How to feed infants and toddlers

How does a mother add pureed foods? An infant’s initial resistance to new foods can change through multiple experiences. Therefore, there is a process of gradual acclimatization to other foods during the infant’s food transition. The introduction of food should be from less to more, i.e., a small amount of iron-fortified rice flour (1 spoonful or 2 spoonfuls or more) should be given to the infant immediately after breastfeeding, which can replace 1 to 2 times the amount of milk after 6 to 7 months of age; one to many kinds, such as the introduction of vegetables, should be tasted 2 times/day for each kind of vegetable puree (mush) until 3 to 4 days after the infant gets used to it, and then change to another kind to stimulate the development of taste. Training of infants’ feeding ability: 1. Pay attention to the method of introduction: use spoons and cups to eat. Do not pour pureed food into the bottle for feeding. 2. Texture of food: pureed (mush) – crumbly. Optional complementary foods: rice paste, egg yolk puree, fruit puree, vegetable puree, fish puree, pig liver puree, etc. Learning to swallow is an important prerequisite for ingesting solid food in the future.3. When children learn to swallow, they can make minced food at this time, optional supplementary foods: minced meat, minced vegetables, minced fruit, sliced bread, finger cakes, small dried fish. This stage is mainly to exercise the ability to bite and chew.4. With the eruption and perfection of teeth, the baby’s oral action is also coming more and more rich, chewing and swallowing action coordination, gradually can use teeth to bite and chew again. At this time, you should give your baby to eat coarser solid foods. Optional supplementary food: dumplings, ravioli, rice, other less fibrous adult food.