How old can babies eat mashed potatoes?

Potatoes, commonly known as potatoes, are a nutritious and popular food. It is rich in starch and sugar, and eating more of it is good for your health. It is also easy to digest and suitable for people of all ages. Therefore, many mothers will mash potatoes as a complementary food for their babies. At what age can babies eat mashed potatoes? What should we pay attention to when eating mashed potatoes in daily life?

How old can babies eat mashed potatoes?

It is possible to start adding mashed potatoes to babies when they are around 4 months old. When the baby's teeth gradually grow, eating mashed potatoes will help the baby practice chewing and digestion. Potatoes are nutritious. They are rich in B vitamins such as vitamin B1, B2, B6 and pantothenic acid, as well as a large amount of high-quality fiber. They also contain trace elements, amino acids, protein and fat. Mashed potatoes are one of the most ideal vegetables for baby food.

Principles of adding complementary foods to babies

1. From small amount to large amount

Take adding egg yolk as an example: when you start adding it, you should start with 1/5 or 1/4, and after 1-2 weeks you can add to one. This allows the baby's gastrointestinal function to gradually adapt.

2. From one to multiple

The types of food added to the baby should not exceed two types within 1-2 days. This allows your baby to gradually and step by step accept different types and flavors of food.

3. From thin to thick

Take rice with added cereals as an example: start from rice soup → rice noodles → soft rice porridge → rice porridge → soft rice → rice for adults.

4. From fine to coarse

Take vegetables as an example: start by adding vegetable juice → vegetable puree → chopped vegetables → short-fiber vegetables → vegetables that can be eaten by adults.

5. Less salt, no sweetness, no greasy food

Less salt: Some parents often feed their babies according to their own tastes. When preparing food for their babies, they will add the same amount of salt to their meals according to their own habits. This is very wrong!

The food that babies eat should be original, because the baby's sense of taste is not fully developed until 8 months old. Excessive sodium salt intake will increase the burden on the baby's kidneys, and consuming too salty food from an early age will invisibly make the baby develop bad eating habits and lifestyles without knowing it, so that he may suffer from hypertension in childhood or adolescence, and it may continue into adulthood. At the same time, it also lays terrible hidden dangers for hypertension, coronary heart disease, etc. in adulthood.

Not sweet: Excessive intake of sweets will reduce the child's appetite due to increasing the feeling of fullness in the gastrointestinal tract; and excessive intake of sugar can be converted into fat and stored in the body, which can lead to childhood obesity in babies over time, and also lay the foundation for them to suffer from diabetes, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease and other diseases in adulthood; at the same time, excessive intake of sugar is also one of the reasons for the baby to develop ADHD in the future.