Newborns can rely entirely on breast milk or formula, but as they grow older, their craving for food also increases. When babies are 4 to 6 months old, they can add complementary foods appropriately. However, it should be noted that when babies add complementary foods, they should first start with liquid foods, then move on to paste like foods, and finally to solid foods. If you only drink milk without complementary foods, it will result in imbalanced nutrition and be detrimental to your baby's growth and development. So, at what age can a baby add rice soup? Let's take a look together:
How old can a baby eat rice soup
Experts believe that after 6 months, whether it is artificial feeding or mixed feeding, rice soup should be added to babies to promote amylase production and supplement vitamins. So at six months old, you can gradually add complementary foods such as rice soup and rice paste to your baby, but the mother needs to decide based on the baby's gastrointestinal function. Rice (millet) oil should be added gradually from small to large, from thin to thick, paying attention to the baby's diet and mental state during the addition process.
Feeding method: Add a small amount of thick rice soup and sugar, and use a small spoon to feed the baby before feeding in the evening. Gradually increase from half a tablespoon to 1-2 tablespoons in the future. When babies add complementary foods, they can actually drink some rice soup, which is highly nutritious. At the beginning, you can try drinking a small amount to see if there are no adverse reactions. If there are no adverse reactions, add some more for the second time.
What are the benefits of drinking rice soup for babies
1. Can harmonize the baby's spleen and stomach: Rice soup is rich in vitamins, niacin, and inorganic salts such as phosphorus and iron, as well as certain nutrients such as carbohydrates and fats, which have the functions of tonifying qi, nourishing yin, and moistening dryness. Drinking more rice soup helps with digestion and absorption of fat, which is beneficial for children's health and development.
2. Improving the intestines and increasing appetite: Rice soup helps improve intestinal peristalsis, and it also contains starch, which is a beneficial bacteria for the gastrointestinal tract. Moreover, rice soup can promote the secretion of digestive juices, increase appetite, and stimulate children's appetite.
3. Preventing dehydration: In summer, children sweat too much, which can cause water loss. Moreover, fever, vomiting, and diarrhea in children can also cause dehydration. At this time, giving children a bowl of rice soup can prevent the high nutritional content of a large amount of rice soup in the body, which can be used as a substitute for baby milk. However, rice soup and milk cannot be consumed at the same time because a type of fat oxidase in rice soup can destroy vitamin A in milk, resulting in nutritional waste.
Rice soup has a high nutritional content, so it can be used as a substitute for baby milk. However, rice soup and milk cannot be consumed together because a type of lipoxygenase in rice soup can destroy vitamin A in milk, resulting in nutritional waste.
After adding complementary foods to the baby, it is not enough to only eat rice soup. As the baby gradually grows, eating rice soup can no longer fully supplement nutrition. At this time, it is possible to add some complementary foods to him, eat more nutritious foods, and gradually add them from thin to dry and from small to large. When the child is a little older, we should give them a lot of food to try. Only with balanced nutrition, no picky eating, and love to eat can they grow tall and strong.
