What should we pay attention to when adding egg yolk to complementary food

When adding complementary foods to your baby, you should pay attention to the selection of ingredients. If you make an inappropriate choice, it will lead to poor digestion for the baby and be counterproductive. If you want to increase your baby's nutrition without causing gastrointestinal discomfort such as vomiting, egg yolk is a good choice. You must be careful when adding egg yolks to complementary foods, paying special attention to the steps of adding them.

1. How to add egg yolk to complementary food

When you start adding complementary foods to your baby, you can first add a separate complementary food that is appropriate for your baby's age, such as rice cereal. After trying it for 1 or 2 weeks, you can let your baby try eating egg yolks. Never add multiple foods at once in a short period of time.

Wash the eggs and cook them, peel and remove the egg whites, take 1/4 of the egg yolk and add a little boiling water, use a spoon to mix it into a paste, not too thin or too thick, into a semi-liquid state, feed with a small spoon, and then observe the baby's reaction. As long as the child's stomach adapts and there is no diarrhea or vomiting, you can gradually increase the amount of egg yolk after 3-5 days.

2. What problems will occur when adding egg yolk complementary food to babies?

1. Some babies have dry stools after eating egg yolks. This is because the baby has just started to eat complementary foods and the stomach and intestines are not yet adapted. If the dryness is severe, you can stop for a day or two to give the child's stomach and intestines a rest. If the baby is exclusively breastfed, no water needs to be added. However, after starting to add complementary foods, the baby needs to be properly hydrated and the baby's abdomen needs to be massaged clockwise to promote intestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation.

2. Make egg yolk soup by separating the egg yolk from the cracked raw eggs, beat them and add a little water, then steam them in a steamer for 6-8 minutes. It’s still egg yolk, but with a different cooking method, it becomes smooth like tender tofu. It’s easy for babies to digest and absorb, and it also helps to moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements.

3. In addition to using water to mix egg yolks, you can also use homemade juice to mix them. The VC content in juice is relatively high, and the iron content in egg yolks is relatively high. VC can promote iron absorption.

4. It is best not to eat egg yolks together with rice noodles. Because grains contain phytic acid, it will affect the absorption of iron in the body. Do not add egg yolk to the bottle and let the child drink it. Instead, let the child eat it to exercise his or her chewing ability.

5. After adding new food, the mother should closely observe the baby's digestion. If diarrhea occurs or there is a lot of mucus in the stool, stop taking it immediately and start adding more water again with a small amount after returning to normal. In addition, when the baby first eats complementary foods, there may be some changes in the stool, such as the stool color becoming darker or dark brown. This does not necessarily mean indigestion. As long as the stool is not loose and does not contain mucus, there will be no big problem.

6. If your baby develops eczema after adding egg yolk, or the original eczema becomes significantly worse, and it occurs 2-3 times in a row, it may be an egg yolk allergy. In this case, do not add egg yolk yet, and try again after 1-2 weeks.

After the egg yolk is added successfully, as the baby's age increases, more types of complementary foods can be added, and the egg yolk can be transitioned to whole eggs. The child will grow up healthily with comprehensive nutrition.