What should I pay attention to in my baby’s diet starting from seven months old?

Now for many ladies who love beauty, breastfeeding may cause their body deformation, etc., so many mothers are unwilling to breastfeed their babies. Some mothers have to add complementary foods to their babies very early because they do not have enough breast milk. However, you can start adding some complementary foods to your baby from seven months old. At this time, the nutrition of breast milk cannot fully meet the baby's growth needs. Today we will introduce to mothers what they should pay attention to in their baby’s diet starting from seven months old.

Although the growth and development of babies aged 7 to 9 months is relatively slower than that of the first six months, the requirements for feeding the baby need to be more meticulous and thoughtful. During this period, although the amount of milk produced by mothers has not decreased, the quality has declined. Therefore, the complementary food added to the baby must meet the baby's growth and development needs. At this time, half of the baby's nutrition will come from complementary food. At this time, you should also purposefully train your baby to move his upper and lower jaws and use the tip of his tongue to press against the upper palate to swallow the food after putting it in his mouth.

Starting from 7 months, while ensuring that the baby's daily milk intake remains unchanged, in addition to feeding the baby well-cooked noodles and porridge every day, you can also add some soy products. Of course, vegetable puree, fish puree, liver puree and egg yolk are still indispensable. Start by feeding your baby twice a day, and prepare the amount of each meal according to your baby's situation. It should be about the amount of complementary food you would add to your baby in the early stages of the day, which is about ten teaspoons. The food should also gradually change from a muddy state to a paste-like state, and can be swallowed by the baby after just a few holds in his mouth. The food particles can also gradually become thicker and no longer need to be filtered. The amount of water can also be gradually reduced from 10 times the original main ingredient to 7 times.

From the time the baby is 8 months old, the number of feedings can be reduced to three times a day. Since the baby's gastric juice can fully play a role in digesting protein, more protein foods can be added, such as tofu, fish, lean minced meat, dairy products, etc. Starting from 8 months, babies often want to eat by themselves. You need to pay more attention to and give kind guidance, and don’t be afraid that the baby will make a mess. This will quickly cultivate the baby’s interest in food.

For a 9-month-old baby, the number of feedings can be reduced to twice a day, and the amount of complementary food should be increased accordingly. You can add some potatoes, sweet potatoes and other root foods with high sugar content, tender vegetables and other crude fiber foods. In order to develop the baby's chewing ability, you can let the baby chew harder food, such as letting the baby hold the food in his hand and chew it. It is best for the baby not to sit on the mother's lap to eat, but to sit in a baby chair to eat food, so that the baby can learn to grab food with his hands and put food into his mouth by himself, so that the baby can learn to eat while playing. At the same time, you should also train your baby to drink water from a cup.

I hope today’s introduction can bring some good news to our mothers, allowing them to take more careful care of their baby’s diet, allowing their baby to develop good eating habits, and balancing the nutrition needed by their baby’s body. Let your baby grow up healthy and strong. The baby's stomach is very delicate, and parents are expected to pay attention to the baby's dietary health when adding complementary foods to the baby.