Is egg yolk the first supplement that mothers add to their babies? In fact, many mothers may have been accustomed to egg yolk as the first complementary food their children try, eggs do have an important role in the development of infants and young children, but as the first choice of complementary food, the essence is that parents have gone into a misunderstanding! Why egg yolk should not be the first choice of complementary foods added too early, the possibility of high allergies, difficult to digest Research shows that the nutritional composition of egg yolk is not considered balanced, and easy to cause allergies in children; at the same time, 4-6 months of age, the baby’s gastrointestinal is still very weak, the intake of egg yolk is likely to cause indigestion, which in turn affects the baby’s growth and development. As the first mouthful of complementary food, in fact, rice flour is more suitable than egg yolk: Note on adding egg yolk 1, it is recommended that mothers postpone the addition of egg yolk until after 8 months, while egg whites can only be added after 1 year; 2, for babies with clear egg yolk allergies, stop using egg yolk 6 months later before adding again; 3, before the child is 8 months – 1 year, it is recommended to give the child to eat the egg yolk of boiled eggs, cooked egg yolk It is easier to be digested and absorbed; 4. After the age of 1 year, you can feed your child whole eggs cooked into egg custard. Supplementary food should be coarse and fine, added in a gradual manner “almost an egg a day, why is the baby’s weight gain so slow” A meal to feed the baby an egg, in the parents’ view, properly meet both nutrition and satiety, in fact, egg custard (egg yolk) mixed with vegetables, rice flour or rice paste will be better; because the egg yolk is rich in protein In addition, rice flour, porridge, noodles are rich in carbohydrates, while adding vegetables, etc., with the effect of carbohydrates, more conducive to the body’s absorption of protein. The principles and taboos of complementary foods The principles of complementary foods are: from less to more, from fine to coarse, from thin to thick, from single to mixed, it is recommended to add from infant nutritional rice flour, gradually adding colorful puree, pureed meat, egg yolk, etc.. It is recommended to add egg yolk after 8 months, and then add fresh milk and its products, shelled seafood, peanuts and other dried fruits after 1 year of age, so as to reduce the occurrence of allergies; at the same time, it is not recommended to add salt and sugar to food within 1 year of age. Theoretically, after 6 months, babies can add non-vegetarian food, but make sure that the child accepts rice flour, a simple complementary food, and then add non-vegetarian food, and to be processed into puree. 2, try not to eat canned food Even if there are no supplemental agents or additives, it is not as fresh as the baby food you make. 3, eat dried fruit to pay attention to the way 1 year old children do not eat peanuts, hazelnuts and other dried fruit, the purpose is to prevent allergies; 3 years old or less can accept crushed dried fruit, but pay attention to the child in chewing dried fruit, do not let the child mood swings, so as not to choke into the trachea danger. 4, within the age of 1 year ban tofu, jelly tofu jelly and other seemingly very soft food, in fact, toughness, if the child does not swallow well, easy to choking accidents.