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A baby born needs careful care to develop well. Daily nutrition is very important to ensure quality and balance in quantity. Surely many first-time parents raising young children are struggling to find solid food, is powdered food really needed for their children and when should we give them solid foods?
1. Basic concept of powdered weaning and weaning
Weaning is feeding children with foods other than breast milk, including starch, vitamins from vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, eggs, milk and fruits... These foods have a beneficial effect. Using nutritional supplements to help children develop comprehensively but not completely replace breast milk.
Weaning powder currently on the market is advertised very popularly for children from 4 months old with main ingredients and growth milk. In rural areas, the commonly used meal powder is starch (glutinous rice) and crushed nuts. The purpose of both these powders is for the baby to get used to weaning, to easily switch from just eating milk to eating solids with other foods.
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2. So is it good to eat solids and from what stage should babies be introduced to solid foods?
With the nutritional ingredients from the above powdered meal, the weaning powder is a good powder. However, according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), for the first 6 months of life, babies should be exclusively breastfed and do not need any other products.
Breast milk has a large source of antibodies passed to the baby to help strengthen the immune system. On the other hand, in the first months of life, the baby's digestive system is not stable, so the baby's digestive system is still not able to absorb solids early. In addition, when cooking weaning powder, parents add sweet and salty taste or canned powdered snacks with additives and preservatives that will not be good for the unstable digestive system of young children.
Thereby, from the end of 6 months to the 7th month, parents should start giving their baby solid foods. This is the age when the nerves and chewing muscles are fully developed to allow children to chew and bite food.
From the 7th month onwards, parents need to pay more attention to their children's nutrition to help them develop comprehensively.
3. Nutritional supplements according to age
Children full 6 months of age Breast milk is still the main source of food and nutrition, in addition, please start feeding your baby with 5% diluted powdered meal during the day. When starting out, give your baby food slowly and gradually increase it without forcing the amount.
This stage also begins for children to practice eating yogurt, whey or fruit, fruit juice. Note that fruits should choose soft fruits with lots of water and cool fruits with little sugar to avoid causing children to develop heat rash. Yogurt or whey should be purchased appropriate for the age of the child.
Weaning powder in this period is reasonable. Mothers also need to consult the nutritional value of experts to have a reasonable diet for their children without deficiency or excess of nutrients. Suggest a bowl of 5% powdered snack: rice flour 5g, water 200ml, minced pork 10g, green vegetables 10g, cooking oil 3g.
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Children from 8 months In this stage, there are children who have grown all 4 front teeth or not, so children need to practice chewing reflex, so the bowl of flour does not need to be too pure. Please change the vegetables with rich flour to stimulate the baby to eat better and also practice for the baby to eat different foods. With daily breast milk, the baby needs to be supplemented with 2 powdered meals a day, 200ml each and 40ml of fruit added.
Children 9 - 12 months old This stage children move more, sleep less and lose more energy. The energy provided by breast milk alone is not enough, but we must supplement with powdered food. Children need to be fed 3 meals of powder in 1 day, each meal is 200ml. Fruit and yogurt are also indispensable in this period. Colorful fruits add more vitamins.
Children 1 - 2 years of age Through the first year of life of firsts: First smile, first flip, first babble. From the age of 1, children can start eating porridge. Children can eat a variety of foods 4 meals a day. Babies still need to be fed breast milk, diluted formula. It is recommended that babies should be weaned from breast milk at the age of 18 months.
At this age, the baby can eat a variety of foods, but it is important to avoid giving them popcorn or nuts and seeds because it is easy to choke on foreign objects. It is also not allowed for children to drink carbonated drinks, coffee, and addictive drinks.
Nutritional porridge bowl suggested for parents: 40g rice, 20g lean pork, 20g green vegetables, 7g cooking oil.
Children from 2 - 3 years old At this stage, let's practice feeding children with rice and giving foods like adults.
Note: At the stage of less than 1 year old, weaning children do not need to add salt and fish sauce because at this time, children's kidneys are still weak and cannot exceed 1g/day. And cooking weaning food for children should use walnut oil, canola oil, and gac oil because children need to add fat from fat in a sufficient amount for the body to absorb maximum nutrients. In addition, parents should supplement their children with supporting products containing lysine, essential micro-minerals and vitamins such as zinc, chromium, selenium, and B vitamins to help fully meet the nutritional needs of children. young. At the same time, these essential vitamins also support digestion, enhance nutrient absorption, help improve anorexia, and help children eat well. Parents can simultaneously apply dietary supplements and functional foods derived from nature for easy absorption. Do not forget to regularly visit the website vimec.com to update useful baby care information.
Reference source: bvndtp.org.vn
