8 month old baby food recipes

An eight-month-old baby is already able to eat complementary foods. At this time, on the one hand, you should pay attention to breastfeeding, and on the other hand, you should eat some complementary foods appropriately. This will help the baby's gastrointestinal exercise and help the baby's good growth and development. Usually, you should eat some porridge, some egg yolks or some chopped vegetables, such as vegetables, fruits, fish, soy products, etc., which are more nutritious.

8 month old baby food recipes

1. Beef Oatmeal

Ingredients: 30 grams of minced beef, 20 grams of oats, and appropriate amount of water.

Method: Soak the oats and wash them clean. Cook the oats into oatmeal. Cook the ground beef in the oatmeal. Put the cooked oatmeal beef porridge into a blender, blend it into a paste, and then feed your baby with a spoon.

2. Chicken and vegetable porridge

Ingredients: appropriate amount of rice, 1 chicken leg, appropriate amount of black fungus (soaked in water), appropriate amount of Chinese cabbage, and a little sesame oil.

Method: Wash the chicken legs, remove the bones, and cut into small dices. Boil water in a pot, blanch the diced chicken legs to remove the blood foam, pour out the dirty water, and clean the diced chicken legs. Soak the fungus, wash it, and chop it into small pieces. Tear the green leaves by hand. Wash the rice clean, put the diced chicken thighs, fungus and rice into a pressure cooker, pour in appropriate amount of water, cover the pot, cook over high heat until the high pressure comes up, then turn to low heat and cook for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and wait for the pressure cooker to release gas, then open the lid, turn on the heat, add the green vegetable leaves, stir evenly, and heat for 30 seconds. Serve the porridge while it is still warm.

What nutrients does your baby need to supplement at 8 months old?

When babies see adults eating, they will drool and wave their hands to indicate that they want to take the food, or they will cry when adults are eating to indicate that they want to try it too. This is an important period when babies need to add complementary foods.

1. Calories: If the baby's weight increases significantly during this period, 80% of it is due to excessive calorie intake. If the baby is very thin or develops very slowly, it is likely that the baby is lacking in calories. Most of the calories a baby needs are initially obtained from breast milk or formula, and then gradually transition to solid food.

2. Protein: Meat, chicken, fish and tofu all contain high-quality protein. You can make these into foods that your baby can eat and feed them to your baby, but don’t feed too much at one time. You should adjust the amount of food you feed your baby.

3. Cereals and other carbohydrates: Giving your baby 2 to 4 spoons of cereals a day can provide your baby with basic vitamins, minerals and protein. Cereal foods include whole-grain oatmeal, rice flakes, porridge or noodles.

4. Water: Do not reduce your baby’s water intake due to a decrease in the amount of breast milk or formula. Especially in summer, you should feed your baby more water or diluted fruit juice.

5. Iron: Since the baby’s stored iron is almost exhausted during this period, it is necessary to replenish iron-containing foods in time.