Timely mixed feeding for babies is a natural growth requirement for babies. When babies are not yet at the age when they can eat complementary foods, some special milk replacers are supplemented to meet the needs of babies’ growth and development. How to mix feeding to best make babies eat happily and healthy? Moms are going to learn!
1. When the amount of breast milk cannot meet the nutritional needs of the baby’s growth and development, or the lactating mother cannot guarantee to feed the baby on time due to work, the baby must be supplemented with a cow, goat milk, or milk when the baby has not reached the age when complementary food can be added. Milk replacer to ensure the growth and development needs, that is, mixed feeding for the baby. But remember, in any case, the baby cannot give up breast milk before the age of 6 months. Other milk or milk substitutes should be used as a supplement to breast milk.
2. Let the baby eat half the amount of breast milk, then use milk or other milk substitutes to feed. This can ensure that the baby absorbs the nutritional value of breast milk, and other milks or milk substitutes are only used as a supplement to breast milk before the baby is 6 months old. Note that when feeding infant milk or milk replacer, it should be heated to a temperature close to breast milk.
3. Feed infants with breast milk and other milk or milk replacers alternately, that is, breast milk and milk are alternately fed. This method is conducive to working mothers to adjust the time automatically, and just go home on time to feed the baby’s breast milk.
After 4 and 6 months of age, babies need to add a small amount of egg yolk to ensure the iron needs of the child’s growth and development. The method is: add about 15% of the cooked egg yolk, add a little warm water to make a paste, and feed it to the baby for sucking and eating with a small spoon. You can also add little rice noodles to the paste-like egg yolk, which will taste good and the baby will eat more fragrantly.
5. In the beginning, the ingredients should not be added too much or too fast when feeding supplementary food for infants. It is more appropriate to add one supplementary material at a time. Gradually proceed according to the principle of increasing the quantity and increasing the quality from thin to thick, and slowly let the baby form a mixture The feeding habits of feeding achieve the goal of balanced nutrient absorption and healthy development of babies.
