There’s some advice you shouldn’t take when weaning your
babies.
Parents who have children old enough to start weaning from
milk often receive tips from experienced people about taking care of babies.
Those tips are really helpful for people who are first-time parents. However, those
tips may not be all right; sometimes they get wrong and make us really
confused. The followings are 5 false tips about weaning children from milk.
Breast milk can provide children with necessary nutrients for the whole
first year
Some people think
that in the first year after the labor, breast milk can provide children with
necessary nutrients.
Some people think that in the first year after the labor,
breast milk can provide children with necessary nutrients,and weaning t from
milk simply just helps children get used to foods.
This is completely wrong. In fact, by the time children are
6 months old, they are running out of iron from their supplies while breast
milk can’t meet their needs of iron. Zinc is also one of the micronutrients
which are missing at that time. According researches, by the time children are
9-11 months old, the weaning supply 90% their needs of iron.
Nowadays, in developing countries, the iron deficiencies in
infants which lead to physical and mental issues are getting more and more
popular. Lacking zinc is also a risk making children have low weight and
malnutrition. A research carried out in USA showsthat 30% 9-month-old children
who were breastfed 100% lack iron and zinc.
Only letting children start weaning when they are 9 months old
The tip is recommended bynot only many normal people, but
also by nutrition specialists. However, according to the American Academic of
Pediatrics, meat is the ideal foods for babies to wean from milk, and babies
can eat meat when they’re 6 months old. Why? Because meat contains lots of iron
and zinc – the two micronutrients that children lack the most when they’re
ready to wean.
The truth is that we are originally carnivores. Scientists
believe that the Cistercians feed babies with chewed meat. Therefore, don’t
hesitate to feed children on meat at the 6th month.
