These foods are harmful to children because
simply their parents don’t know that way to feed children that is suitable with
children’s age.
When your children are growing gradually,
they will be curious and eager to try the dishes that their parents eat. Yu
yourselves also want to enrich children’s diet that is similar to adults.
However, not all foods are safe for babies.
Some foods are good; however, when you use
them incorrectly with children’s age can cause the positive effects for
digestive system, the developing process of children and they will be harmful
to children.
This is the list of foods that you should
avoid feeding your babies according to their age.
Foods that you should avoid with babies that are 4-6
months old
They are all foods and drinks, except for
mother’s milk or formula milk for newborn babies in the first 6 months.
Mother’s
milk is very necessary for babies at this age.
Foods that you should avoid for babies that are from 4 to
12 months old
Honey
Honey contains Clostridium Botulinum - a
kind of spore that can cause poisoning. The digestive system that develops
completely of adults can prevent the development of these spores. However, to
the developing digestive system of a baby, these spores will develop and
produce toxins that can threaten children’s life.
Honey
contains Clostridium botulinum - a kind of spore that can cause poisoning for
babies.
Cow’s
milk and soya milk
Although these kinds of milk are nearly
similar to mothers’ milk and powdered milk, they will only suitable after the
1-year-old birthday of babies. The reason is that your children cannot digest
protein in cow’s milk yet and soya milk in the first year. In reality, these 2
kinds of milk don’t have enough necessary nutrients for babies in the first
year of life. In addition, they also contain an amount of minerals that can
make children’s kidneys damaged.
Foods that you should avoid for babies from 12 to 24
months old
Milk
with less fat
At this age, most children that just know
to walk will need fat and energy of pure milk to ensure the growing and
development. However, if your children have the risk of obesity or heart
disease, doctors advise babies to use milk with less fat before 2 years old.
Foods that you should avoid for babies from 24 to 36
months old
The
risk of choking because of food
Although babies can eat more dishes at this
age, babies can choke on food if you don’t pay attention. Mothers need to avoid
the risks that are listed below. Moreover, you need to avoid feeding babies
while they are walking, or eating and watching TV at the same time, or doing
other things that can make babies lose concentration on their meal.
Parents should also pay attention to other
risks so that babies won’t be choked on food:
·
The foods whose size is bigger than a bean can
make babies be choked in eating. Kinds of vegetable, bulbs such as carrot,
celery, green beans need to be chopped before cooking.
·
You should cut the kinds of fruit such as
grapes, tomato and watermelon into small pieces that are similar to bean before
feeding babies. You should slice meat and cheese.
·
The small and hard foods such as candy, popcorn
or kinds of seed can be the potential reasons that make babies be choked. Kinds
of seed can be too small to be choked; however, they can be stuck in
respiratory system of babies. As a result, it will cause injection.
·
The soft and sticky foods such as marshmallow
and agar that can make babies have difficulties in swallowing or they will be
stuck in babies’ throat.
You
should cut the kinds of fruit such as grapes, tomato and watermelon into small
pieces that are similar to bean before feeding babies.
Doctors used to advise mothers not feed
babies with solid foods before they are 1 year old or even later because this
foods contains the most popular substances that can cause allergy, especially
to children that are sensitive with allergy. According to Academy of American
Pediatrics, feeding babies with these foods later cannot also prevent allergy
better.
To children that are practicing walking,
you should provide foods for them as much as possible unless babies have
allergy with come certain foods. In the case that your children have allergy
with food, you should ask doctors to be consulted about the best way to process
and combine the leading nutritious foods such as egg, milk, peanut, soya, kinds
of seed, fish, seafood in daily menu of babies.
