How to heat baby food? How many times can baby food be heated?

The baby's unfinished complementary food is usually put in the refrigerator by the mother. So, when the baby eats it next time, how to thaw it and how to heat it to prevent the loss of nutrition? How many times can baby complementary food be heated repeatedly? Let's learn about it together~

How to heat frozen complementary food

Microwave ovens can not only be used to sterilize bottles, but also to heat complementary foods. However, please note that heating food in a microwave oven will cause the food to be unevenly heated, so heat the food to boiling, stir and wait for the food to cool down.

Notice:

When using a microwave to heat complementary foods for your baby, in addition to heating them thoroughly, you must also pay attention to the container that holds the complementary foods, which must be made of a material that can be heated in a microwave.

Supplementary food machine heating

Many parents have bought baby food machines for their babies. Nowadays, all baby food machines have steaming and cooking functions, so you can use the baby food machine to heat the baby food, which is more convenient to operate.

Tips:

Take out an appropriate amount of complementary food that has been frozen into ice cubes, put it in a glass or high-temperature resistant container, and put it into a complementary food machine to thaw.

Steamed in a steamer

If mothers are worried about uneven heating in the microwave, they can use a steamer to steam the complementary food.

Notice:

It is best to thaw frozen porridge or soup and put it back into the pot to cook, so that the food heated by fire can maximize the deliciousness of fresh food. Frozen meat paste must be steamed and spread out with chopsticks to heat.

Can thawed baby food be refrozen?

A. If food is repeatedly thawed and then frozen again, it will spoil faster.

After the baby eats the remaining complementary food, you have to throw it away even if you are reluctant! If you have to

To store, place in the refrigerator and eat within one day.

What are the ingredients and complementary foods that cannot be frozen?

A. Cucumbers and tofu have too much water. If they are thawed after being frozen, they will become like sponges.

Small holes make it unsuitable for freezing. If milk and yogurt are frozen, the fat and water will separate.

The upper part is tasteless ice, and the lower part is sediment. It is also not recommended to cold the complementary food with egg yolk.

Frozen egg yolks become hard after being frozen and cannot return to their original state even if they are thawed in time.

Signs that your baby can start trying complementary foods

Most experts would recommend that babies can start adding pureed complementary foods when they are 4-6 months old. However, the time to add complementary foods varies from person to person. When doing this, mothers cannot just copy the knowledge in the book, but must observe the baby's performance.

When you find that your baby wants to reach out to take food when he sees adults eating, that his baby drools when he sees adults eating, that sometimes his baby opens his mouth and looks like he wants to eat, or that when you put something in his hands, he holds it very tightly, these behaviors are the baby telling adults: I can start accepting complementary foods.

In addition, the amount of milk the baby drinks every day is also a reference. For example, if the baby's daily milk intake has reached more than 1000cc (ml) and the feeding interval is fixed, it means that the baby is ready to try complementary food.

Feed your baby less with bottle-fed complementary foods

Many parents feed their babies complementary foods directly in bottles for convenience or to make it easier for them to accept complementary foods. In fact, one of the purposes of complementary foods is to get babies to start accepting eating with a spoon. If babies are not used to eating complementary foods with a spoon, they will easily reject foods other than milk in the future, resulting in poor complementary food intake and unbalanced nutrition. Some babies are still using bottles after they are 1-2 years old, which may affect their chewing and oral skills.

If your baby always pushes food out with his tongue when you first start feeding him complementary foods, it doesn't necessarily mean that he doesn't like to eat, but that he is not used to being fed with a spoon. So mothers need patience and encouragement.