![]() ![]() Babies who eat smaller amount of meat can eat more iron-enriched baby rice or wheat cereals to replace congee. Leaves from green-leafy vegetables like Choy Sum and little Bok Choy, dried beans like red kidney beans and tofu are also rich sources of iron. Liver contains a very high level of iron, however, only once every 1 to 2 weeks are advised for babies. Egg yolk also contains a rich source of iron. Iron in fish, meat and seafood is easy to be absorbed. Apart from meat, what other foods are rich in iron? When the amount of solid foods taken in each meal is enough and when there is no need to supplement milk after eating congee with vegetables and meat for several days consistently, the congee can then replace a milk feed.Īt the age of around eight months old, most babies can eat about half to more than half bowl of congee with vegetables and meat, hence the congee can replace one milk feed. Green leafy vegetables, meat, fish, eggs or beans need to be added. Since plain rice congee contains only trace amount of iron, Under what situations can a milk feed be replaced with congee?įor babies older than 6 months, their requirement on iron is higher. Since the amount of solids eaten is small and not enough to satisfy their needs, parents need to supplement babies with milk after eating solids, according to their babies' needs. ![]() When they eat congee, it is easy for them to be tired and to stop eating. ![]() They just start to learn how to chew and swallow food. In the early period of introducing solid foods, babies are still drinking milk as their main diet. Transcript My baby just started eating congee and can't finish one bowl. ![]()
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