Seven-month-old babies who do not eat complementary foods should be considered whether they do not eat complementary foods due to adequate milk intake or due to indigestion or herpes stomatitis, which can be relieved by adjusting the dietary outcome, general treatment and medication.
1. Adequate milk intake: If the baby consumes more breast milk or formula milk, the baby is not hungry at this time and therefore cannot eat complementary foods well. Should be reasonable feeding, reduce the amount of breastfeeding, it is generally recommended that babies at this stage can be fed 3 to 4 times a day, providing babies with 700 to 800 ml of milk, and add complementary foods between two meals of milk, which can promote the baby’s better eating complementary foods.
2. Indigestion: If the cold causes gastrointestinal discomfort, which leads to indigestion, the baby will have a poor response and not eat complementary foods and breast milk. Abdominal massage, hot towels and other ways to promote digestion, if necessary, under the guidance of a doctor, oral probiotics such as bacillus subtilis bacillus granules to regulate intestinal flora, improve intestinal function.
3. Herpetic stomatitis: it will cause pain in the mouth when the baby eats complementary foods, and lead to refusal to eat. You should keep the mouth clean and drink more water. Slightly warm or cool fluids are preferred, and stimulating foods should be avoided. Topical spraying of watermelon cream and tin oxide can be applied.
If the above symptoms occur, you should seek medical advice and treat the cause under the guidance of a doctor. All of the above medications should be used under doctor’s supervision, avoid self-medication.