Today I saw another discussion in the parenting group about whether I should eat rice cereal or minced meat first for six months.
On the 186th day of motherhood, it was three o'clock in the morning. After the night feeding, I could no longer sleep. The light from the mobile phone screen shone on my face, and my mind was filled with the spoonful of carrot puree that had been spat out during the day.
It turns out that the anxiety of our generation begins with the first bite of complementary food.
Why does it have to be this time?
Old people always say, "How did this matter in the past?" But they don't understand.
Six months have passed, and the little iron reserve provided by the mother body is really about to be exhausted. Just like the battery of a mobile phone suddenly jumps from a full 100% to a flashing red grid area indicating insufficient. At this time, you must immediately add an auxiliary charging power supply, hurry up to replenish the battery, and quickly connect the power bank.
There is iron deficiency in breast milk, and the amount provided by formula milk is also insufficient. This gap must be filled by eating. However, what I fear is not the lack of nutrition, but the fear that that bite will become a burden to him.
High-speed rail rice noodles, the safest trial
The doctor said to choose iron-fortified rice noodles for the first bite.
I bought a bunch of things back and studied the ingredient list until early in the morning. I chose the brand with a short ingredient list like my first love, brewed it with warm water, and it was in a thin circle state, with a flowing feeling similar to yogurt.
He placed a spoonful of it on his lips, his heart racing.
He was stunned for a moment, then frowned, and slowly thrust his tongue out. He couldn't help but wonder if the tongue thrust reflex hadn't disappeared yet, and his heart suddenly went cold as he knew this. Then he smacked his lips gently and finally swallowed.
I almost cried at that moment.
Vegetable puree, a daily routine of being disliked
They say carrots, pumpkins and potatoes are the friendliest.
I steamed, ground and sieved it like an experiment, and every grain was as fine as velvet.
With the first spoonful of pumpkin puree, he ate the emoji and could kill mosquitoes between his brows.
The second spoonful, I opened my mouth.
On the third day, he even slapped the table to urge me. I took the photo emotionally and then sent it to my circle of friends with the text "The cub who loves pumpkins."
On the fourth day, a rash appeared on my face.
I tried to find information, decisively stopped the complementary feeding, and then rushed towards the hospital with him in my arms. The doctor said there was nothing wrong and speculated that it might be drool rash. However, when I fed the pumpkin again, my hands were still shaking.
It turns out that in every spoonful of mud, there is a fear that you may be allergic.
Puree, sweet trap
Banana apple puree is the easiest.
When scraped off, it oxidizes and turns brown, making it look as ugly as dark food.
But the baby loves it, sweet! After eating for the first time, I licked the spoon.
However, I didn’t have the guts to feed too much. Someone on the Internet said that if you eat fruit first, you will become a picky eater. So what should we do? I steamed the apples and fed them to him, but they turned sour and he refused to eat them. Add it secretly to rice noodles and spit it out when you taste it.
This guy's sense of taste is ten thousand times more sensitive than I thought.
Should you add the meat first or the vegetables first?
What I found out and what the doctor said were all different.
Some say that rice flour must be pureed for two weeks, while others say that pureed meat must be added immediately to supplement iron.
confusion.
Next, an old director said this: "You people think of babies as machines. Babies are not formula products, babies are living people."
People, not programs.
That moment when you sprayed rice in my face
Yesterday I fed mashed potatoes.
As soon as I fed it in, he made a puff sound, which made the lenses of my glasses blur.
I was stunned for three seconds and then laughed.
He also smiled, showing two teeth that had just emerged.
At that specific moment, I suddenly felt relieved. In the process of adding complementary foods, there are many principles and many precautions. The final thing that needs to be emphasized in tracing the source is actually -.
I'm here, take your time.
I need to keep the milk volume at 700-800, give water and rinse my mouth after eating, observe new foods for three days, and stop as soon as possible if allergic, I remember all these.
But what I remember more clearly is that it was the first time that he used the tip of his tongue to roll away the little bit of confusion on the spoon with seriousness, and it was also the first time that he seemed to applaud himself after swallowing.
Finally I want to say
This much writing is not meant to be a textbook.
Just recording the daily life of an ordinary mother.
If you are also going through this chaotic period of six months, I want to tell you——
Don’t be afraid of being spat out, don’t be afraid of wasting food, don’t be afraid that you’re not good enough.
Our generation knows too much but is afraid of too much.
However, the baby does not need that kind of perfect complementary food. What he just needs is a mother who is willing to cook for him in various ways, and this mother does not mind at all being sprayed all over her face by the baby.
Six months of complementary feeding is the first negotiation about trust between you.
You can't win and you can't lose.
But you will keep feeding.
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