Adding complementary foods is very important for the baby’s physical development and health, and for the baby’s future diet and nutrition is also very important: a. Supplementary food adding time The latest regulations of the World Health Organization require exclusive breast milk or formula feeding until the baby is 6 months before adding complementary foods (the old rules are 4 months), because breast milk or formula can provide sufficient nutrition for babies from 0 to 6 months, too early to add complementary foods will cause babies Allergies and physical discomfort. Because babies’ digestive and absorption systems and immune systems are not yet developed, they cannot handle too many complex foods. If a mother really wants to add it early, the earliest she can do so is when her baby reaches 17 weeks. Babies must add complementary foods at six months, because the iron content of breast milk and formula is obviously insufficient, the baby needs to take from complementary foods, and this time the baby has developed in all aspects of maturity, gradually can cope with a variety of changes in complementary foods. Second, how to add complementary food, that is to say, is the baby’s supplementary food, between 6 months and one year, the baby’s many nutrition also from breast milk or formula intake, the baby also to ensure that the daily 500 ml to 800 ml amount of milk. When adding complementary foods, do not rush, 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 supplementary food 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. Third, the food should be avoided in the complementary food In order to baby’s health and reduce allergies, the following kinds of food should not be given to the baby to eat casually at the beginning, to be cautious is better. 1. Food with gluten: Babies within six months should not eat any food containing gluten, such as flour, oats, etc. All foods that are prone to allergies are added as late as possible. 2, salt: before the baby turns one year old, all food can not add any salt, too much salt will be a burden on the baby’s immature kidneys, and will affect the baby’s eating habits, resulting in high blood pressure in the future. In addition, too much salt can also affect the baby’s absorption of calcium. Babies do not need salt when they are small, and do not know to eat salty, so do not rush to add salt, seasoning can be adjusted with the natural taste of fruits and vegetables, which is important for the future health of the baby. 3. Sugar: Don’t add sugar to your baby’s food. Eating too much sugar will increase the risk of your baby getting tooth decay, and the rapid changes in blood sugar may cause your baby to become emotional and especially weepy and fussy. Doudou never added sugar to his diet, mainly using the natural sweetness in fruits and vegetables to make the baby’s complementary food delicious. 4, honey: because honey contains a bacteria, can cause baby infection, or even poisoning, so the baby one year old before the baby should never give baby honey. Some parents say that baby constipation needs and honey water, but before the age of one year absolutely not add honey. To deal with baby constipation is recommended to use orange juice or plum juice, rather than honey. 5, eggs: is easy to cause allergies to food, to add as late as possible, and eggs must be completely cooked before giving the baby to eat. At nine months of age, the egg yolk is added, and the egg white part is added even later, because it is more likely to cause allergies. 6, nuts: In the UK, the requirement is to increase after the age of five, one is easy to allergic, two is easy to jam the baby, there is a danger. 7, milk: baby to breast milk or with formula to one year old before adding milk, because milk lacks important iron and vitamin C. After adding complementary foods for the first six months, the baby also drink 500 ml to 800 ml of breast milk and formula, but then the milk can already be used to cook some dishes to eat. 8, strawberries and kiwi: strawberries are the most allergic food in the fruit, especially if the baby has asthma or eczema it is more important to avoid eating strawberries. Kiwifruit can only be given to babies over 9 months, less than 9 months try not to eat kiwifruit. 9, seafood: within one year old try not to give your baby seafood, because it is easy to allergic, do not cook can also cause food poisoning. 10, high-fiber foods: high-fiber foods are healthy for adults, but will affect the baby’s absorption of important trace elements, do not give the baby before the age of two. 11, juice: breast-fed babies do not need to drink water, with formula babies in the hot summer can drink some plain water. Juice to wait for the baby can use the cup after the juice, probably when the baby is 9 months, white grape juice is the most friendly juice to the baby’s stomach, but also the most easily absorbed. White grape, apple and pear juices are the most popular drinks when babies start. Orange juice is too acidic and too stimulating for babies’ intestines and should be added later. All juices should be diluted at least twice as much for babies to drink, and the amount should not be too much each day, not more than 100 ml before the age of one and not more than 200 ml between the ages of one and four. Drinking too much juice can easily cause diarrhea in babies. Four, baby supplemental food plan schedule 1, 0 to 6 months: the baby does not need any supplemental food, breast milk and formula can provide the baby with completely adequate nutrition. Exclusive breastfeeding babies must not add water or other drinks to the baby, breast milk can provide everything the baby needs, the baby’s stomach is very small, drinking water will affect the baby to drink milk, affecting the baby’s 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. 2, 6 months: six months to start adding complementary foods to the baby, the baby can already sit upright at this time, can accept complementary foods, but to increase gradually, step by step. At this time the baby also began to teething. 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 many 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, gradually increased the rice flour + puree and rice flour + vegetable puree, the earliest puree is used for apples and pears, peeled and cored, put in a pot and cooked soft, using a juicer to make puree. Vegetables can be used cauliflower and some root vegetables, boiled in water and then pureed for the baby to eat. 3, 7 to 9 months: this period of time the baby can already start to pinch food with their fingers, 8 or 9 months can start to give the baby some cooked vegetables and fruits to eat with their hands, at first you can cook white potatoes, potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, apples and pears, etc.. 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 and make your baby unable to swallow them smoothly, and sometimes they will stick to the upper chamber and cause vomiting. Because the salt is not used, cooking for babies may wish to add some fruit flavoring in the dish, such as apples and grapes, beans this period a favorite dish is: chicken and white potatoes, and finally add a few peeled sweet grapes together with the smash. 4, 9 to 12 months: this stage of the baby can start to eat with their own hands to grab the food, increase the food eaten with their hands, can eat some small pieces of food, no longer with all pureed. You can start to eat rice crackers and some special snacks for babies, and you can start to drink water with a cup and straw. You can add pork, lamb, beef, egg yolk, cheese, tofu, beans, spinach, peas and oatmeal to the previous stage. At this stage, you should pay attention to expose your baby to as many kinds of food as possible. You can give your baby more cooked vegetables and soft, ripe fruits that you eat with your own hands. 5, one year to one and a half years: after six months of training, one year is the time for mothers to exercise their babies to start joining the family and eat family food, this time the baby can already eat normal meals at home, just the beginning of the meal still needs to be chopped or crushed, the baby should already be able to eat by themselves with a spoon, but will start to eat less and spill 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, kiwi, apricots, grapefruit, half a grape (the whole one is easy to choke the baby), strawberries, tomatoes, pasta, white pasta, honey, etc. 6, more than one and a half years old: one and a half years old after the baby can basically eat all the rice in the house, but pay attention to 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 in 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.