4 suggestions for baby's nutritious diet in summer

Keep food as light as possible, less greasy and not fried, and ensure intake of high-quality protein, such as breast milk, dairy products (yogurt, cheese), fish, lean meat, soy products and eggs. Food should be diversified. There are many kinds of vegetables in summer and they are relatively fresh. You should choose fresh vegetables of various colors for your children and eat them in their diet. There are also more fruits in summer, so they should be supplemented with appropriate amounts in the morning and afternoon snacks, but be careful not to eat out-of-season fruits as much as possible, and pay attention to the combination of grains and beans in food preparation.

Especially in summer, you can give your children some staple foods that are paired with mung beans, such as mung bean rice, mung bean and corn residue rice. You can also cook mung bean porridge and then add rice, millet or corn residue. You can also make some potato and grain foods, such as cooking porridge with potatoes, rice, and corn bran for children. Noodles are also a good food choice for children in the summer, such as braised noodles, noodles with sesame paste, noodles with fried soybean paste, and egg and tomato noodle soup; stuffed foods such as dumplings, wontons, buns, and vegetable dumplings can not only allow babies to eat some vegetables, but also add lean meat, fish, shrimp, eggs and other foods to achieve a balanced nutrition.

When cooking for children, it is important to emphasize change! Change! Change! If you eat dumplings for lunch today, you can cook noodles for your children in the evening. If you steam egg custard tomorrow morning, you can change the way you steam the egg custard the day after tomorrow. For example, add a few diced peaches to the egg custard. This will change the taste and color of the egg custard, which will be very attractive to babies and induce them to be willing to eat.

Water is particularly important for children's growth and development. Water accounts for about 60%-70% of the child's body. Due to the hot climate in summer, a large amount of water loss in the child's body will have an adverse effect on physical and brain development. Therefore, in the hot summer, we must try our best to let children drink more water and warm boiled water. It is not recommended to give children beverages. Do not wait until children are thirsty to drink, because children's sensory systems are not fully developed and their language expression abilities are not fully developed. Parents should give children enough water at regular intervals and in fixed quantities, even if they have a certain amount of urine every day, and the color of urine should be kept light yellow or transparent.