic foods should be added to the baby’s diet as soon as possible. But if your child has severe eczema or is allergic to egg white, I suggest you should consult your doctor before deciding whether to add it.
How to drink breast milk and water
Don’t give your child drinks other than breast milk, formula and water. In particular, do not give infants fruit juice, because fruit juice can not provide nutrients for children. For infants at this stage, they should avoid drinking fruit juice as much as possible. Parents should never use fruit juice as a drink for their children’s dehydration and diarrhea. Drinking fruit juice to infants and young children also makes them addicted to sweet drinks, which can lead to excessive weight gain and dental caries.
If your child appears thirsty between feedings, you can give him some breast milk or formula. If your child is 6 months old, you can also feed him a little saliva. Let children drink boiled water is a very healthy drinking habit. In the hot season, children will lose water through sweating. You can feed water to your children twice or more a day.
Grandma Zhang wants to remind her parents!
We want our baby to gradually drink water and milk with a water cup after ten months, so that the baby can cut off the bottle after one year old.
This is not only conducive to breaking night milk, but also helpful to the development of baby teeth.
Do you pay attention to the time of adding complementary foods every day?
From the beginning of adding supplementary food to children, it is necessary to let children have good eating habits and rules. You can refer to grandma Zhang’s two pictures - the baby’s daily supplementary food addition schedule to arrange supplementary food, work and rest for the baby.
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