What kind of complementary food is good for babies with indigestion?

When babies are very young, they often have indigestion when eating. Once a child has indigestion, it is very difficult for the child to bear it. At this time, the child is very young, and even if the child has indigestion, the child will not express it in words. Usually, many parents blindly add some food to the child when the child is weaned. The child is still too young, so the food cannot be the same as that of adults. So what kind of complementary food should the baby eat after indigestion?

1. Indigestion due to overeating: If your baby has a large amount of stool, a lot of foam, rough stool, or stool containing food residues or undigested food, it is mostly caused by eating too much or too high sugar content in the food. For such children, you need to control their food intake or reduce the sugar content in their food. Feeding them some easily digestible food such as rice soup, lotus root powder paste, etc. can help them return to normal.

2. Protein indigestion: If the baby's stool is yellow-brown, watery or mixed with undigested milk curds, and has a pungent smell of rotten eggs, it means that there is an obstruction in the digestion and absorption of protein foods. For such young children, the protein content in the food should be reduced. Such as milk, dairy products, lean meat, fish, dried shrimp skin, egg yolk, salted eggs, preserved eggs, animal cartilage, beans, soy products, kelp, seaweed, etc.

3. Fat indigestion: If the baby's stool is large in volume and is paste-like, oily in appearance, contains a lot of milk curds and fat droplets, and has a strong odor, it means that the fat is indigestible. You should reduce the amount of food containing more fat in time. Fat-rich foods include animal fats, fatty meat, egg yolks, milk and milk fat, vegetable oils, soybeans, peanuts, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, etc.

4. Avoid foods that cause bloating and indigestion: The intake of dry beans, onions, potatoes, yams and sweets should be controlled to avoid affecting the stomach's function and aggravating symptoms.

5. Avoid hard and greasy foods: Hard and greasy foods are more difficult to digest and will aggravate the condition, so they should be avoided.

Eat at regular times and in regular amounts, and eat less snacks. It is very important to cultivate the habit of eating at regular times and in regular amounts in children. If you give children too many snacks, such as candy and biscuits, and their stomachs are not empty, they will not feel hungry at normal meal times. Parents can make their children aware that it is time to eat by using fixed times, fixed places, specific tableware and words.

Experts suggest that parents should create a pleasant dining atmosphere so that children can eat happily, and try not to scold children at the dinner table, which will affect their mood for dining. On the other hand, if the child is unwilling to eat or doesn't want to eat, don't force him. Just let him go hungry. This is not a bad thing.

The above are some complementary foods that should be prepared for children when they have indigestion. Adding complementary foods to children is also a very important thing. If the complementary foods are not added properly, the child’s indigestion phenomenon will be very serious. It is best to give children more clear porridge, vegetable porridge, fruit porridge, and meat porridge. You can also give children some applesauce, which can help improve children’s indigestion symptoms.