What kind of complementary food should be added to the baby at a few months old

I believe that many mothers have found that their babies always have diarrhea and curds in their stools. In addition, many mothers always add complementary foods to their children according to their own ideas during the feeding process, but they do not realize that their children's digestive ability is weak. It is easy for the baby to suffer from indigestion and cause diarrhea. Let me tell you what complementary foods are good for babies at a few months old. I hope it can help you.

Babies can start eating complementary foods after 4 months.

The first complementary food to be added should be egg yolk. Boil the eggs, peel them, take out the yolks, and grind them into powder. Start by feeding 1/8 of an egg yolk per day, then gradually increase to 1/4, 1/2, and finally the whole egg yolk. Egg yolk powder can be mixed with boiling water and given to the baby between feedings; it can also be directly mixed with rice flour. At around 6 months old, you can switch to egg yolk porridge, and at 7 or 8 months old, you can eat steamed eggs (including egg whites).

Do not add complementary foods to your child before going to bed. The child should be fed enough milk before going to bed (around 10 o'clock).

The correct way to add complementary foods is to add them for the first time in the morning. The doctor said that even if you feel uncomfortable after eating, you can still see a doctor in the afternoon. It is enough to add one complementary food every morning within 6 months. After 6 months, you can add another meal of rice noodles or porridge around 6 pm (that is, after 6 pm, the usual dinner time), and still have a large bottle of milk at 10 pm. This way the baby will be full and can sleep well at night. Rice noodles can be regarded as a staple food. After feeding rice noodles at night, wait 3 to 4 hours before feeding milk.

As the child's gastrointestinal function improves, in addition to adding rice noodles, you can also add animal blood from chicken, duck, pig, etc., as well as lean meat paste, fish paste, pork liver paste, chicken liver paste and other iron-rich and easily absorbed foods, which can be directly added to the rice noodles. Be careful not to add any seasoning for children under 1 year old.

Key points for adding complementary foods: from single to diverse, from little to more, from thin to thick, from soft to slightly hard. If gastrointestinal intolerance occurs during the process of adding complementary foods, feeding should be stopped. Wait until the gastrointestinal function returns to normal before gradually adding more complementary foods.

The correct order for adding complementary foods is:

Vegetarian food can be added from 4 months of age

Meat can be added to the diet starting at 6 months of age

Seafood can be added from 9 months of age

Through the simple description above, I believe that many mothers have a new understanding of baby feeding. Because the baby's digestive ability is weak, complementary food needs to be added in order. If the baby has diarrhea or vomiting, timely examination and treatment are required to avoid affecting the baby's healthy development. I hope my answer is helpful to you. I wish you and your baby health and happiness.