The nutrition in infant stage is important to the growth and development of the baby. Various weaning foods should be added to fit the baby’s nutrition requirement, also, it’s for the adaptation of different kinds of food.
Definition
Addition of weaning foods is the process performed during the transition from exclusive milk feeding to the food of one’s culture.
Reasons for adding weaning foods
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to provide energy, iron , and vitamins.
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to prepare the baby for adaptation of solid food.
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to provide trace elements , such as zinc, copper, and iron.
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training the chewing ability and avoid ill-balanced feeding
Precautions
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Each time only give a kind of new food, after keeping 4-7 days, give another kind.
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When you give a kind of new food in first time, please only give one teaspoon of capacity and add more gradually.
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Use straight teaspoon with feeding and send it to the baby’s month directly. Be sure to lay on the back of tongue to prevent the baby from spewing up the food.
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When the infants feeling hungry, we can feed some milk, after they feel satisfied then we feed them foodstuffs.
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If patients suffer from allergic reaction to certain allergen or conditions like diarrhea and skin rash, stop feeding them additive weaning foods and take them to the hospital immediately.
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Additive weaning foods should match up to baby’s grown up stages and progress gradually from fluid to soft and then to solid diet.
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If the baby grows teeth, start giving soft diet or solid diet.
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If the baby is sick, do not add new weaning foods just have it rest. o
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Don't mix medicine with weaning foods for it could have the baby feeling resentful over food.
How to make weaning foods
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Juice（such as apple, grape, orange ,tomato juice）
Squeeze fresh juice, and add to the water for dilution
braising to boil ,and to feed with the spoon
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cook the vegetable into pulp (make sure that it’s soft enough)
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it can be mixed with wheat power
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the rice flour and the wheat flour: it can be bought in the market and is usually used as the thickening agent.
Also, to mix with the oatmeal is another choice.
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minced meat, minced liver
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cook it and cut it into very small pieces.
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it can be mixed with the rice flour and the wheat flour.
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cook the minced meat with vegetables.
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eggs can be added either
cook it and smash it
cooking the fish with boiled water and smash it
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