Under normal circumstances, the iron obtained from the mother’s body before the baby is born can meet the baby’s needs for 4-6 months. So there is no need for extra iron supplementation until the baby is six months old. After 6 months of age, the iron stored in the baby’s body has been consumed, while the rapid growth and development, iron demand increased, at this time whether breastfeeding or artificial feeding, you need to add iron-rich complementary foods in a timely manner to avoid the baby iron deficiency. Eating spinach is a widely spread method of iron supplementation. Spinach is also the star vegetable in the baby’s diet. So is it really possible to eat more spinach for iron? With 100 grams of spinach containing 2.9 mg of iron, close to that of lean meat (3 mg), the claim that spinach replenishes iron seems plausible. However, the problem is that the iron in spinach is non-heme iron, which has a low absorption rate, and spinach itself that contains a lot of oxalic acid, which inhibits the absorption of iron, resulting in the absorption rate of iron in spinach is only 1.3%. So spinach is not the first choice for iron supplementation for babies. The most important thing is to make sure that you have a good idea of what you are doing. The baby can be blanched with boiling water to get rid of most of the oxalic acid before he or she eats it. 1, meat foods: animal liver and blood iron content is the highest, 10 to 25 mg / 100 grams, about 10 times more than livestock and poultry meat and fish (1 to 3 mg / 100 grams); eggs in the iron is mainly concentrated in the yolk part, the content and livestock and poultry meat is about the same. 2, vegetables: leafy vegetables have a high iron content, the highest of which is rape, reaching 5.9 mg/100 grams; followed by capers and amaranth. 3, milk: iron content is relatively low, only about 1/10 of animal and poultry meat. Therefore, in the baby’s supplementary food, animal food, such as animal liver, duck blood, pig blood is the best choice for iron supplementation. Parents are advised not to blindly give their babies iron supplements, and if they think their babies are anemic they can take them to the hospital for a lab test. If the baby is indeed anemic, he or she needs to be given iron supplements under the guidance of a doctor. In addition, for premature babies, babies with low birth weight (less than 2500g) and twins, these babies have insufficient iron reserves in their own bodies and will go through a process of catching up with growth after birth, and their demand for iron is higher than that of normal full-term babies, so it is recommended to take oral iron supplements again for prevention. What are the problems that need to be noted when taking oral iron supplements? 1, some babies will have nausea, vomiting and other uncomfortable reactions after taking iron, because iron has some irritation to the baby’s gastrointestinal tract, so it is recommended to arrange iron to be taken between meals can reduce the baby’s gastrointestinal reaction. 2.Vitamin C can promote the absorption of iron, so you can eat more vegetables or fruits rich in vitamin C while taking iron for your baby. 3, the baby in taking iron during the stool may be a little black, this is a normal phenomenon, parents do not have to worry too much, once the drug is stopped stool color will return to normal. 4, iron is also easy to make the baby’s teeth stained black, each time after taking iron, it is best to let the baby rinse his mouth.