Speaking of “bad complementary food”, many mothers may think of high salt and sugar, high calorie, difficult to digest complementary food, such as fried food, salt and sugar complementary food. Generally speaking, very few mothers will give their own children to eat such complementary foods, because we all know the bad side of them: aggravate the baby’s gastrointestinal digestive burden, not nutritious, and may cause constipation and fire children. But there are 3 kinds of complementary foods, essentially very bad, many mothers are mistaken for a very good complementary food, often give the child to eat. Take a look, you hit? 1, clear diluted rice diluted rice light and good digestion, and the baby ate will not catch fire, many mothers will be diluted rice as the baby’s most often eaten as a complementary food. But it’s bad is that the nutritional density is very low, in addition to starch is water, it is difficult to meet the needs of the baby’s growth and development. In addition, because clear thin rice contains a lot of water, the baby ate it easy to produce a sense of satiety, affecting the amount of milk intake. And then the thin rice as the baby’s main supplemental food, this is the rhythm of the pit baby ah! Mothers should take the rice as a basic complementary materials, add different ingredients, such as egg yolks, minced meat, mushrooms, a variety of seasonal vegetables, etc., boiled into a complementary porridge, so as to improve its nutrient density. 2, fruit juice Many mothers will think that fruit juice is also a very good complementary food, because the home-squeezed juice is natural and zero-additive, why can not drink ah? However, the process of juicing the pulp thrown away, which the insoluble dietary fiber is discarded, while the soluble dietary fiber, vitamin C and other losses will be a lot, so that the nutrition of the fruit is greatly reduced. In addition, 3 apples to squeeze out a cup of juice, baby intake of sugar so high food, long-term easy to increase the risk of obesity, leading to the formation of the baby’s habit of favoring sweets, easy to form dental caries and so on. In summary, fruit juice is really not a good complementary food. Want to give the baby to eat fruit, mashed fruit puree, or when the baby is a little older, cut into small fruit strips, fruit slices, let the baby grab and eat, are possible. This not only retains the original nutrition of the fruit, but also exercise the baby’s chewing ability, grasp ability, than drinking juice is too strong. 3, vegetable water Many mothers take into account the vegetable puree is more difficult to digest, or the baby does not like to eat and other reasons, will be processed into vegetable water, that is, put the vegetables into the water to cook for a few minutes, and then fed to the baby to eat. However, cooking vegetables in water is actually the process of blanching vegetables! Vegetable leaves on the residual pesticides, oxalic acid, etc., will be dissolved in the water, so that the vegetable water is not only nutritious, but also may be harmful to the baby’s health; in addition to the vegetable water itself is not very nutritious, easy to take up the baby’s already small stomach, affecting the amount of baby’s milk or other complementary food intake; and finally, whether it is a vegetable water or juice, are flavored food, the baby once accustomed to the flavor, often will not accept the Drinking plain water. The correct approach should be to blanch the vegetables with boiling water once, and then processed into vegetable puree or chopped vegetables for the baby to eat. The above mentioned clear rice, fruit juice and vegetable water are all bad complementary foods, so what kind of complementary food can be considered a good complementary food? What are the criteria for a good complementary food? 1, a staple food as the main ingredient, rice paste, noodles, rice, etc., are common types. At the same time, pay attention to other ingredients, such as meat, fish, eggs, vegetables and so on. Ensure the intake of protein, fat, vitamins and other nutrients, and other trace elements (especially iron). 2. The softness and hardness of complementary foods and their processing properties should match the baby’s current digestive ability and chewing ability, so that the baby has no difficulty in eating and digesting. 3, complementary foods do not contain bones and hard small pieces, there is no risk of stuck throat, choking and so on. 4. The ingredients used in complementary foods are fresh and the production process is clean and hygienic. less sugar and no salt, no condiments within 1 year of age; after 1 year of age, stick to a light diet.