Can egg yolk be added to baby rice cereal?

We all know that eggs have high nutritional value, and eggs are composed of egg yolk and egg white. Relatively speaking, the nutrition in the yolk is more than that in the egg white. Therefore, some people like to eat egg yolks but not egg whites. This is a very wrong practice and will cause unnecessary waste. So the question is, can egg yolk be added to rice cereal for babies?

How to add egg yolk to complementary food

Egg yolk is an important food category for adding complementary foods in the early stage, and it is very nutritious. In addition to being rich in trace elements, it can also provide the "iron" element that babies lack at this stage. Iron is a very important trace element in the growth and development of infants, and it can effectively prevent iron deficiency anemia in infants. Iron is naturally present in high concentrations in animal protein and is also very easily absorbed. As a complementary food added before minced meat, egg yolk is better absorbed than meat and is more easily accepted by babies.

The initial addition of egg yolk needs to be diluted, which is consistent with the principle of adding other complementary foods. It still maintains the principle of from light to thick. For babies who have not eaten egg yolk in the initial stage, it is recommended to add egg yolk water. Cook the egg yolks and crush them, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, adjust the water temperature to the appropriate temperature, and be careful not to scald the baby when feeding. You can take another spoon to taste the temperature and feed it to your baby when the temperature is right. In the early stages, babies will be very repulsive to this kind of egg yolk water because it tastes very bad and has a very astringent feeling.

The baby will be very repulsive. If the baby is not used to the taste, mothers don’t have to worry and can choose to put egg yolk water into rice paste to feed the baby. For babies who have never eaten it before, it is still recommended to feed them with 1 coffee spoon. For babies who have already been fed, add more food according to their daily adaptation, but it is recommended not to exceed 2 teaspoons of coffee per day. Depending on the baby's physical condition, it will take about 5-7 days to adapt. When the baby's stomach can accept it, you can slowly feed the baby concentrated egg yolk water until the baby can eat solid egg yolk.