That baby's belly is really not much different from the size of his curled up little fist. Don't look at those chubby dolls in the photos. They seem to be able to eat a bowl full of them in one meal. So what is the actual situation? Children aged from 6 months to 1 year old can only hold 100 to 200 ml at most, even if they push hard, and even a can of Coke cannot be completely filled. This is a brake-like mechanism of the body itself. You must not feed your child too hard, just like stepping on the accelerator.
We always panic. It's because he doesn't have enough to eat, it's because he's growing slowly, it's because he's missing something.
In fact, the child was clever. He turned his head, closed his mouth, and knocked over the spoon for you. This was not a tantrum, but a life-saving instinct shouting: Mom, stop, stop feeding!
You thought it was a meal, but it was actually a game of power
After he turned one year old, he suddenly "awakened". He grabbed the spoon, put his hand into the bowl and stirred, leaving residue all over his face and table. If you are still chasing him to feed him at this time, it is not a meal, but a "power struggle" between you and him.
You have to let him win.
Give him a small spoon with a short handle, even if he scoops the rice everywhere; let him decide which one to eat, even if the order is messy. Regarding the matter of eating, feeling is ten thousand times more important than the result.
Most people gave them the wrong meal at the beginning.
We all know that we need to add complementary foods at 6 months, what is the first bite? Rice soup? juice?
wrong.
Those tasteless foods have no nutritional value other than making your stomach feel full. The baby's stomach capacity is so small that it cannot hold food with little substantial nutrition. If it is to hold it, it must hold things that are high in energy and nutrients. For example, rice noodles that have been fortified with iron, as well as meat paste, liver paste and the like. After the baby is 4 months old, the iron obtained from the mother is exhausted, and he must rely on food to replenish sufficient iron.
From 6 to 12 months, what should I eat to supplement calcium?
Calcium is the obsession of being a parent.
In fact, as long as the amount of milk is sufficient (600 to 800 ml per day), there is basically no calcium deficiency. What is lacking is the substance that promotes calcium absorption- vitamin D. Don’t just stare at the shrimp bone soup. It has no effect at all and can also cause damage to the kidneys.
List of complementary foods (you can’t go wrong if you follow this):
At 6 months of age, feed a single puree, such as pumpkin puree, potato puree, apple puree, plus high-iron rice flour. Note, only add one at a time and wait three days.
At the stage of seven to eight months, you can start to add a wider variety of complementary foods, mix ingredients with different properties into a puree, and then add meat-based foods as appropriate! For example, puree made from pork, puree made from tofu, and egg yolks (you should start from a quarter of the egg yolk stage)!
When the child is between nine and twelve months old, don’t always let your child eat mushy food. You should start practicing chewing ability! You can try foods such as minced vegetables, thick porridge, small noodles, minced meat, liver paste, etc. During this period, you can also give some "finger foods", such as steaming carrot sticks until they are soft, so that the child can eat them by himself.
Special attention:
Do not add salt to children under 1 year old! No added sugar! Don't add soy sauce! The strong taste of adults is a heavy burden that the kidneys of children cannot bear. Many foods such as children's soy sauce and meat floss are subject to the IQ tax, and they contain salt that you cannot detect.
Those "blockers" on the road to complementary feeding
What should I do if I don’t eat? Don’t worry. It may take ten or even fifteen times to try a brand new food before you accept it. If you don’t eat it today, serve it again in a different way tomorrow. For example, carrots are carved into star shapes and mixed into his favorite mashed potatoes.
Throw away the spoon. Take it away calmly and tell him that "the purpose of the spoon is to eat, not to throw it away", and try again after a while. Don't yell. If you yell, it means failure.
How to get rid of time jams? Fix the three meal times. Don't give milk one hour before meals. It is very important to make him feel a little bit hungry.
Finally, let’s talk about something heartfelt.
There is nothing perfect about raising children.
Things like the so-called "Internet celebrity recipes" and "other people's children", turn them off and never look at them again. Your baby is not a guinea pig in a laboratory, he is a little human with flesh and blood and his own temper.
Sometimes, he just glances at the loving meal that you spent a lot of time and effort to make and then pushes it away; other times, he gnaws the steamed buns that only cost a few yuan from a roadside stall and they taste very delicious. Don't collapse, this is normal.
The significance of complementary food is not just to fill the small stomach, nor is it just to supplement the few and only a few milligrams of calcium.
This is the first "social interaction" in his life, the first step in understanding the world around the dinner table.
Just relax.
Even if you don’t eat well this time, try again at the next meal; even if you throw away the bowl today, pick it up again tomorrow.
That little rice bastard who once made you fall into a state of insomnia due to anxiety will one day grow into a teenager who can make skewers on his own and compete with you for chicken drumsticks.
But at this moment, let him take his time and at his own pace.
That little stomach as big as a fist can hold love, that’s enough.
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