Baby's diet changes a lot after 1 year old

The age of 1 year is an important watershed for little ones, which means that they change from small babies to toddlers, with many new changes in their physical development, and indicates that their dietary characteristics need to change.

Developmental characteristics of 1-year-old + baby

Chewing ability

After the age of 1, most babies will start to have their molars erupt, which means that their chewing ability has increased significantly. For the sake of gum exercise, parents should prepare a diet for them that is not as fine as before.

Height and weight

After the baby reaches one year old, the growth rate of height and weight will be slowed down, the weight growth rate is only about 35% of the previous rate, and the height increase rate is only about 50% of the previous rate.

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If parents find that after the age of 1, the baby does not seem to grow as fast as before, do not worry too much.

More prone to illness

Before babies are 1 year old, their main food is breast milk, and the immune factors in breast milk can help them fight against all kinds of bacteria, greatly improving the child's resistance and reducing the possibility of getting sick.

After the baby is one year old, the nutrition and amount of breast milk are not enough for them. Babies who eat a lot of other foods and reduce the intake of breast milk lose some of the protection of immune factors and become sick.

Also because of the various deficiencies of breast milk, some of the baby's nutrients will be missing, and if they are not replenished in time, the development of the brain, gastrointestinal and other parts of the body may be lower than in other children.

Therefore, it is important to help them improve their resistance and replenish their nutrition with diet at this time.

For the feeding characteristics of 1 year old + baby, parents need to pay attention to "two supplements, two adjustments, and three training"

"Two supplements"

1) supplement dietary fiber

Research shows that for every three 1-year-old babies, there may be one who does not eat a sufficient amount of vegetables every day, which is likely to cause a lack of dietary fiber.

Dietary fiber has the role of stimulating the growth of beneficial intestinal bacteria and inhibiting the growth of bad bacteria, protecting intestinal health; it can increase satiety and prevent them from eating too much at once; it can also promote digestion and prevent constipation

Therefore, parents can give them a small handful of vegetables and fruits every day.

2) Iron supplementation

According to statistics, the anemia rate of babies within two years of age in China reaches 31.1%, which means that iron deficiency in 1-year-old + babies is serious.

Babies need to consume iron-rich complementary foods from the age of 6 months. They will have iron deficiency, probably because parents only give their children pureed vegetables and have not been giving them iron-supplementing foods such as red meat puree and pig liver, and chicken liver puree.

Babies with iron deficiency are prone to poor mental performance, decreased appetite, and neurological damage.

Studies have shown that the average intelligence of babies with iron deficiency anemia is 9% lower than that of normal babies.

"Two adjustments"

1) Adjustment of breast milk to milk

After one year of age, babies need to drink milk and eat dairy products. If you are worried about him or her not adapting, you can feed just a little bit at a time. And whether feeding breast milk or feeding milk, formula, it is best to pour in a cup for them to drink.

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(2) "Supplementary food" adjust the main food

Before babies are one year old, even if they have complementary food, their demand for breast milk is still 1000ml, after one year old, their demand for breast milk becomes 500ml, and breast milk can be replaced by milk, yogurt, and so on.

After the first year of age, their demand for breast milk becomes 500ml, and breast milk can be replaced by milk and yogurt. 1 / 3 to 2 / 3 of their energy and nutrition supply comes from food other than milk, so "complementary food" is slowly becoming the main food.

The food you prepare for your baby needs to be more varied, including grains, meat, poultry, eggs, vegetables and fruits, beans, etc.

Be careful that your baby's food has less salt, less oil and less sugar.

"Three pieces of training"

1) Train your baby to eat on his own

After the age of 1, babies can grab things with their hands, so they can let themselves eat directly with their hands or with a spoon. Even if they eat messily at first, it's okay.

By the time they reach one and a half years old, they will be able to eat without any problems, and by the time they reach two years old, they will be proficient at eating.

Training children to eat not only exercises their brains but also reduces the workload of parents.

2）Training baby's eating habits

At this stage, you can let your child eat with their parents at the same table, so that he can learn the correct eating habits of parents, such as not taking more than 30 minutes to eat, and not watching TV or playing with cell phones while eating.

3) Training baby's chewing ability

After the age of 1, parents need to prepare large pieces of food for their babies because of the eruption of milk molar, only the texture needs to be softer.

Parents should not give up just because they do not like to eat big pieces of food.

If children are weak in chewing, they will be able to eat less food and lose more nutrients if the food is too soft.

Babies are likely to be malnourished as a result.