What is the best food for a four-month-old baby?

Normally, babies can start eating complementary foods when they are four months old. However, at this time, mothers begin to worry that adding inappropriate complementary foods will cause indigestion, diarrhea or even vomiting in babies. Since babies have weak digestive abilities, mothers need to be careful when adding complementary foods. Next, I will share my little experience with you.

When adding complementary foods to your baby at four months old, the first thing to add is egg yolk. You can boil the eggs, peel the yolks, and mix them with boiling water to make egg yolk paste for your baby. The second is various fruit and vegetable juices, such as apples and carrots. Cut them into small pieces, boil them in water for a few minutes, and give the soup to the baby. The difference is that you should add a few drops of oil when cooking carrots, because the nutrients in carrots will only be released when they meet oil. The same goes for other vegetable and fruit juices.

1. Add regularly according to the baby's age. 2. The amount added should be from small to large. If you add egg yolk at 4 months old, start with a bean-sized amount. After 3-4 days, if there is no digestive disorder, you can increase it to 1/4. Then increase it by 1/4 every week. When the baby is 4 months old, you can increase it to 1. 3. After adding complementary foods, pay attention to observe the baby's skin to see if there is any allergic reaction. If the skin is red, swollen, or has eczema, stop adding this complementary food. In addition, you should also pay attention to your baby's bowel movements. If the bowel movements are abnormal, you should stop adding this complementary food. Wait until the baby's bowel movements are normal and there are no symptoms of indigestion before gradually adding it, but in small amounts. 4. Pay attention to hygiene. It is best to prepare and eat complementary foods for your baby immediately before eating. If it cannot be prepared and eaten immediately, the food should be steamed and cooked again. Utensils used for adding complementary foods should be disinfected regularly to prevent viruses from invading the baby's body and causing disease. How to add egg yolk to the baby? When the baby is 4 months old, feed him 1/4 of a cooked egg yolk every day. The feeding method is to crush the egg yolk and mix it in milk, rice soup or milk cake twice, and then gradually increase it to 1/2. When the baby is 6 months old, feed him one egg yolk a day, or change to egg drop soup or steamed egg custard. Complementary foods added from 4 to 6 months include vegetable puree, mushy rice porridge, fish floss, egg custard, banana puree, apple puree, carrot puree, egg yolk puree, tofu puree, lotus root powder, rice paste, milk paste, etc., to supplement calories, protein, calcium, iron, fiber and vitamins A, B, C, etc. Complementary foods added from 7 to 9 months include meat puree, liver puree, tofu, noodles, vegetable porridge, etc.; liver puree, fish puree, shrimp puree, chopped vegetable porridge, soft noodles, dry bread, small biscuits, etc., to increase calories, animal protein, iron, zinc, and vitamins A and B, etc. Babies 10-12 months old: In addition to the complementary foods added in the early stage, you can add oatmeal porridge, rice with meat floss, egg custard, small buns, dumplings, wontons, longxu noodles, soft rice, wontons, etc. made with meat, vegetables, and bean paste, and gradually transition the complementary foods to staple foods. You can refer to the following standards to control the amount of rice your baby eats in a day: At 6-7 months, you can serve half a bowl of soft rice (about 150 ml), add 3 spoons of broth or vegetable broth in two times, and 1/2 egg yolk. At 8-10 months, feed the baby 1/2 bowl of soft rice, 4 spoons of soup, appropriate amount of fish, meat, vegetables, etc., and 1 egg yolk. At 11-12 months, feed the baby 1 bowl of soft rice, 5 spoons of soup, and appropriate amounts of fish, meat, and vegetables. When the child is 1-1.5 years old, 1 bowl of soft rice (250 ml small bowl), 6-8 spoons of soup, appropriate amount of fish, meat, vegetables, etc., and 1 cooked egg.

I believe mothers all have a general idea about what complementary foods are good for four-month-old babies. Since each baby has a certain difference in physique, it cannot be determined uniformly. You can combine my experience with your baby's physique to add complementary foods in a targeted manner. I hope my little summary can really help you. I wish you a happy and fulfilling life.