Baobao's body requires multiple trace elements, and without any of them, it cannot grow healthily. Especially zinc can affect a baby's appetite, which is of utmost importance. Therefore, mothers should regularly test their babies for trace elements in order to timely understand what their bodies lack. How to supplement zinc deficiency in a 1-year-old baby?
1. Medication supplementation
No matter what trace element the baby lacks in their body, mothers should always choose medication for supplementation, and zinc supplementation is the same. Because babies grow quickly and require more trace elements, it is difficult to achieve the desired effect solely through dietary supplementation, which can delay their growth. But drug supplementation is different, with more effective ingredients and better supplementation effects, which can quickly restore the levels of trace elements in the baby's body to normal.
2. Dietary supplements
Along with medication supplementation, work should also be done on diet. There are many foods that babies can eat when they are one year old. Mothers can prepare more foods with zinc supplementation effects for babies, such as oysters, fish and shrimp, egg yolks, etc. This kind of combination of medicine and food can have a better effect.
3. Moderate supplementation
After giving zinc to the baby for a period of time, the mother should take the baby for a follow-up examination in a timely manner and not over supplement. Excessive supplementation of any trace element can pose a health hazard to babies, and zinc is no exception. As long as the re examination shows that the baby is no longer deficient in zinc, supplementation should be stopped immediately and a normal diet should be maintained.
