Food supplement method (0-1 years old)

1. Since the child was born four months ago, he has gradually added complementary foods.

2. Children who grow fast and lively and active can add more food supplements as appropriate.

3, depending on the child's adaptation to complementary food, from less to more, from thin to thick, gradually added from one to many.

4. After the child has adapted to the various complementary foods, the food production gradually becomes fine and coarse, with gradual progress from the end of the mud, broken pieces, silk, pieces, and small pieces.

5. When the child is feverish and sick, add food supplements should be postponed. After the child recovers, he gradually transitions to the daily diet and adds it sequentially.

6. When adding supplementary foods, allow the children to gradually transition from sucking and eating to eating with spoons, cups, bowls, and chopsticks, and gradually transition from receiving the food to actively eating.

7. After each supplementary food is added, observe whether the child’s spirit, appetite, and urine are affected. If there is no influence, you can gradually increase the volume after two or three days.

8, rice flour is the ideal first food supplement. At first, it should be thinner. When the child's swallowing skills are familiar, the proportion of water can be appropriately reduced to increase the consistency of rice flour.

9. Choose to feed a new food while the child is hungry, but do not force him to eat the bowl clean.

10. Fruits are sweet. Vegetables should be fed before the fruit is added. Children are more easily accepted.

11. Each time the child tries a new taste, wait for him to slowly adapt for a week before adding another one.

12. After the child has adapted to the single food supplement, he or she can begin to mix two or more types of foods together (such as from porridge to mash porridge, then to mud porridge, etc.).

13. Adding complementary foods must not be rushed. Be patient. Do not force your child to eat. If the child spits out food, don’t be discouraged. Let him try again.

14, even if the mother's milk is sufficient, or conditional supply of all the milk needed by the child, but also to the child in a timely manner to add complementary food.

15, when the child has an allergic reaction, should stop feeding the recently added food, closely observe and find the cause, after the cause of exclusion, and then gradually add from a small amount.
Source: Chinese maternal and infant network