Generally children can start to add complementary foods after 4-6 months.
4-6 months before the baby’s digestive function is still relatively delicate, digestive flora has not formed, swallowing ability and chewing ability are relatively poor, should not add complementary foods, mainly to breastfeeding or formula feeding.
After 4-6 months, the baby’s digestive function will be gradually perfected, the digestive tract flora gradually formed, also has a certain ability to swallow and chewing ability, so you can start to add complementary foods, the first complementary food for the high iron rice flour. The first complementary food is high iron rice powder. It is mainly based on fruit puree, vegetable puree or formula rice powder, and needs to be added in small amounts.
As the baby’s age increases, the complementary food gradually adapt to, you can start to add other complementary foods, such as vegetables, meat, eggs, tofu, fish puree, etc., to add energy can be appropriate more, but also not be able to add too much.
To the baby to add complementary foods must be gradual, do not add too much at a time, so as not to lead to indigestion, affecting the health of the baby.