So, the next day, Hao Hao's mother went to the market to buy fresh sea fish. After returning home, she carefully picked out the fishbone and made it into delicious fish sauce. Although it was the first time to add complementary food, Hao Hao liked the taste very much, ate it with relish and ate several spoonfuls in one breath. Looking at the way the baby loves to eat, Hao has a special sense of accomplishment and decided to add minced meat to the baby the next day.
Who knows, in the middle of the night, Hao Hao began to vomit, once, twice, three times ... and then he began to have loose bowels, and the situation of vomiting and diarrhea became more and more serious. Hao quickly picked up the child and took a taxi with her mother-in-law to the hospital for rescue. After a detailed examination of Haohao, the doctor found that the child was in a poor mental state and had been dehydrated.
The doctor asked Haohao's mother about her baby's diet. Hao Hao said sadly: "The baby started to add complementary food today. I made fish paste for the baby, and the baby ate several spoonfuls. This happened at night! " After hearing this, the doctor angrily said, "Mom is too ignorant. The baby's first complementary food should be rice flour fortified with iron, not minced meat or fish. " Hearing this, Hao Hao really regrets that he was too impatient!
Why meat and fish are not suitable as the first complementary food?
Cui Yutao talks about the knowledge of adding natural complementary food, which says that children should choose foods that are easy to swallow, digest and rich in nutrition for the first time. Although meat and fish foods are rich in nutrients and iron, because the fibers of meat and fish are relatively thick, even if they are made into mud paste, the particles cannot be very fine, and they can only be chewed and swallowed. As the first supplementary food for children, nutritious rice noodles for infants and young children are first popularized because rice noodles are more in line with China's eating habits. Moreover, iron is added to the baby's nutritious rice noodles, so there is no need to rush to add meat sauce because of worrying about the child's iron deficiency.
At the same time, complementary food has just been added, because the baby's swallowing ability is still relatively weak, and he can't chew. When something is sent to his mouth, he will swallow it directly. If Ma Bao takes minced meat and fish as the first supplementary food, it may cause children to be unable to swallow, causing nausea and vomiting. In addition, meat food is not easy to digest, and children's gastrointestinal function is still relatively weak. Eating meat will increase the burden on the digestive system, leading to indigestion and diarrhea. At the beginning of the article, Hao may be impatient or ignorant. The first bite of complementary food added fish sauce to the baby, which made the baby's stomach uncomfortable and made the baby very painful.
So, what is the correct way to add complementary food to your baby?
Because there are some individual differences in baby's growth, adaptability and food preference, the time, quantity and speed of adding complementary food will be different for each baby. Mothers should flexibly grasp the opportunity to add complementary food according to the baby's situation, step by step. Generally, to add complementary food to your baby, you must master the following three principles:
(1) Adding complementary food must be started several times.
When you first add complementary food to your baby, you only add one meal a day and only feed 1~3 spoonfuls each time. The rest of the time, you only eat milk, and milk is still the baby's staple food. With more and more kinds of complementary foods that babies can eat, the number of complementary foods can be gradually increased by two or three times. Bao 1 year and a half later, complementary food can become staple food, and milk can become complementary food.
(2) complementary food should be from thin to thick, from fine to thick.
Six months ago, the baby's tongue just moved back and forth and swallowed food directly, with limited swallowing energy. Therefore, when making complementary food, mom needs to make it smooth, not too thick and too thin. The addition of complementary food from fine to coarse depends on the baby's swallowing ability, digestive ability and chewing ability. At the beginning, my mother should be more careful in making complementary food. When the baby's swallowing ability and digestive ability are gradually enhanced and the molars erupt, coarse grains can be gradually increased.
The correct order of complementary food addition is: baby rice noodle paste-thin mud-thick mud-paste-minced powder-slightly larger soft particles-slightly harder soft particles-lumps and so on.
It should be noted that in the initial stage of complementary food addition, you can try rice porridge or minced meat, and your baby's throat and stomach can't stand these coarse grains.
Add only one new food at a time and one food a week.
Many parents are very excited when they add complementary food to their babies. They can't wait to give all the delicious food to the baby, and all kinds of vegetables, fruits, fish and shrimp are ready.
Pediatrician reminds: add complementary food to your baby, only one at a time, one a week, don't be too impatient. Don't worry about giving your baby new food, just add one kiss at a time, so that the pressure on your baby's organs is less, which is good for your physical development. The observation period of each new food should be one week. If there are no abnormalities such as diarrhea and eczema, add food again after 1 week.
For example, after we added rice flour to our baby today, we didn't have allergies for the next 1 week. 1 week later, we gradually added vegetable puree and fruit puree rich in vitamins and fiber, and then added protein-based meat puree and egg yolk. In this way, our baby can eat more and more kinds.
What does the baby need to pay attention to after adding complementary food?
● Observe whether the baby has allergic reaction. When the baby starts to eat complementary food, mom and dad should always pay attention to the baby's skin. See if the baby has any adverse reactions. If the skin is red and swollen or even accompanied by eczema, you should stop feeding this complementary food.
● Pay attention to the baby's stool.
Mother should pay attention to the baby's stool. If the baby's stool is abnormal, stop the corresponding complementary food. After the baby has no indigestion, slowly add this complementary food, but control the amount.
How much milk and complementary food do you eat?
Some treasure mothers wean their babies after adding complementary food, which is not correct. For babies, the nutrition and energy of complementary food are far less than milk, and the baby's digestive ability and eating energy are limited, so it is difficult to get enough nutrition from complementary food. Generally, during the period from 6 months to 1 year, the daily milk quantity should be kept at 600~800 ml, and the milk quantity from 1 year to 1 year should be no less than 400~600 ml.
When the baby is one and a half years old, there are more kinds of foods that can be eaten, and the gastrointestinal tract absorbs nutrients more fully. At this time, if you like to drink milk, continue to give it to him. If the baby doesn't like to drink milk, there is no need to force it, because he can already get balanced nutrition from a variety of complementary foods.
For example, my son stopped drinking milk after he was two years old. No matter how much we coax him, I won't push him again. After my daughter was born, she still liked to drink milk after adding complementary food, so I kept her drinking milk. Change milk powder at the age of two, and change yogurt and fresh milk at the age of four. Now the two children are growing well and the growth curve is normal, indicating that the baby's food intake is not a big problem.