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Tips to help children eat well during the weaning period

Weaning meals with eye-catching colors prompt the baby to eat, balance 4 groups of substances, supplement vitamin B1, zinc, and selenium for baby's appetite and quick weight gain.

Weaning is one of the most important milestones for babies. Eating healthy, delicious, and weight-gaining solid foods helps your child have a foundation for healthy development later on. Mothers should pay attention to feeding the baby properly with delicious, healthy meals, enough nutrients needed.

The weaning diet needs to be balanced with carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. The group of powdered sugar provides energy for children to be active all day. Babies also need more protein to build cells, tissues, increase size, develop brain... Don't forget important nutrients in the first 1,000 days of life, support the body to absorb fat-soluble vitamins, for children smarter, igniting cravings like fat.

Vitamins and minerals have a positive effect on the immune system, digestion, skeletal muscle development and brain development. Some vitamins of group B1, minerals such as zinc, selenium... have the ability to stimulate the taste buds, making the baby more appetizing. Many parents who have children with anorexia, difficulty in absorption, underdevelopment, rickets... are advised by nutritionists to focus on supplementing these micronutrients.

Zinc is involved in enzyme activity, immune function, taste regulation, and appetite. When the body lacks zinc, the mother may find that the child often has anorexia, sleep disorders (tossing, trouble sleeping, waking up, sleeping less ...), prone to respiratory infections, diarrhea...

The source of zinc with high biological value is mainly from animal foods. Mothers should choose foods rich in zinc suitable for the age of the child such as pork, beef, chicken, egg yolk, shrimp, crab... Plants such as cereals, soybeans, mushrooms, spinach, bananas ... also beneficial because rich in zinc.

In addition to zinc deficiency, selenium deficiency can make babies less able to perceive taste, cause anorexia, and limit absorption. Although selenium makes up only a small amount in the body, it also plays an important role in the immune system, the development and functioning of white blood cells. They are found in eggs, beans, meat, shellfish...

Among the vitamins, B vitamins, especially vitamin B1, are of interest to mothers because of their ability to help babies eat better. Vitamin B1 participates in the metabolism of glucose, creating appetite. When vitamin B1 deficiency, children often anorexia, fatigue, this condition is most common in children who are lazy to eat. Foods that contain a lot of vitamin B1 are suitable for the first stage of a child's life such as beans, cereals, meat, fish...

In order to add nutrients and create a joyful eating atmosphere, many mothers also let their children use extra snacks in snacks. Weaning cakes also add essential vitamins and minerals to help babies eat better. Weaning cakes with funny shapes will make your child excited to explore; practice grasping, grasping, picking and forming the chewing reflex. Weaning cakes usually melt in the mouth, so moms don't worry about choking babies. Not only can be used in the weaning period, these cakes are also loved by many children from one year of age.

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