Children usually need to add food supplement when they are 4 to 6 months old, and a new study in Britain found that feeding food supplement with spoon is no safer than letting children eat food by themselves.
Amy Brown, an associate professor of public health at Swansea University in the United Kingdom, and a research team conducted a survey of more than 1,100 mothers aged 4 to 12 months. The survey included how women who participated in the experiment added solid food to their children and fed them What kind of food, and whether the baby had been suffocated in the process of eating, etc. The results showed that, compared with the use of spoon to the baby feeding, allowing children to eat their own food asphyxiation risk but smaller. (6 months old, for example), supplements can help reduce the risk of diseases such as gastroenteritis, etc. In addition, when the baby is slightly larger, they can sit more straight and swallow better, which will greatly reduce the risk of suffocation.
Professor Brown said that in order to reduce baby food suffocation, the majority of parents is best to follow the following recommendations: 1. Let the baby eat at their own paces.Baby food should be diversified, so that children feel different tastes and texture of food 2. Avoid having a baby Foods that are at risk of food suffocation, such as foods containing whole nuts, raw apples and carrots, etc. In addition, children under 5 years of age should not be fed gelatin like jellies 3. Focus on the child's eating process to prevent accidental suffocation Especially when children are eating fruit such as bananas, watermelons and avocado, parents should take special precautions to cut the food into small pieces, and finally, it is easy for children with low moisture to stick their throats.
