What we eat with pleasure is not always good for young children. Moreover, it can seriously harm the baby. Here are 9 of the most common misconceptions that many parents take to be true. Try to follow these simple rules and there will be no health problems for your child.
Instructions
Step 1
Babies need to be watered with natural fresh juices.
All well-known companies carefully check their products for the quality and content of vitamins necessary for children. And fruit bought at the store may contain nitrates.
Step 2
Baby food contains preservatives. create a product of long-term storage.
This is not the case, manufacturers do not add preservatives to baby products. Their storage is provided by special manufacturing technologies. Simply, when buying baby food, inspect the jar for the integrity of the packaging and the expiration date, and after opening it, store it in the refrigerator for no more than two days.
Step 3
It is better not to use mineral water
On the contrary, still water with low mineralization is ideal for children. But tap water or well water can contain anything.
Step 4
Food for babies can be salted to improve the taste.
You should not teach your baby to salt, it is already contained in many products. And its excess increases blood pressure and negatively affects the kidneys.
Step 5
At the end of the first year of life, you can give the crumbs smoked fish
It contains a lot of salt, it is better to wait with it. Only boiled, stewed fish is useful. Moreover, if the child has an allergy, then the fish should be introduced into the diet carefully, only from the age of two.
Step 6
Don't breastfeed your baby - give him soy milk
Soy milk can only be used if you are allergic to milk protein. And in normal cases, milk formulas are fine.
Step 7
It is necessary to strengthen the health of the little one with artificial multivitamins
The pediatrician will prescribe them himself, if necessary. But, if you experiment, then an overdose is quite possible - and it can damage the health of the baby.
Step 8
In the first year, you can give your child soft-boiled eggs.
This is wrong. A child should try boiled yolk no earlier than seven months. Protein at 11 months, in the absence of allergies. It is best to rinse the eggs before cooking.
Step 9
Better not to feed your baby beef
Lean high-quality meat should be introduced into the children's menu from seven to eight months.
