Patient's question:
I often wake up during my afternoon nap and don't feel like eating anything. A few days ago, I had a slight fever, but it's better now. It's been about four or five days. The kind of help I need: How can I get him to eat dinner?Doctor's answer:
Generally speaking, starting from around four months, in addition to breast milk or formula, babies should gradually be introduced to a variety of pureed vegetables, applesauce, banana puree, and other foods. After four and a half months, the iron, calcium, and other nutrients stored in the baby's body are almost depleted, and breast milk or formula alone is no longer sufficient to meet the growth and development needs of the infant. Therefore, it is necessary to provide foods rich in iron, calcium, and vitamins.By the time the baby is 10 months old, they can be fully weaned from breast milk, and their diet will mostly consist of three meals a day—breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The transition will include moving from thin porridge to thick porridge, soft rice, and then to solid rice. The baby will also shift from pureed meat to minced meat and from pureed vegetables to chopped vegetables.