There is no necessary order to add supplementary food, and there is no need to limit the types of foods added. Rich foods can provide comprehensive nutrition, as long as the original supplementary foods include iron-rich foods.

The initial complementary food choices are generally not allergenic and digestible foods, and can include ready-to-eat fruit purees such as bananas and avocados; vegetable purees such as pumpkins and sweet potatoes; cereals such as purchased iron-containing rice paste, baby cereal Homemade brown rice paste, etc.  Bangkok Confinement Center Fee

Traditionally, single ingredient rice paste is the first food supplement. But in fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics put forward that based on the evidence of infant feeding research in the past decade, adding supplementary foods in a specific order has no effect on the health of the baby and has no additional benefits.

Although some pediatricians recommend adding vegetables before adding fruits, to avoid babies who dislike vegetables because they have eaten fruits. But in fact, babies are born to like sweetness, and it is natural to like more fruits than vegetables, and the order of addition will not change this preference.

If the baby is exclusively breastfed, it may be better to add meat early. Because breast milk contains very little iron, six months ago, the baby mainly relied on the iron brought from the mother at birth to maintain its growth and development. After the addition of supplementary foods, iron-rich foods are especially needed, and meat contains easy absorption Iron and zinc. If it is a formula-fed child, since the formula has strengthened iron, the demand for high-speed iron supplements is not as urgent as that of pure breast milk babies.

The infant feeding guidelines compiled by the Australian National Board of Medicine and Health include no suggestion on the order of addition, nor on the type (number) of foods that can be added, except for iron-rich foods as the initial complementary food.

Appropriate amounts of iron, zinc, fat, protein, vitamins and other trace elements are very important for babies, so high nutritional density and rich types of food should be introduced as complementary foods for babies. Even at the initial stage of adding complementary foods, it should be ensured that vegetables and fruit purees are diverse so that the baby can get the proper energy and nutrition.