If you want your baby to grow taller and bigger quickly, nutrition must be in place. It's not just about feeding your baby, you also need to consider the nutritional value of various foods and whether the baby can digest them. Today, Baike will introduce several common complementary food recipes suitable for babies to mothers.
A 4-month-old baby should be exclusively breastfed to meet their physical development needs, and complementary foods can only be added when the baby is 6 months old. The recommended complementary food recipes for babies are as follows:
Thick milk
At present, babies' diet is still mainly based on dairy products. At this time, various milk based complementary foods can be made, such as this thick milk, which is sweet but not greasy, bringing babies a strong sense of satisfaction.
Food ingredients:
Milk, milk cake paste or lotus root powder or flour paste.
Method:
After boiling the milk, add 3-10g of milk cake paste, flour paste, and lotus root powder to 100ml of milk and stir well.
Pumpkin paste
Adding complementary foods to babies, it is important to pay attention to the combination of coarse and fine foods in the main course. It is not advisable to always eat overly refined foods. Occasionally eating coarse grains can effectively prevent constipation in babies! Pumpkin paste can also nourish the stomach and make babies' digestive system healthier!
Food ingredients:
50g pumpkin.
Method:
1. Remove the outer skin of the pumpkin, slice it thinly and steam it in a boiling water pot until soft.
2. After steaming the soft pumpkin slices until warm, use a small spoon to press them into a paste and feed the baby.
Milk lotus root powder
If the baby is tired of eating Rice noodles, make this milk lotus root starch for him. It is not only delicious, but also can help digestion. It will melt in the mouth. Don't worry that the baby will not be able to eat it.
Food ingredients:
Lotus root powder, water, milk.
Method:
Put lotus root starch, water, and milk together in a pot, mix evenly, and simmer over low heat until transparent paste is formed.
Reminder: This complementary food is very popular among babies. Please be careful not to give your baby too much to avoid increasing the burden on their digestive system.
Carrot soup
When babies eat complementary foods, they must eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins and other trace elements, such as carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, etc. These types of vegetable juices are suitable for 6-month-old babies to consume, and fresh vegetables should be used as raw materials when making them.
Food ingredients:
500g carrots, 500g water.
Method:
1. Wash the carrots, chop them into small pieces, put them in a pot, add water, and boil over high heat for about 20 minutes.
2. Filter the residue with sterilized gauze and it can be consumed.