What are the complementary food arrangements for five-month-old babies?

When taking care of a five-month-old baby, you must do it carefully. At this time, the baby's body develops very fast. If you don't pay attention to the baby's physical condition, the baby is likely to get sick, which will have a greater impact on the baby's body. So what kind of complementary food is arranged for a five-month-old baby? There are many choices of complementary food for a five-month-old baby. The most common one is rice soup, which has a high nutritional value. The following is a detailed introduction.

Five-month-old baby food arrangement:

Rice Soup

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon rice 1 cup water

Preparation method: Wash the rice and soak it for 2 hours, then put it into a pot, add water and boil it; simmer until the water is reduced by half and then turn off the heat; filter the cooked rice porridge and keep only the rice soup.

Note: You can also add rice soup to milk when you start feeding it, and increase the amount gradually.

Rice cereal

Ingredients: 1 scoop of nutritious rice flour, 6 scoops of milk/water

Preparation method: First heat the milk/water to boiling, pour it into a bowl and let it cool slightly; slowly pour in the nutritious rice flour, stirring while pouring until it becomes thick. After your baby is used to rice cereal, you can add vegetable puree to it.

Carrot puree

Ingredients: 1/8 carrot, 2 tablespoons of water

Preparation method: Steam/boil the carrots until soft, peel them, grind them into fine paste with a spoon or grinder, then add water and mix well.

Note: You can add a little butter to the carrot puree, which not only tastes good but also helps the absorption of carotene.

Eggplant puree

Ingredients: 1/2 tender eggplant

Preparation method: Cut the eggplant into 1 cm thin strips; steam the eggplant strips for 10 minutes until they are soft; use a spoon to squeeze the steamed eggplant through a strainer to make eggplant puree.

Note: Be sure to choose tender eggplants. The seeds of old eggplants are difficult to swallow and may cause foreign objects in the trachea.

Mashed potatoes

Ingredients: 1/4 potato 1 spoon of water

Preparation method: Steam/boil the potatoes until soft, peel them; mash them into fine paste with a spoon and add water and mix well.

After understanding the arrangement of complementary food for five-month-old babies, you can follow the above method to choose complementary food for five-month-old babies. However, when eating these foods, the baby should not eat too much each time. Parents can let the baby eat small meals frequently, which is very helpful for the baby's physical development.