​Can a seven-month-old baby eat yam?

Since the baby's organs are not yet fully developed, parents should pay attention to their diet. In addition to normal breastfeeding, seven-month-old babies generally eat some complementary foods to maintain the body's normal nutritional needs. It is also to make preliminary preparations for weaning later. So you need to pay attention to what you eat. Generally, it should be foods that are easy to digest, low in sugar and fat. Yams can usually be made into yam puree and eaten.

1. You can eat yam paste, which is a good ingredient for warming the stomach in traditional Chinese medicine, because it is "warm and nourishing without being sudden, slightly fragrant without being dry", and has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, and replenishing weakness. Mashed yam contains mucus, which is especially good for the stomach and suitable for children. It is soft and delicious when cooked. People with gastric ulcers can eat mashed yam to promote wound healing. For babies with poor gastrointestinal and digestive functions, yam puree can also stimulate gastrointestinal motility.

2. Yam paste is also a good helper in preventing and treating diarrhea in children. If a baby has diarrhea, it is easier to accept using yam paste powder to treat diarrhea. The specific method is: grind the yam into powder and mix it with rice flour in a ratio of 1:2 and feed it to the child. Feed it 2-3 times a day.

3.7-month-old babies can start feeding with complementary foods. Vegetables, fruits, etc. can be made into a puree. The current climate is relatively dry, so you should pay attention to replenishing water for your baby to prevent getting angry. As the baby grows older, proper calcium supplementation and reasonable complementary food addition are beneficial to the child's growth and development. When the baby has just started to eat complementary foods, first eat fruit and vegetable juice, fruit and vegetable puree, rice noodles and other foods that are easy to digest and absorb. After adapting, you can add a small amount of yam puree and observe any reactions.

4. When babies start to eat complementary foods at 5 months old, they can eat some yam puree, which is good for the body, but be careful to eat it in moderation, and babies who are prone to getting angry should not eat it. Yam paste can be used for spleen and stomach weakness, poor appetite and fatigue, loose stools and chronic diarrhea, malnutrition in children, and spleen and stomach weakness. Yam paste can replenish qi and nourish yin, it is nourishing without being stagnant, nourishing without being greasy, and is a commonly used product for tonifying the spleen and stomach.

5. Yam paste is a healthy winter food that can strengthen the baby's spleen and increase appetite, but it is also difficult to digest, so mothers should not let their babies eat too much. When feeding it to babies aged 0-1 years old, steam or boil it and make it into a paste. Then check whether the baby's bowel movements are normal. If so, you can feed a little more the second time than the first time, and add it gradually. Yam paste is a tonic food, sweet and mild in nature with a slight heatiness. Babies with a hot constitution who are prone to getting inflamed should be careful when eating it.