The timing of adding complementary foods is slightly different for exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed babies: mixed or artificially fed babies can add complementary foods after 6 months, while exclusively breastfed babies are a little later. However, the growth and development of each baby is different, and the individual differences are not the same, so the time to add complementary foods can not be generalized. To add complementary foods to infants should wait until at least four months later! So what are the considerations for adding complementary foods for babies at different stages? The baby also needs to get 500ml to 800ml of milk per day. Do not rush when adding complementary foods, but add them one by one, so that you can observe your baby’s reaction to the added complementary foods. The first time you can use your baby’s favorite milk to make rice flour, and feed your baby at a fixed time in the morning, it is best to feed your baby a little milk first, and try to add complementary foods when your baby is not too hungry. Feed your baby when your baby must sit upright, never lie down to feed, so as not to choke your baby. The safest foods to add early: rice flour, apples, pears, bananas, papayas, pears, broccoli, carrots, white potatoes, potatoes and pumpkins. Among them, bananas, papayas and pears can be smashed for babies to eat directly without cooking. Baby Supplementary Food Program Schedule 0 to 6 months Babies do not need any supplementary food at all, breast milk and formula can provide babies with completely adequate nutrition. Babies who are exclusively breastfed must not add water or other beverages to their milk, as breast milk can provide everything babies need. Babies have small stomachs and drinking water will affect their milk intake and weight gain. The only time you need to add some plain water for your baby is in the summer when it is hot. From 0 to 6 months old, babies can only suck and are not very good at chewing and swallowing. When a foreign object enters the mouth, they will use their tongues to push it out to protect themselves, and it is not suitable to add any solid food at this time. This reaction of the tongue will disappear at four to six months, after which it is possible to add food. 6 months At six months, you can start adding complementary foods to your baby’s diet. Your baby can sit upright and accept complementary foods at this time, but you have to add them gradually, step by step. At this time your baby is also starting to teethe. The earliest you can start with rice flour with milk, not too thick at the beginning, and then gradually add pureed fruits and vegetables such as apples, pears and bananas. If you are afraid of single nutrition, you can consider using formula milk to mix rice flour, there are a lot of rice flour for babies in the market, with 60-90 ml of formula milk plus the right amount of rice flour to make a paste, not too thick at the beginning, just like yogurt, eat one meal in the morning and one in the afternoon. Later, rice flour + puree and rice flour + vegetable puree were gradually added. The earliest puree used was apple and pear, peeled and cored, cooked in a pot, and pureed with a juicer. Vegetables can be used cauliflower and some root vegetables, boiled in water and pureed for the baby. 7 to 9 months During this period, babies can start to pinch food with their fingers. At 8 or 9 months, you can start to give your baby some cooked vegetables and fruits that you can hold in your hands, starting with white potatoes, potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, apples and pears. Baby’s rice flour, vegetable puree and fruit puree can also be eaten a little thicker, even with some small fruit pieces, and the variety should be increased as much as possible. At this stage babies can add vegetables such as carrots, e pears, pumpkin, white potatoes, taro and potatoes and more fruits, including fruits that can be eaten raw bananas, papayas and peaches, and at this time you can start adding chicken and yogurt to your baby. Yogurt is the easiest milk food to digest and absorb, but it is best to give your baby white yogurt without coloring, and you can add homemade fruit puree at home will be more nutritious. Potatoes and white potatoes should not be put into a masher, but only crushed with a spoon or fork for your baby to eat, otherwise they will become very sticky, so your baby cannot swallow them smoothly, and sometimes they will stick to the upper chamber and cause vomiting. Because salt is not used, you may want to add some fruit flavoring to your baby’s cooking, such as apples and grapes, beans at this time a favorite dish is: chicken and white potatoes, and finally add a few peeled sweet grapes together with broken. 9 to 12 months: At this stage, babies can start to eat with their own hands, increase the amount of food they eat with their hands, and eat small pieces of food, instead of pureeing it all. You can start to eat rice crackers and snacks that are exclusively for babies, and you can start to drink from cups and straws. You can add pork, lamb, beef, egg yolk, cheese, tofu, beans, spinach, peas and oatmeal to the previous stage. At this stage, care should be taken to expose the baby to as many foods as possible. You can give the baby more cooked vegetables and soft, ripe fruits that he or she can eat with his or her own hands. One year to one and a half years old After six months of training, one year old is the time for mothers to exercise their babies to start joining the family and eating family food. At this time, babies can already eat normal meals at home, only at the beginning they still need to chop or crush the meals, and babies should already be able to eat by themselves with a spoon, but they will start eating less and spilling more. You can start drinking whole milk and eating whole eggs. Basically, you can eat all kinds of food: fish, seafood, whole broccoli and cauliflower, all kinds of melons, mangoes, kiwis, apricots, grapefruit, half a grape (whole ones tend to choke the baby), strawberries, tomatoes, pasta, white pasta, honey, etc. More than one and a half years old After one and a half years old baby can basically eat all the rice in the house, but we should pay attention to add less salt, we are trying to cook together, but first take out the part that the baby eats first, and then add some salt and seasoning to the part that we eat. At this time the baby has begun to have their own ideas, will often say “no” to food, some begin to become picky eaters, and also begin to sit still. Babies begin to grow teeth at this time, teething period, some babies will have different degrees of discomfort reaction, sometimes will not like to eat, but generally will soon pass, baby does not like to eat when you must ensure to drink enough milk and water.