Can a five-month-old baby eat pumpkin puree?

Most babies are picky about food, and because they are still young, their stomachs are not fully developed, so the food they eat must be easy to digest and not too irritating. So it is best for them to eat some pumpkin puree. Let’s find out whether babies who are already five months old can eat pumpkin puree?

You can eat it. But the amount you eat each day should not exceed the amount of one staple meal.

Pumpkin has a complete range of nutrients and high nutritional value, and is the main source of vitamin A. The beta-carotene contained in pumpkin can be absorbed by the human body and converted into vitamin A. Vitamin A combines with protein to form visual proteins, which play an important role in vision. Once carotene is lacking, it can lead to serious consequences such as night blindness or even total blindness. In addition, pumpkin is rich in vitamin E, which can help the normal secretion of various pituitary hormones, so that children can grow and develop in a normal and healthy state. The content of vitamin C and glucose in young pumpkin is richer than that in old pumpkin. Old pumpkins are higher in calcium, iron and carotene. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pumpkin is sweet and warm in nature, and has the functions of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough. It can treat qi deficiency and fatigue, intercostal neuralgia, malaria, dysentery and other symptoms. It can also be used to treat ascariasis, nematodes, and diabetes in children, and can reduce the risk of measles and mortality. In addition to making soup and paste, it can also be used to make porridge, steam, boil, and cook rice. Pumpkin has many benefits but you should not eat too much. It should not exceed the amount for one staple meal a day. Eating too much will cause carotenoid xanthoderma.

Babies aged five months can be given an appropriate amount of pumpkin puree. Babies aged half a month can be given cod liver oil. Babies aged 2 to 3 months can be given an appropriate amount of vegetable and fruit juice. Babies aged 4 months and above can be given complementary foods between the two feedings. You can start with rice cereal, and then slowly add other complementary foods after the baby's gastrointestinal function has adapted. Babies aged 4-6 months can be given rice soup, rice paste, porridge, egg yolk, fish puree, vegetable puree, fruit puree, tofu, etc. The principle of adding complementary foods is: 1. Start with less and then more, so that the baby has an adaptation process. 2. From thin to thick. 3. From fine to coarse. 4. From one to many. 5. Do not add new complementary foods during illness.

The above article introduces in detail whether five-month-old babies can eat pumpkin puree. Therefore, parents need to pay more attention to this aspect to avoid making mistakes and causing adverse reactions to their babies. The most important thing is to provide them with nutrition and protect their stomachs.