First, why add complementary foods? 1, baby’s nutritional needs are getting bigger and bigger: after 6 months, the quality and quantity of breast milk declines, has failed to meet the baby’s nutritional needs, do not add complementary foods in a timely manner, prone to rickets, anemia and certain malnutrition. 2, let baby learn to swallow, chewing food ability: the key period is 4-6 months after birth, pureed complementary food is its most suitable stimulation, it is important. 3, to promote the baby’s sense of taste development: according to the age of the month to add a variety of different kinds of different textures of complementary foods, can promote the development of the sense of taste, so that the baby from childhood to familiarize with the natural taste of various foods, and develop a good habit of not partiality, not picky about what to eat. 4.Preparation for weaning: timely addition of complementary foods is conducive to smooth weaning. When to add complementary foods? 1, 4-6 months is the most appropriate time, at this time the digestive tract function, neuromodulation gradually perfect, overflow or spit up to reduce, digestive enzymes gradually increase, teeth gradually erupt, with the ability to accept complementary foods. 2, preterm infants are added according to the corrected age, no later than 6 months after birth. Third, add complementary foods 5 essentials 1, time and age: too early to add digestive disorders, easy to vomit and diarrhea; too late to add a lack of nutrients, weaning difficulties. 2, from one to many: first add a suitable complementary food 3-4 days or a week, if digestion is good, normal bowel movements, and then try another; if allergies immediately stop, a week or a month later to try again carefully, such as still allergic to pause to add do not try again. 3, from thin to thick: first add liquid food, gradually add semi-solid food, solid food. From drinking rice soup, vegetable soup, fruit juice transition to rice paste, vegetable puree, fruit puree, meat puree, and then into broken vegetables, broken fruit, broken meat; from rice soup, porridge, porridge transition to soft rice. 4, from fine to coarse: at first, the texture should be fine and smooth, pureed food such as vegetable/carrot puree, apple/banana puree, steamed egg, meat/liver puree, etc.; to be teething, the texture of a little coarser, and gradually fine vegetable puree, coarse vegetable puree, chopped vegetables and boiled vegetables. 5, from a small amount to a large amount: each add a complementary food at the beginning of the day to feed once, do not large amount. Such as adding egg yolks, first eat 1/4, 3-4 days after everything is normal and then increased to 1/3, 1/2, gradually increased to 1. Fourth, 4-6 months complementary food addition program 1, 4-6 months program of mud: add complementary food from the iron formula rice flour, from the beginning of the vegetable / fruit juice transition to vegetable puree, fruit puree, 1 times a day complementary food, do not add salt, oil, sugar. 2.4-6 months program of milk: gradually transition to 6 times a day to feed the milk, cut off the night milk, spoon feeding complementary food. 3, home made vegetable water: ① raw materials: rape or cabbage, choose one. ② method: the first chopped vegetables, pot on the fire, pot add the right amount of water and crushed vegetables; cover the pot to boil, cook a little after the pot off the fire, fish out the leaves, press the vegetables with a spoon to take the juice that is ③ Nutritional features: vegetables rich in vitamins and iron, calcium and other nutrients baby needs very much to promote the development of teeth and bones, to prevent the occurrence of iron-deficiency anemia. Production must be chopped, cooked, only take the vegetable juice do not vegetable residue 4, home made carrot puree: ① Ingredients: 75 grams of carrots, 50 grams of apples. ② production: the first carrot washed, remove the heart, chopped mud; the apple washed, peeled, chopped; and then put the carrots into the boiling water for about 1 minute, crushed fine and then change the fire to cook; will be crushed apple poured into the carrot puree, together with the cooking until rotten that is. ③ Nutrition small features: can strengthen the spleen and eliminate food, improve the baby’s ability to digest food. 5, add complementary food points easily eat complementary food: just started contact with complementary food, from the psychological will produce a sense of discomfort, the mother will also feel uncomfortable. When adding complementary foods, mother and baby should be relaxed together to practice, relax together, gradually adapt to this way of eating, mother can hold the baby to eat complementary foods. Five, 7-9 months complementary food addition program 1, 7-9 months program of eggs: add boiled egg yolks, start feeding from a quarter, to adapt to gradually increase to 1, adapt to, can gradually transition to eating steamed eggs, half an egg a day gradually to an egg. 2.7-9 Months Porridge: Thick porridge cooked to a good consistency, from a few tablespoons to 1-2 small bowls per day. 2-5 tablespoons of pureed/minced vegetables, a little bit of minced meat, minced fish, pureed liver, minced tofu, etc., can be added to the porridge (not all of them at one time). 3.7-9 months program of rotten noodles: break dry noodles into very short pieces and cook them. To the rotten noodles, you can add minced vegetables, minced meat, minced fish, tofu, minced liver, etc. 4, 7-9 months program of milk: begin to nibble randomly on slices of steamed bread or cookies, training chewing and swallowing movements, stimulate the gums to promote dental development. Transition to 4 times milk, a meal, a fruit, complementary foods without salt, sugar, less oil, learn to use a cup. 5, home made egg yolk paste ① raw materials: a fresh egg. ② method: first clean the outer skin of the egg, and then put in a pot with water to cook for 5 minutes, do not overcooked, peeled, take the yolk crushed with a spoon, add a little boiling water into the mud can be. ③ Nutritional features: supplemental iron and vitamin D, prevention of iron-deficiency anemia and rickets, but also rich in rich nutrients needed for the growth and development of baby. 6, home made fish puree ① raw materials: 50 grams of fish, fish soup. ② method: first cut the fish, cooked, remove the bones, thorns and fish skin, and then the fish with the back of the knife pounded into the fish puree; the fish soup boiled into the fish puree slightly cooked into. ③ Nutrition small features: fish is not only delicate, easy to digest, but also rich in protein and polyunsaturated fatty acids and other excellent promotion of brain development nutrition, can promote the baby’s brain development. 7, home made liver ① raw materials: pig liver palm size a piece. ② method: the whole piece of pig liver in a bowl, with a spoon in the surface of the light scraping, scraping out of the puree of the liver to stay in the bowl, in the congee and noodles can be added before the pot. ③ Nutritional small features: pig liver is rich in iron, rich in vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin C and trace elements selenium, can protect the eyes, correct anemia, enhance immunity. 8, add complementary food points solid eating complementary food: baby has begun to grow teeth, so can eat a lot of things. This stage to let the baby’s stomach and intestines to accept more and more kinds of complementary food, solid and gradually make complementary food become the baby’s staple food. At this stage, you can let your baby take and eat according to your own preference. Six, 10-12 months supplemental food add program 1, 10-12 months program of rice: feed cooked softer rice, one meal a day to two meals, with minced meat, minced vegetables, minced fish, eggs, tofu and so on. 2.10-12 months program of noodles: noodles/slices, dumplings, wontons, steamed buns, cakes, bread, etc., with minced vegetables, minced meat, minced fish, soy products, etc.. 3, 10-12 months program of milk: complementary food is best with bite-sized food, training the ability to chew food and eat on their own. 3 times a day milk, 2 meals, 1 fruit . Weaning from bottle, hand food, use spoon by yourself. No sugar, less salt, less oil. 4, add complementary food points from the ease of eating complementary food: 10-12 months of age, the baby, has produced want to eat by themselves, eating complementary food is always grasped with the hands. To provide more opportunities for babies to practice eating by themselves, you can sit together with your family and practice eating by yourself calmly during meals.