Recently, the news that a mother-in-law gave her child rice paste to the hot search, and many people have different opinions on this. The elderly think that it’s okay for their children to eat like this since childhood; another view is that the child has just been 9 days old, and the digestive system of and have not yet developed, and in everyone’s perception, rice paste can only be given to the child when supplementary food is added around 6 months.
Can such a young child eat rice paste? If the mother lacks milk, how should the child eat it?
How old can a child add complementary food?
WHO and the American Academy of Pediatrics both recommend breastfeeding until six months later and start adding complementary foods. The six months here refer to the six months, which is the seventh month. At this time, if the baby's milk volume is stable every day, feeds five to six times a day, and the total milk volume is between 800 and 1,000 milliliters, and the growth and development are good, parents can start to consider adding complementary foods.
Children must add complementary food in chronological order?
Many parents have heard of adding complementary foods to their children, eating rice paste for 6 months, egg yolks for 8 months, etc. Is there any comparison?
actually, according to the latest parenting guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics: There is no medical evidence that feeding complementary foods in a specific order has special benefits for children.
In terms of time, most children can add complementary foods when they develop to about 6 months, but there is no consistent rate and order in the recipes for adding complementary foods.
The basic principle is to add one food at a time, add it for 3-5 days in a row. If the child does not have allergic symptoms, then the child can eat this food.
Babies are overweight, how should they add complementary food?
How much should you eat be controlled according to your child's physical condition. Parents can control the number of times they eat. For children who are seven months old, they can just have a complementary food 4-5 times a day. If you only eat rice noodles for complementary foods, it is not enough to add other staple foods, vegetables, fruits, meat and eggs in the correct way. In addition, you must increase exercise to let your child lie down more when he wakes up. If he can crawl, it will be better and exercise more.
What are the things to do about ingestion of vegetables and fruits?
Many parents will beat vegetables to their children into vegetable juice for their children to eat. In fact, from the perspective of nutrition and health, they can use a blender to break vegetables with relatively thick fibers such as spinach and celery for their children to eat to help them digest.
, but it is not recommended to squeeze into vegetable juice, because many nutrients such as vitamin , cellulose may oxidize through juice extraction, especially if the vegetable residue is removed, it will be even less nutritious.
What other things to pay attention to when adding complementary food to your child?
·Add complementary foods and also maintain breast milk
and WHO. Chinese Nutrition Society also recommends that babies still need to continue breastfeeding after they are 6 months old and gradually introduce various foods. Infants and young children who cannot breastfeed or who are insufficient breast milk should choose formula milk as a supplement to breast milk.
·From iron-containing paste food,
gradually increases the supplementary food as the amount of breast milk decreases. The average daily milk volume is 800-1000ml for 6 months, about 800ml for 7-9 months, and 600-800ml for 10-12 months; it is easiest to feed your child, 5-6 times a day for 6 months, 4-5 times for more than 7 months, and the baby feels satisfied.
In the early stage of adding, first add iron-rich paste foods such as baby rice noodles and meat paste that strengthen iron. It is recommended to buy ready-made baby rice noodles. The rice noodles you grind have no fortified iron, which may cause anemia and .
·Promote the adaptive feeding
patiently feeding, encourage eating, but never force feeding. Forced eating will cause the baby to rebelliously and he will not like to eat it even more. Parents should believe that babies have the ability to judge their hunger and fullness.
also encourages and assists infants and young children to eat by themselves and cultivate their interest in meals. Starting 8 months, encourage babies to eat strip food by themselves, which can not only exercise fine movements and develop, but also increase appetite.
·No seasonings
Baby's complementary food should be made separately, try to keep the food original flavor, and do not need to add sugar, salt and various seasonings. Ensure that no salt is added within one year old. You can gradually try to be salty after one year old, but you should also try to reduce the intake of oil, salt, sugar, etc.
·Focus on ingredients and hygiene
Choose safe, high-quality and fresh ingredients. Always keep clean and hygienic during the production process, and separate raw and cooked. If the complementary food is not finished, the remaining food should be properly preserved and disposed of. Baby meals usually have room temperature no more than 2 hours, refrigerate for 48 hours, and freeze for 1 month.
·Detection of growth value
Weight and length are intuitive indicators that reflect the nutritional status of infants and young children. Don’t use other people’s children as a reference, but follow the WHO growth curve. Every baby has his own growth pattern.
Don’t just think that chubby is healthy. As long as it meets the growth curve, it is the best growth model~
The health and safety of children are things that parents attach great importance to, especially for children of young men’s age, the addition of complementary food is a very important step. It is still recommended that babies can be fed scientifically and safely at home if conditions permit~
References:
[1] "#Mother-in-law feeds rice paste for 9 days of birth#" Sina News
[2] "Guidelines for feeding infants and young children aged 7-24 months" Chinese Nutrition Society
[3] "Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Health on Issuing Technical Specifications for Children's Health Care" and other visits to newborns" Committee of the Health and Family Planning Commission World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/breastfeeding/zh/
[4] "Pediatric Encyclopedia of American Pediatrics Association" 0-5 years old" 6th edition, printing time: 2016-5
[5] "Xiaoshu Q&A丨Does the baby have to add complementary food in a certain time order? 》 Chen Xiaoshu in summer
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