The baby begins to show interest in adults' meals. The little hands will take the initiative to grab the spoon, and the little mouth will also move along with the clicking. This is actually a signal sent by the body that it is ready to add complementary foods.
The digestive system of a five-month-old baby is still relatively delicate and difficult to adapt to. However, it has reached a critical period when it is necessary to experience new tastes and practice swallowing skills.
What and how to eat at this time is directly related to whether the baby can eat well in the future, and also related to whether the baby can keep up with nutrition.
At this stage, many mothers will be quite entangled. On the one hand, they are afraid that their babies will not digest, and on the other hand, they are worried about missing the perfect opportunity to practice chewing.
Don’t be impatient. The following are specially prepared complementary food recipes for five-month-old babies, as well as precautions. They are all practical experiences. We hope to help novice parents go astray less often.
Pumpkin honey puree, baby’s first sweet bite
The process of making this pumpkin honey puree is very simple. It has a golden color and a sweet taste, which is easily accepted by most five-month-old babies.
The amount of pumpkin that needs to be prepared is 100 grams. Prioritize the old pumpkin to prepare. This kind of old pumpkin has less water and higher sweetness. After steaming, the taste will be denser.
Also prepare a small spoonful of honey, but be reminded that it is actually not recommended for babies under one year old to consume honey. This is because honey may contain botulinum toxin, which the baby's intestines and stomach cannot handle.
Here you can replace the honey with formula milk or warm water, which can also make the pumpkin puree smoother.
Remove the skin and flesh from the pumpkin, cut it into small pieces, and steam it in a pot for fifteen to twenty minutes. Use a spoon to gently apply pressure until it becomes pureed.
After steaming the pumpkin slices, press them into a puree with a spoon. If it feels too dry, you can add a little warm water, or add prepared formula milk to make it thinner.
Then, use your hands or a small mold to roll the pumpkin puree into a big ball and place it in the middle of the plate. At the same time, put a few more small balls around it. This way, it looks cute and can arouse the baby's interest.
Just pour a little bit of the prepared milk on top when eating.
Pumpkin, which is rich in carotene, is extremely beneficial for baby's eye development and can also help improve the body's resistance.
Egg yolk rice cereal, a classic and nutritious entry-level food
Many elders know that it is good for babies to eat egg yolks, but there are tips on how to do it delicately and without making people choke.
Prepare an appropriate amount of rice and a small bowl broth Or fish soup and vegetable soup, and a Egg yolk .
When cooking rice for adults, you can dig a small hole in the rice in the center of the rice cooker, so that the rice in this position gets more water, so that it becomes soft rice.
Take some soft rice and crush it repeatedly with the back of a spoon until it becomes a paste.
The soup must be filtered in advance, especially fish soup. This must be passed through a fine sieve to prevent small fish bones from being mixed in.
Pour the soup into the rice, mix the two together, then pour it into a small pot, and slowly simmer it over low heat. Stir while cooking, and finally it will become a mushy and extremely thin state.
After the eggs are cooked, just take out the yolks, use a spoon to grind them into fine powder, add them to the cooked rice paste, stir to make them even, boil them again, and then turn off the heat.
Put it in a bowl and let it dry until it is warm enough that it does not burn the back of your hands. Then you can feed your baby.
Egg yolk is rich in lecithin and iron, which is very important for baby's brain development and is also very important for preventing anemia.
However, when feeding your baby egg yolk for the first time, only one-eighth of it can meet the needs. Then observe it for three or four days. If the baby does not have allergies or indigestion, then slowly increase the amount.
Three key reminders for adding complementary foods to five-month-old babies
The first reminder is about Time to add complementary foods .
The World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics also recommend that exclusive breastfeeding be continued until the baby is six months old.
Due to the nutrients contained in breast milk, including water, it can fully meet all the needs of the baby before six months.
The same goes for formula milk. As long as it is prepared in proportion, the nutrition will be sufficient.
If breast milk is sufficient and the baby's weight growth is normal, there is no need to rush to add complementary foods at five months.
However, the development speed of each baby is not the same. If the baby has already shown a strong desire to eat, such as drooling when seeing adults eating, reaching out to grab it, and the tongue thrust reaction has disappeared, that is, it cannot use the tongue to push out the spoon, then you can try a little earlier.
The second reminder is about Characteristics of complementary foods .
A five-month-old baby may be in the stage of preparing to grow teeth, or may have already given birth to one or two deciduous teeth. At this time, you can give some foods with coarse particles, such as pureed vegetables and minced meat with a little bit of small particles. These foods can help the baby to carry out chewing exercises.
