Article | After the little bookworm mother became a mother, she realized how difficult it is to raise a child! Take the introduction of complementary foods for babies as an example. It seems like a very simple thing, but who knows that there will be many problems. Below, I will s

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After becoming a mother, I realized how difficult it is to raise a child! Take the introduction of complementary foods for babies as an example. It seems like a very simple thing, but who knows that there will be many problems.

Below, I will share with you my baby’s poop after adding complementary foods and how to deal with it, so that everyone can refer to it when encountering the same situation.

My Dabao started to add complementary foods when he was 6 months old, but after adding complementary foods, many problems appeared. For example, eaten vegetable leaves, shredded carrots and other original foods were always found in the stool, and sometimes diarrhea and constipation occurred.

I was very worried about the occurrence of baby poop, so I had to consult a friend who is a pediatrician. A friend told me that after adding complementary food to the baby, one should check the stool and adjust the complementary food. How to adjust

specifically? Pediatrician friends gave corresponding methods for three common situations that occur after babies add complementary foods. I combined the methods she taught with the methods in the book "Cui Yutao Talks about Natural Parenting - The Knowledge of Adding Complementary Foods" and compiled them as follows for parents to refer to.

The first situation: the baby develops diarrhea after adding complementary foods

In the early days of adding complementary foods, my Dabao had diarrhea many times because he could not tolerate certain foods. Since diarrhea may be caused by many reasons, when the baby has diarrhea, we should take the child to see a doctor as soon as possible.

If it is confirmed that the diarrhea is caused by poor food tolerance, we will make corresponding treatment methods according to the different situations of the baby:

1. If it is not serious, you can maintain the amount of complementary food you are eating and continue to observe it for 3 days.
2. If the degree of diarrhea is reduced, it means that the baby's tolerance has improved. You can continue to increase the amount until the baby returns to normal, or add the next new food.
3. If the degree of diarrhea worsens, you need to suspend the current complementary food and wait until the diarrhea disappears before trying to eat again. If diarrhea occurs again, you need to change other foods.

The second situation: the baby develops constipation after adding complementary foods

My Dabao experienced constipation several times during the middle period of introducing complementary foods. It was really distressing to see the baby trying to poop but not being able to poop. , Therefore, parents must prevent constipation in their babies.

Constipation occurs after babies add complementary foods, which is mainly caused by insufficient fiber intake. After adding complementary foods to the baby, in order to allow the baby to better digest and absorb the nutrients in the food, I often process the food very finely, or directly feed the baby highly processed complementary foods.

Actually, there are advantages and disadvantages to this! The advantage of is that nutrients are fully absorbed, which is beneficial to the growth and development of children. The disadvantage is that if the food the child eats contains too little residue and the fiber intake is insufficient, dry and hard stools will occur and it will be difficult to defecate.

Regarding the constipation caused by the addition of complementary foods, our correct approach is to feed the baby more fiber-rich vegetables, while avoiding over-processing of complementary foods to ensure the intake of dietary fiber.

The third situation: After the baby adds complementary food, there are original foods in the stool.

When my Dabao was 7 months old, after eating complementary food, I found that he always saw vegetable leaves, carrots, and other primitive foods in his stool. I was very worried about my child's indigestion, but my child's grandmother said that it was normal for children to poop after eating, so there was nothing to worry about.

In fact, after adding complementary food, the feces of babies contain original food or undigested granular food. This shows that the baby's digestive function is not mature yet and cannot fully digest granular materials.

In response to this situation, we must first consider whether the food particles for the baby are too coarse. Adding too large a proportion of coarse food will affect the child's absorption of nutrients.So, how should we adjust?

If the food particles are too thick, to improve the situation, on the one hand, let the baby eat a variety of vegetable purees and meat purees, on the other hand, when making complementary food, the baby should be made into smaller pieces and softer.

If the proportion of coarse food is too large, adjustments should be made so that the baby only eats a small proportion of coarse food. This will allow the baby's gastrointestinal function to be exercised and will not affect the child. of normal intake.

wrote the final summary: After adding complementary foods, how to observe whether the baby adapts to the addition of complementary foods? In fact, the baby's stool is the basis for adjusting complementary foods. Therefore, parents should be good at observing the baby's poop, and adjust the progress and content of complementary foods at any time according to the condition of the baby's poop.

Little Bookworm Mom, nanny, and mother of two children, share with you little knowledge about parenting, feeding knowledge, and reading experience. If you like this article, remember to like the Little Bookworm Mom and share it with more people around you who need it. Man, thanks for the support. (The picture comes from the Internet, if there is any infringement, it will be deleted)