Complementary food generally refers to when the baby is six months old, breast milk can not fully meet the baby’s nutritional needs, at this time you need to add for the baby outside of breast milk special food. The production of complementary foods should pay attention to the selection of hygiene and fresh ingredients, add the order of different months of age to meet the different complementary food properties.
1. Fresh and hygienic ingredients: the baby’s intestinal and gastrointestinal functions are weak and not easily stimulated. Choose seasonal vegetables and fruits to ensure that the food is fresh and hygienic.
2. Adding order: start from the paste food rich in iron puree, gradually increase to achieve a variety of food, each kind of complementary food should be after about 3 days of adaptation period, and then add another kind of food.
3. Character of complementary food: babies of different ages have different requirements for the character of complementary food, according to the principle of making from a small amount to a large amount, and the character from thin to thick, and from delicate to rough. For example, vegetable soup, vegetable puree to chopped vegetables to boiled vegetable leaves.