You can try giving a little fish paste and pork liver paste every day to supplement iron and animal protein.
If the baby likes complementary food, the amount of milk can be appropriately reduced at one time, but be careful not to stop giving milk to the baby just because he has eaten complementary food. Milk is still the staple food at this stage.
The third reminder is about salt and seasonings .
For babies under one year old, their kidneys have not yet fully developed, so salt must not be added to complementary foods. Similarly, condiments such as soy sauce and sugar cannot be added.
Giving salt to your baby too early will increase the burden on his kidneys. I have developed a heavy taste habit since I was a child, and it is difficult to correct it when I grow up. It is easier to become picky eaters and increase the risk of high blood pressure in the future.
In addition, although freshly squeezed juice is rich in vitamin C, unsterilized juice may cause diarrhea. It is recommended to buy juice specially designed for babies on the market, or make the fruit into puree for consumption, which will be safer.
Two-color egg yolk puree and milk banana paste, this is how to supplement protein
The five-month-old baby is growing rapidly. protein Intake is critical.
Eating proteins from different sources together can provide complementary nutrients and better absorption.
Just like the two-color egg yolk puree, you need to prepare 100 grams of rice, a wood-fired egg, and fresh green cabbage leaves.
Wash the green vegetables, leaving only the leaves, then blanch them in boiling water, remove them and place them to control the moisture, then put them into a blender and beat them into a paste, and finally use gauze to squeeze out the vegetable juice.
Boil the eggs, take the yolks and grind them into powder.
Soak the rice for an hour in advance and add enough water to make rice soup.
Use the rice soup to make the egg yolk into a paste, then slowly add the vegetable juice and stir evenly. In this way, a bowl of egg yolk puree with two colors of yellow and green is completed.
The color of this complementary food is beautiful and the baby will find it fresh.
Another way Milk Banana Paste Also suitable for five-month-old babies.
Prepare 20 grams of banana, 30 grams of milk, a small spoon of cornmeal, and a little sugar.
Grind the banana with a spoon.
Pour milk, cornmeal, and sugar into the pot and stir while cooking. When cooking, make sure it is completely cooked and there is no smell of cornstarch.
After turning off the heat, pour in the mashed banana and stir evenly.
Bananas, considered the "fruit of wisdom," are good for brain development, bone growth, and can protect the gastric mucosa.
A complementary food made of banana paste mixed with milk, which is rich in protein, carbohydrates, calcium, potassium, and phosphorus, as well as iron and zinc. It has a unique sweet taste. Generally speaking, most babies will like this kind of food.
Reference for the daily eating schedule for five-month-old babies
New mothers often don’t know exactly when to feed their babies complementary foods, and worry that they will disrupt the baby’s feeding routine.
Here is a feeding schedule for five-month-old babies. However, every baby's habits are different, so you don't have to follow it exactly.
The main food is still breast milk or formula milk, and complementary foods are only supplementary.
At 6 o'clock in the morning, choose to feed breast milk for between 10 and 20 minutes, or feed formula milk in the range of 120 ml to 150 ml.
At 8 o'clock, feed one-eighth of an egg yolk and drink 90 ml of warm water or fruit juice.
At 10 o'clock, feed breast milk or formula milk.
At 12 o'clock, feed 30 grams of vegetable puree or fruit puree, and then drink 30 to 50 ml of rice soup.
At 2 p.m., feed breast milk or formula milk.
At 4 o'clock, feed one-eighth of an egg yolk and add 60 to 90 ml of broth.
At 6 o'clock, feed breast milk or formula milk.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, feed 30 grams of rice flour and drink 30 to 50 ml of warm water or juice.
At 10 o'clock in the evening, feed breast milk or formula milk again.
In this timetable, complementary foods are set in the middle period of two feedings. The quantity is not large and will not affect the baby's milk drinking.
And only give one new food at a time to make it easier to observe whether the baby has any allergic reactions.
Giving complementary foods to your baby doesn’t need to be too complicated.
Just remember a few key points: first from less to more, then from thin to thicker, then from thin to thicker, and finally from one type to multiple types.
After adding only one new food at a time, observe it first. The duration of this observation is set to three to five days. During this period, if the baby does not show symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting, and rashes that would make people feel uncomfortable, then the next food can be added.
Five-month-old babies are still young, and the role of complementary food is only to allow them to experience and feel the taste a little, and to exercise their swallowing ability. They must never be forced to feed.
If the baby doesn't want to eat, stop eating. If he doesn't eat this time, he may be willing to eat again in two days.
Be patient and enjoy the process of exploring new foods with your baby. This is the best part of introducing complementary foods.
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