The baby grows up day by day, mom and dad finally want to add supplemental food to the baby! But whether to add salt to complementary foods has become a topic of great concern to mothers, and has also become the focus of controversy in the process of childcare. The elderly in the family may be persuaded to add a little salt to the baby’s complementary food, and the reason also seems to be sufficient: not to eat salt will not be strong, taste a hundred flavors appetite to open …… one year old baby does not need additional salt From the point of view of scientific parenting, within one year old infants and toddlers complementary food is not necessary to add additional salt. There are many dangers of premature salt intake in babies, not only at an early age, but also throughout their lives when they should eat a lighter diet to be healthy. However, adding salt before the age of 1 year is considered a flooding beast is also a bit overkill. So in the end, can babies before the age of 1 year eat salt? What we are really talking about when we talk about salt for babies is actually the element “sodium”. According to the “Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2007)” and foreign guidelines, infants are not recommended to eat salt-containing foods up to the age of 1 year, but to eat plain foods. According to the latest “Dietary Nutrient Reference Intake for Chinese Residents”, infants from 6 to 12 months need 350mg of sodium per day. Then complementary foods, milk is enough for a normal eating baby to meet the physiological needs. Salt is not poison, not a little can not touch Generally speaking about 6 months many babies will add complementary foods, more than 10 months old babies just paste, puree complementary foods can no longer meet their needs, noodles, porridge, small ravioli and even small dumplings will be of interest to them. But there are some babies that are not very receptive to new foods, maybe only a taste and then shut up with a sad frown and turn their heads away. In this case, let your baby eat a little bit of food with a salty taste to help the anorexia effect. However, the question arises: the baby has not eaten food with taste (no one who has tasted baby food said delicious ——), add a little salt baby will eat well? How to say it, the thirst for food is probably an innate instinctive response, as the baby’s taste buds develop, the novelty of the taste can probably arouse the baby’s curiosity. Generally speaking, if your baby does not refuse food, then it is best not to add salt for the time being, because not all babies do not like complementary foods because they are bland and tasteless. However, if your baby rejects tasteless complementary foods, it is okay to add a little salt in moderation. In short, parents should not judge their baby’s preferences by their own tastes, as they are very sensitive to condiments in the process of development, so it is better to be cautious.