Complementary food cannot be added arbitrarily. You must know the requirements when adding complementary food to your baby.

I wonder if any mothers have ever seen the real-life version of \”Minions\”? Such children often have normal height and weight during daily physical examinations, and their development is also normal. However, parents will find that the baby\’s palms, soles and facial skin will turn obviously yellow… Some parents will worry about whether their child has some disease. In fact, this has something to do with the baby\’s diet. Because in life, some mothers give their children carrot porridge and pumpkin porridge every day in order to make their babies defecate smoothly. In this type of baby who looks \”jaundiced\”, except for the obvious yellowing of the skin on the palms, soles and face, there is no yellowing in the sclera of the eyes. The baby\’s daily diet, sleep, defecation, growth and development are all normal, and even the liver function test results are normal. Although in daily understanding, carrots, pumpkins, citrus, etc. are all very nutritious foods, it is helpful to give them to babies appropriately. However, the frequency of eating needs to be controlled. Because these foods are rich in carotenoids. The metabolism rate of carotenoids in the body is low. If consumed in large amounts for a long time, the above \”minion\” symptoms may occur, which is medically called \”hypercaroteneemia\”. Of course, parents don’t have to worry when babies develop similar symptoms, because carotenoids ingested from food generally do not cause toxic reactions, and the symptoms of jaundice on the skin will slowly disappear once consumption is stopped. If \”hypercaroteneemia\” has already occurred, there is no need to be particularly worried or afraid, and there is no need to take medication. It is only recommended to diversify complementary foods and stop eating foods rich in carotenoids. In addition, I would like to remind everyone that when you first start adding complementary foods, you must control the intake of whole grains. Some mothers give their children carrots, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, etc. on the menu. Although whole grains are good for health, if your baby just starts to add complementary foods, the intake of whole grains should be controlled to 1 to 2 times a week, with an appropriate amount each time. The purpose of parents adding whole grains to their babies is to increase dietary fiber. This is a good starting point, but you must know that relatively fine grains and fresh fruits and vegetables can already provide babies with a lot of dietary fiber, while the calories provided by whole grains to the human body are limited. , eating too much will affect milk intake and is not conducive to the growth of the baby. Therefore, it is recommended that babies under one year old should prepare whole grains as carefully as possible, and 1-2 times a week is enough.