We all know that after 6 months of age, the baby’s growth and development needs are not met by breastfeeding alone, so parents need to add foods other than dairy products to the baby, and these added foods are called complementary foods. So …… why do babies need to add complementary foods? 1, to about 6 months, 800ml of breast milk and formula can provide about 80% of the baby’s energy needs, need to supplement other foods; 2, the baby’s body reserves of iron has been exhausted, need food to supplement; 3, to prepare for the departure of breast milk, so that the baby know food other than breast milk; 4, with the hardening of the gingival mucosa and later the eruption of milk teeth, feeding babies to soft semi-solid food, conducive to the eruption of milk teeth 5.Let the baby gradually transition from the bottle to the water cup, small bowl and small spoon, and gradually adapt from the baby’s whole liquid food to semi-liquid food, and then transition to a mixed diet of liquid, semi-liquid and solid in early childhood, which not only facilitates the baby’s psychological maturity, but also helps the child to synchronize with the family’s diet; 6.The correct addition of side dishes during the transition period from breastfeeding is extremely important for The correct addition of side dishes during the transition from breastfeeding is essential for the development of proper eating behavior, and can also reduce picky and flaky eating habits during childhood and adulthood. If your baby shows the following points, it means he is ready for complementary foods! 1) weight gain has reached twice the birth weight; 2) he is hungry again less than 4 hours after eating 250ml of milk; 3) baby can already sit up; 4) he can finish 1000ml of milk within 24 hours; 5) baby is 6 months old; Other: baby starts to be interested in the food you are eating and will look at your mouth with rapt attention; How to add complementary foods to baby? 1) First of all, it is recommended to eat iron-fortified rice flour, because the allergy rate of rice protein is very low; it is not recommended to grind your own rice flour, because the main purpose of the initial addition of complementary foods is to supplement iron and exercise the baby’s swallowing; 2) after adding a complementary food, let the baby adapt to 5-7 days, no allergic reaction, and then add the next, the food that has been added can be stacked; 3) the texture of food from thin to thick, just add The rice flour can be thinner, but not bottle-fed, so you lose the exercise of complementary food; in addition, a little thin is good for baby swallowing, some mothers respond to why the baby will have dry vomiting after adding complementary food, it may be because – you put the food and too thick, the baby can not hold ╮(╯▽╰)╭; 4) the amount from less to more. The texture from fine to coarse, the baby’s food quantity may only be one spoon at the beginning, then two spoons, three spoons …… gradually increase, gradually, do not rush; food made into juice or puree at the beginning, when the milk teeth erupted can be coarser and harder, in order to train the baby’s chewing function. The texture of complementary foods from liquid to semi-solid to solid; 5) baby’s meal size varies from person to person. Don’t listen to how much other people’s children eat, as long as the child’s weight and height grows normally, the child’s smaller appetite is not a big problem.