Infant baby feeding in summer

Infancy is the period of rapid growth and development of the baby, which requires adequate nutrition to ensure normal growth. In summer, the climate is hot. Because the baby's adaptability is poor in all aspects, there will be changes such as reduced appetite, increased metabolic rate, and increased consumption of heat and nutrients. At the same time, high temperatures can easily dehydrate the baby. Therefore, if you feed it improperly, it will affect your baby's height and weight.

To sum up, feeding babies in the summer should pay attention to the following aspects:
First, to ensure that the baby has enough nutrient intake, the exclusive breast-feeding baby should be properly increased the number of milk, about 4 months of the baby should begin to add supplementary foods.

Second, due to the relatively low appetite of summer baby, in the production of complementary foods must pay attention to light, do not add too much salt or sugar and other seasonings, but also pay attention to change food types within one day, keep fresh, so that children can eat more. In addition, in the summer, bacterial reproduction is fast. Therefore, it is best to prepare ready-to-eat foods for the baby. Instant noodles are complementary foods for rice noodles, and should not be placed for too long. Whether or not you put it in a refrigerator, overnight foods can never be fed to your baby.

Third, the summer sweating will greatly increase the baby's body water loss, serious baby will have irritability, dry stool and other performance. The solution is to keep the interior cool on the one hand and reduce sweating. On the other hand, increase the intake of water, that is, in addition to feeding breastmilk to supplement the food, let the children take 3-4 cups of boiled water daily.

Fourth, the sun's ultraviolet radiation in the skin is an important way to synthesize vitamin D. Although the summer sun has high temperatures, it will be necessary for the children to stay in the sun for about half an hour sooner or later.

Here are two summer recipes for babies before age:

The raw materials for fruit meal are 50 grams of lotus root starch, 75 grams of fresh fruit (peach, apple, banana, etc.) and 250 grams of fresh water. Mix the flour with water and mix well. The fruit is peeled and cut into small pieces. After the water is boiled, pour into the well-tuned lotus root starch, slowly simmer with a slight fire, and continue to stir until clear. Finally add chopped fruit and boil it. This quail tastes sweet, nutritious and easy to digest, making it ideal for babies in infancy.

Milk porridge ingredients are 100 grams of milk, 50 grams of rice, and 400 grams of water. The rice is washed clean and soaked in water for 1-2 hours. Bring the water to boil, then into the soaked rice, boil for 30 minutes, add milk and cook for a while. The porridge is delicious and delicious, rich in protein, fat, and vitamins, and calcium, iron and other minerals, rich in nutrients. Be careful not to cook too long after adding milk.

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