Weaning handbook: when can we add seasoning to baby food?

Entering stage solid foods , the mother has that new freak: young few months, spicy food is? Experts still give a lot of opinions about seasoning baby food. Accordingly, how spices are seasoned and seasoned depends on each stage of baby's body development.

How does spices affect children?

The generations before raising children and grandchildren often feed the baby with all kinds of spices that are sweet, salty, sour, even spicy. According to folk beliefs is to let the baby grow up not to be picky eats. But in fact, doctors and nutritionists have warned note of spiced baby food miles .

 

Do not season babies before 12 months

The organs of the child's body, especially infants under 1 year old, have not yet developed and functioned. Eating improper spices or in large amounts can cause serious harm. As too much salt tasting affects kidney function and creates the risk of hypertension, heart disease in the future, even brain damage.

Seasoning too sweet can lead to sweet cravings, the risk of diabetes. Seasoning powder, monosodium glutamate contains a lot of glutamate, causing inhibition of young nerves, causing seizures, headache. Abuse of monosodium glutamate and seasoning seeds also makes children under 2 years of age absorb calcium poorly, leading to osteoporosis.

 

Only very little salt, no other seasoning

In addition, adding spices to babies too early will gradually increase the salinity in the child's taste when growing up, eating too salty, causing many dangerous diseases even for adults.

How many months baby can you eat spices?

Babies from 6 months to 12 months will enter the stage of weaning to supplement nutrition. During this time, experts advise mothers absolutely should not add salt or sugar to baby food. Good fats can be supplemented with the right amount of olive oil. Instead, mothers should supplement the natural amount of salt through meat, fish, and milk.

Most natural foods contain all the necessary nutrients, including sodium for your baby's brain development. If necessary, add a little salt by feeding your baby a small amount of cheese, containing salt and rich nutrition.

 

How many months baby can you eat spices? Over 12 months babies can eat a little salt

Children 12 months and older can begin to season a little spice just enough. Note that in the 1-2 year old period, the mother should only let the baby get used to the salt in the grated porridge, with very little rice, from 0.5 to 1g / day.

With porridge, flour or weaning food , pay attention to read the ingredients on the package. If there is salt, the mother should not add salt to protect the baby's kidneys and blood pressure, pay attention to add salt before cooking oil and vegetables. Especially children under 2 years old should absolutely not add sugar, seasoning powder, monosodium glutamate in food.

From 2 to 3 years old, the kidneys are quite complete and can excrete better salt. But the amount of salt added to food for toddlers should not exceed 1.5 g of salt / day.

 

Give your baby soft, bland foods

Pay attention when seasoning children

The taste of children, especially children under 2 years old, is much lighter than adults. When tasting spices , mothers pay attention to seasoning much lighter than their taste so it is suitable for children. In addition, without seasoning or less seasoning also helps stimulate the baby's taste buds, babies can feel and enjoy the original flavors of foods.

During the weaning phase, your baby's main food is still milk. To ensure enough nourishment for your baby to develop, mothers should continue to breastfeed or drink milk and snacks during these months.

Ingredients of snacks include only starch such as flour, porridge, rice; Protein in meat, fish, crab, shrimp, eggs. Add minerals like green vegetables and good fats found in olive oil, avocado, without adding other spices.

Supplement diverse, soft, easily digestible fruits such as bananas, avocados, and drink orange juice.

In order to develop a child's taste naturally and diversely, mothers pay attention to alternating dishes, avoiding repetition causing loss of appetite.

There is a kind of fish sauce for children so that mothers can try to practice this traditional Vietnamese condiment. Note only for children to get acquainted with fish sauce when over one year old. Only one to two drops should be given at a time.

 

Self-cooking to balance nutrition for children

Child rearing always needs a lot of knowledge and attention. Mothers should consult an expert and make sure they have enough nutrition for their baby to develop healthy.

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