What is the best age for adding complementary foods to babies?

In fact, in daily life, we need to know some knowledge in taking care of our children.

Only in this way can you take care of your baby directly and accurately, especially in terms of adding complementary foods. Let us now understand the reasons why it is best to add complementary foods to babies at what age.

Generally speaking, it is most common to add complementary foods to babies when they are 6 months old. Because babies under 5 months old have insufficient gastrointestinal function and find it difficult to digest anything other than breast milk and formula, complementary foods are usually added when they are 6 months old.

[Principles and order of adding baby food supplement]

After 6 months, the nutrition provided by breast milk can no longer fully meet the baby's needs. At this time, when adding complementary foods to the baby, you must consider the baby's gastrointestinal absorption capacity and the development of the digestive organs. Otherwise, it is easy to cause gastrointestinal dysfunction in the baby.

(1) The addition of complementary foods should follow the principle of from thin to thick, from fine to coarse, and from liquid to solid.

(2) The amount added should be gradual, from small to large.

(3) Complementary foods should be added one at a time, and the baby should be allowed to get used to one type before adding another. If you add something that your baby doesn't like, you should stop feeding this complementary food.

(4) Pay attention to observation and make timely improvements. The main thing is that the mother should observe the baby's taste changes and urination and defecation at any time, and make changes according to the actual situation.

The above article has given you a detailed introduction to the best age for adding complementary foods to babies. I believe that everyone has a preliminary understanding of this. Therefore, in daily life, you should pay more attention to adding complementary foods, otherwise it will disrupt the baby's digestive system.