First, the mashed vegetables have no sweetness. If you feed the fruit puree first, it will make it difficult to add complementary food later. Although fruit puree and vegetable puree are rich in nutrients, their tastes are quite different. Vegetable puree has no sweetness, while fruit puree has rich flavor and color. If the baby eats the puree first, the baby's taste buds will be strongly stimulated, so that the complementary food other than the puree will make the baby lose appetite in the later stage and even produce resistance.
So I suggest that the baby eat vegetable paste first, and then gradually add fruit paste in the complementary food process, so that the complementary food process of the baby will be much smoother.
Second, eating vegetable puree before eating fruit puree can give the baby an adaptation process. The baby's stomach and digestive system are still immature and fragile. Fruit puree has a high sugar content. If you give it directly to your baby, it will harm your baby's digestion and absorption. Moreover, as mentioned above, the puree will make the baby's taste heavier and will also affect the baby's growth and development.
Therefore, it is best to feed the baby rice paste before the baby has added complementary food. Rice flour contains many rich trace elements, which can meet the baby's growth needs and avoid the discomfort of the baby in the process of eating complementary food. You can add some rice flour appropriately, then give the baby some vegetable paste to give the stomach a transition period, and then add fruit paste.
Third, there must be a certain method to add complementary food, and it must be gradual. Infants should follow the principle of adding complementary food from less to more and from thin to thick. You can only add one complementary food to your baby at a time. If you eat it for a week without adverse reactions, you can replace it with another one, which is more acceptable to your baby's stomach.
The order of baby's complementary food is: high-iron rice flour-root paste-leaf paste-fruit paste-fish and meat-porridge-noodles-rice. When rice noodles are fed for five days to a week, you can add root mud. A seven-month-old baby can change from a single ingredient to a variety of mashed vegetables, and can also add meat, from white meat to red meat. At the same time, complementary food can be grainy and not too delicate. Eight months can change from muddy to semi-solid, and half egg yolk or whole egg yolk can be added. For nine to ten months, the complementary food can be changed from one meal to two meals, mainly porridge and noodles. Babies can eat fixed food after eleven months.
4. What should I pay attention to when adding complementary food? First of all, you must choose fresh vegetables and fruits, preferably seasonal ingredients, and pay special attention to whether there are pesticide residues on vegetables. You can first soak the vegetables in rice washing water or put a little salt in the water and wash them with flowing water. Secondly, the baby must not add salt to the baby's complementary food before he is one year old, otherwise it will bring serious harm to the baby's body. Finally, there should be a transition between complementary food and drinking milk. When the baby eats complementary food, he must consume enough milk to ensure the baby's growth and development needs.
Conclusion Parents should pay attention to the method of adding complementary food, and must let the baby's stomach have an adaptation process first, so that the baby can accept the taste of complementary food faster and better. When the baby starts to drool while watching adults eat, it means that the baby can start feeding complementary food. Generally speaking, don't feed your baby complementary food four months or eight months in advance. As long as you follow the above methods, you can let your baby add complementary food naturally and healthily.