“Adding complementary foods” is a major thing for babies, so what signals will babies give parents before adding complementary foods? We can tell that you can add supplementary food? Let’s take a look together. 4 to 6 months is the best time to add complementary foods to your baby, as to when exactly to start, each baby is different, you have to carefully observe the baby to send you the “meal” signal. Signal 1: Baby shows interest in adult food. The baby has a “want to” look when the adult is eating. Signal 2: Your baby can control his or her head and neck and accept the liquid or semi-solid food you feed him or her. Signal 3: Your baby is able to turn his head, shut up, and push away food to say “no” when he is full. Signal 4: Your baby needs more milk, more than 1000 ml per day. Let’s take a look at: 1, whether the baby has the performance of not eating enough The baby was able to sleep until dawn, but now often cries in the middle of the night, or sleep time is getting shorter; the number of breastfeeding increased to 8-10 times a day or fed formula 1000 ml, but the baby is still in a state of hunger, a moment to cry, a moment to eat. When baby’s growth accelerates around 6 months, it is the best time to start adding complementary foods. 2, whether the baby’s development is mature When your baby can control the head and upper body, can hold or lean to sit, the chest can hold up, the head can stand up, the baby can turn the head, lean forward, lean back, etc. to show that they want to eat or not, so that force feeding will not happen. 3, the baby tries to eat behavior Such as others next to him when eating he will be interested, he may also come to grab your spoon, grab chopsticks. If your baby puts his hands or toys in his mouth, it means he is interested in eating. This is when you can start learning how to give your baby complementary food. 4, whether the tongue reflex is fading Many parents have found that when they first feed their baby complementary food, the baby often spit out what they just fed into their mouth, thinking that the baby does not like to eat. In fact, the performance of the baby’s tongue is an instinctive self-protection, called the “tongue reflex”, indicating that feeding complementary foods is not yet time. The tongue out reflex usually disappears around 4 months of age. If you insist on feeding complementary food before it disappears, it is not only frustrating for parents, but also unpleasant for babies, which is not conducive to the development of good eating habits. 5, test whether the baby wants to eat If when the mother and father scoop up the food into the baby’s mouth, he will try to lick into the mouth and swallow, looking very happy and delicious, indicating that he is interested in eating, then you can rest assured to feed the baby. If your baby spits out the food, turns his head away or pushes your hand away, it means he doesn’t want to eat and doesn’t want to eat. You must not force it and try again every few days.