The insertion of iron porridge is very important, because when the baby stops breastfeeding exclusively and begins to breastfeed at 6 months, his natural iron reserves are already depleted, so when introducing a diversified diet, the baby should eat:
The baby’s iron need increases considerably at the age of 6 months,
- It is only possible with the iron-rich diet to meet and meet the baby’s daily iron needs.
- But it is common to introduce iron supplements into drops to avoid iron deficiency.
The baby’s iron need increases a lot at 6 months of age, because from 0 to 6 months breast milk is enough to stay with about 0.27 mg of iron a day because it has an iron nature reserve for this stage of life. but when it reaches six months of life until the first year, its intense development requires a much greater amount of 11 mg per day of iron. So at 6 months, or when you start diversifying your diet; it is common for pediatricians to prescribe iron supplements.
The addition of a tablespoon of orange juice to vegetable cream or baby soup will allow a greater absorption of the iron present in the vegetables, which although found in large quantities, its absorption is only possible in the presence of ascorbic acid. The iron of animal foods (egg yolk, meat) needs nothing to be absorbed but it is not advisable to offer the baby more than 20g of meat a day and therefore it is not possible to offer a large amount of animal iron. .