How old can babies eat egg yolks?

Egg yolk is an indispensable food in baby food. There is a certain age limit for the consumption of egg yolk for babies. As we all know, eggs are a food that digests relatively slowly, and the digestive function of babies is not very sound. In this case, everyone must pay attention to feeding egg yolk to babies. So, at what age can babies eat egg yolks? Below is the most detailed introduction to this issue.

Egg yolk is a food that is rich in nutrients. It contains a certain amount of high-quality protein, lecithin, vitamins, and some inorganic salts such as iron, calcium, phosphorus, etc. It is a good food source for iron supplementation. Egg yolks should be added when babies are about to deplete their iron stores, usually starting at 4 months. As a newly added complementary food, you should start with a small amount to give the baby a period of adaptation.

When adding it, first boil 1 egg, take out 1/4 of the egg yolk, grind it into powder, and then mix it with milk, milk cake, Jianer powder, water, etc. before eating. Do this for a few days and observe the digestion of egg yolks. If the stool is normal, you can increase the egg yolk from 1/4 to 1/2, and observe for another week. If there is no abnormal reaction, you can add up to 1 whole egg yolk. Babies can eat whole eggs when they are around 7 months old. Steamed egg custard is a food that babies like best. During the process of adding egg yolk, if indigestion occurs, you can temporarily stop adding egg yolk or maintain an acceptable amount of egg yolk. After the bowel movements become normal, you can increase the amount in small amounts. Don't rush.

At what age can a baby eat egg yolks? The amount of complementary food added to babies must be appropriate, and you must pay attention to the types during the addition process. Don't think that the more types you add, the more nutrients the baby will absorb. On the contrary, if you add too much complementary food at one time, it will cause indigestion in the baby.