Posted on 13th Jul 2010 @ 3:06 AM
The first way: breast milk match with complementary food supplement
Now promote breastfeeding for baby, the advantages of breastfeeding is no doubt that breast milk to meet the 4-6 months before the baby needed nutrients. However, after 4-6 months, which contains iron, folic acid, vitamins, calcium nutrients becomes relatively insufficient, if not timely supplement other food that is complementary feeding, children not only grow well but also suffer from anemia, rickets and other diseases possible.
The second way: the staple food and snacks is not biased
Baby usually around age of weaning, then of course a very important staple food, but snacks should not be ignored, blind to the chaos or not it is wise not to give a little. United States - copies of survey data shows that children get the calories from snacks to reach 20% of calories the body needs to get vitamins and minerals, 15% of the total intake. So children need snacks is an important complement to the heat and nutrients, snacks, and staples are not better or missing.
The third way: expensive food and cheap food without distinction
Many parents are accustomed to measure the level of prices of food, something that the more expensive the price of food on the baby more useful, in fact, the price of ordinary milk, eggs, meat, beans, fruits and vegetables and grain are the children's growth most necessary. Studies show that milk, eggs contain the amino acid composition of amino acids and human tissue is very close to absorbing the high utilization rate. Meat is rich in iron, zinc and other trace elements, their nutritional value far exceeds the number of prices than its food. In short, the choice of food is mainly for the children to follow if necessary and can be fully absorbed and used to be the principle, no direct contact with the prices.
The fourth way: the perfect combination of fruit and vegetables
Some parents think that fruit and vegetable nutrition is superior, plus fruits taste good, kids are more willing to accept, so light weight fruit vegetables, and even with fruit instead of vegetables. In fact, the fruits and vegetables their own strength and can give children the different nutrients. But in general, fruits and vegetables than on the baby's development is more important. Of course, there are vegetables and fruits do not have health advantages, so the two should balance and complement each other, not biased, but can not replace each other.
The fifth way: soft food match with hard food
Young parents often worry about the capacity of baby teeth, always limit their intake of hard food, even worse is for them to avoid hard food. But medical experts tell us: the birth, the jaw and gums had developed to a certain extent, semi-solid enough to chew food. After the eruption of primary teeth, eat rich in fiber should have - given the hardness of foods such as fruit, biscuits and so on, there - set the hardness of foods such as fruit and biscuits, so as to increase the baby's chewing frequency, chewing movements affect the baby through the facial muscle and eye muscle movement, this will help speed up the baby and the blood circulation of the development of jaw and facial bone, are beneficial to the brain and beauty.
The sixth way: Meat eater and vegetarian both
Usually referred to as animal foods Meat eater, Meat eater though nutritious, taste nice. But it contain the high fat, it should be limited, can not eat. Catering to the baby when the parents can be meat, vegetables and taking care of meat and vegetarian dishes with.
The seventh way: eating and drinking
Attention to food, but ignore drinking water is another feeding errors for parents. Water is a human tissue cells and body fluids constitutes an important component of all physiological and metabolic activities, including food digestion, nutrient delivery, absorption and excretion of waste, no one can out of water. The younger, the relative demand for water more. Therefore, you should give the child a certain amount of water to drink between meals.
The eighth way: Food and mood timely adjustment
Food affects children's mental development, unhealthy emotional and behavioral with the irrational structure foods has a very close relationship. Such as eating too many sweets are easy to move, cry, temper; drink fruit juice or even a good fight too many are angry; food with more salt will slow baby's reaction, and more snooze; lack of certain vitamins are easily withdrawn, depression, lack of facial expression ; calcium deficiency were twitching limbs, teeth at night; zinc deficiency are easy to distract, attention: iron deficiency are poor memory, slow thinking, and so on. Parents should keep in mind as one of these, and seen action in order to maintain child health optimism.