Is it good for children to drink milk or milk powder? How old can a child drink fresh milk?
From the Dumex Kidney Stone Incident that broke out in 2008, to the Wyeth Stone Door in 2009, to the Mead Johnson protein content that does not meet national standards, and the recently exposed Mesoir infant formula milk powder due to expired milk powder... The milk powder market has frequently appeared. The problem has caused many mothers to completely lose their confidence. Many parents have expressed that they do not want to give their babies milk powder. Instead, they should switch to milk directly.
So, is the child good milk or milk powder? How old can a child drink fresh milk? The reporter consulted Wang Bin, a child nutritionist, with these questions.
How old can the baby drink milk?
"The problem of frequent milk powder is to replace milk powder with milk." This is what many parents think. Wang Bin said that the baby's digestive ability before one year old is weak and cannot digest casein in milk. At this time, the baby's nutritional needs mainly come from dairy products. The nutrients in milk are not comparable to breast milk, which is inconsistent with baby's growth and development. Demand, even after the first year of age, needs to be gradually replaced. During the period, close observation of the baby's response, whether there is indigestion, abdominal pain, diarrhea, allergies and other symptoms. In principle, it is recommended that the baby be replaced with milk when all complementary foods can be added and eaten without problems, usually after two years of age.
Which is more nutritious milk and formula milk?
Wang Bin said that the main components of milk are proteins, fats, carbohydrates, calcium, vitamins, and antibody substances that can boost the development of children. Formula milk not only contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, prebiotics, various vitamins and minerals, and taurine, but its composition is closer to breastmilk. Because formula milk formula removes part of the casein protein, increases the whey protein, which is easier for the baby to digest and absorb; and it reduces the mineral content, reduces the infant kidney burden; and increases the unsaturated fatty acid (DHA, AA, EPA Etc.); also added trace elements, vitamins, certain amino acids or other ingredients. Taken together, formula milk has more advantages, nutrition is more comprehensive and utilization is better.
How to add milk nutrition is not enough?
Formula milk is more nutritious than milk. Do babies have to drink formula milk all the time? "It is not like this." Wang Bin explained that children erupted after dying for six months from birth and had to be in two to three years. At this time, they had basic chewing ability; but the baby's esophagus was short and narrow, and the digestive juice secreted by the stomach glands. Low acidity, poor digestion than adults, but the absorption function of the small intestine is stronger than adults. Therefore, as long as the children do soft and easy to digest food, children can use food to get nutrition. Adding supplementary foods from six months to two years old can already eat a lot of foods. At this time, we can use natural foods to supplement children's nutrition and gradually give the children milk powder instead of milk. The shortage of milk can be completely obtained from food.
What if the baby refuses to drink milk?
It is not a simple matter for parents to give their baby milk powder directly. Some babies do not cooperate. What should we do? Wang Bin said that the process of milk powder change should be gradual, parents should not be too anxious to give children a process of acceptance, because the taste of milk is necessarily better than milk powder, many babies do not like to drink, this time can not be forced method, easy Cause children's psychological resistance to drink milk, you can drink milk in the morning, drink milk at night, slowly let the baby adapt. In addition, in the alternating process, the baby's food must be done separately, the food must be cut fine, the meal should be soft, the taste should be as original as possible, and the nutrition should be comprehensive to make up for the lack of milk.