How many months can you add complementary food

Generally speaking, babies can add complementary foods at around 6 months of age. The baby’s body grows and develops faster during infancy, and relying solely on breastfeeding or formula feeding will not meet the nutritional requirements. So before and after six months of the baby, appropriate to add complementary food is more conducive to the baby’s health, but also can exercise the baby’s ability to chew, promote the eruption of teeth and jaw development. To the baby to add complementary foods, must follow from less to more, from thin to thick, from a single to diversified principle, follow the law of growth and development. At first, you can first add rice flour, millet porridge, etc., 7 months of babies gradually add fruit juice, vegetable juice, 8 months of babies can add puree, egg yolk, fish and shrimp puree and so on. Add complementary food process, must carefully observe the baby’s situation, for some new food, if the baby ate after diarrhea, nausea, vomiting or indigestion symptoms, must suspend consumption, may be a food allergy, or may be too early to add the type of food, resulting in indigestion of the baby.