2 Tips, how much water should be used to make baby rice cereal?

How to prepare baby rice cereal?

• It can be brew with water or milk, water at 60 to 70 degrees is best. The temperature of rice noodles with added probiotics can be slightly lower. Do not use distilled water or mineral water, tap water is best.

• It is recommended to use water to soak the rice noodles. Milk foam affects the absorption of iron and increases the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and metabolism. Babies with poor appetite or insufficient milk intake can use milk foam first to increase the baby’s milk intake. If the baby grows normally and has sufficient milk intake, brew it with warm water to let the baby get used to the original taste of rice noodles and not develop a habit of eating sweet food.

• Add the powder first and then add water to mix, which is the opposite of milk powder.

• In the early stage of complementary feeding, the ratio of rice flour to water is 1:4, and it can flow down like condensed milk . Then gradually increase the thickness and brew it according to the expansion degree of each brand of rice flour and the baby’s own adaptability.

Feeding amount

• It is generally recommended to give a spoonful of rice cereal for the first time, or 5g of rice cereal for the first time. Feed the baby with milk after the rice cereal, so that the baby can eat enough at one time. If the baby does not like to eat rice cereal, do not force or worry. This stage is just to let the baby accept the change from liquid food to solid food.

• From single to multiple, thin to thick, fine to coarse, little to much

• The nutrition that babies need most still comes from protein in breast milk or formula milk . For children under one year old, milk is still the staple food. Ensure 700ml-800ml of milk a day plus complementary food.

Feeding method

• Do not bottle feed, develop feeding habits, feeding patterns need to progress, use a spoon, and promote baby’s eye-hand coordination.

• When feeding your baby, you can show your baby chewing movements to help him realize that food needs to be chewed. Do not give your baby toys and talk less to help him develop good eating habits.

• If there is no problem with adding rice noodles for about a week or two, you can slowly add vegetable puree and fruit puree. Vegetable puree can be added to rice noodles, and fruit puree can be fed separately.

• Whether it is rice flour, vegetable puree, fruit puree, etc., you should follow the principle of adding a single food or multiple foods, and change one every three days. After adding complementary foods, the baby is prone to indigestion, constipation, etc., so you should stop feeding complementary foods and closely observe the reaction after eating each food. After the improvement, you can add more types as appropriate.

• When can babies eat rice noodles? There is no fixed time. When babies have a certain chewing ability , they can eat some porridge and soft noodles. If the baby does not resist, they can eat rice noodles until they are one year old. However, you should also give your baby coarse food to exercise his chewing ability. Practicing chewing ability can help your baby’s language development in the future.

• Order of adding: rice paste → vegetables → fruits → egg yolk → fish → pork

Finally, rice cereal is a transitional complementary food. Mothers should not over-mythologize or rely on it. It is more important to let babies experience different ingredients and taste different textures as soon as possible to form a balanced, rich and healthy diet.