Essentials of Infant and Toddler Feeding

  1.Advocate exclusive breastfeeding within 6 months.  2, can not breastfeeding should be used to feed a reasonable formula.  3.Breastfeeding advocate on-demand feeding, not less than 8 times a day.  4.Regularly monitor the physical growth and adjust the feeding amount according to the growth situation.  5, 6 months to begin to add reasonable complementary foods.  6, the varieties of complementary foods added in the order of iron fortified rice flour, vegetables, fruits, animal liver, lean meat, egg yolk, whole eggs, fish and shrimp.  7, the process of adding complementary foods emphasizes the gradual increase in food varieties and feeding amounts.  8.From the first few days of life, take a daily preventive dose of vitamin D. 9.According to the variety of food and the amount of food eaten each day, decide the amount of nutrient supplementation as appropriate.  10.Train oral coordination and swallowing ability with pureed food at 6 months of age, and learn to take food from a spoon.  11.From 7 to 9 months of age, use minced food to help infants learn to chew, increase the energy density of food, and train to drink from a cup.  12.Train to grasp food with hands at 10 months of age.  13.After 12 months of age, infants can try the same type of food as other family members and train themselves to feed with utensils, which is good for hand-eye coordination and developing independent eating ability.  At the age of 1 year, we will start to pay attention to cultivating good eating habits and eating regularly and regularly.  15. Pay attention to the influence of parents’ role models on infants’ eating behavior.  The specific how to feed also needs to be chosen according to the baby’s own characteristics.  Need to focus on feeding behavior and eating behavior, feeding environment and eating environment.