How to make porridge for six-month-old baby

With the development of society, more and more women choose to work outside after completing their studies, which further reflects the social status of women. Many women continue to work as usual after becoming pregnant and only take maternity leave when their due date comes. In recent years, maternity leave has gradually increased in many areas so that women can take better care of their babies. However, babies still need to eat complementary foods when they are five or six months old. Let’s learn how to make porridge for six-month-old babies~

How to make porridge for six-month-old baby

1. Apple Rice Cereal

Nutritional value: Applesauce has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, replenishing qi and blood, and has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on baby's iron deficiency anemia.

Ingredients: 1 apple, some rice flour.

practice:

1. Wash the apples, cut them into pieces and remove the cores;

2. You can use an egg steamer to steam the apples;

3. Grind the steamed apples into puree;

4. Brew the rice noodles;

5. Mix the applesauce and rice flour.

2. Banana Rice Cereal

Nutritional value: Bananas are rich in vitamins and minerals, easy to digest, and suitable for adding to the first stage of baby food;

Ingredients: half a banana, 4 spoons of rice flour (a spoon of rice flour, you can add or reduce as needed);

practice:

1. Cut the bananas and mash them into paste;

2. Add 4 spoons of rice flour to the banana puree;

3. Add hot water and stir.

What are the principles for adding complementary food to 6-month-old babies?

1. Babies under 6 months old should mainly eat breast milk or infant formula. On top of that, gradually try complementary foods. The types and quantities of complementary foods should be small and the shapes should be small, such as rice noodles, fruit and vegetable puree and other single complementary foods. After the baby gets used to it, the mother can try adding meat as a complementary food.

2. Although the baby starts to add complementary foods, breast milk or formula milk is the baby's staple food at this stage. Even if the child is very happy to eat complementary foods, complementary foods cannot replace breast milk, but the intake of milk must be guaranteed.

3. When you start adding complementary foods, the amount should be small, the types should be simple, and the taste should be lighter.

4. Each time complementary food is added, it should be before breastfeeding. Eat complementary food first, followed by breastfeeding.

In fact, there are many nutritious and delicious recipes for how to make porridge for six-month-old babies. However, what is introduced above is only a small part. If you want to make more delicious food, you still need to pay more attention and observe in daily life. And there are some principles to pay attention to when adding complementary foods to your baby, adding natural, healthy and easily digestible foods.