Question

The baby has been crying and not eating much lately. How do I make white rice porridge for a 6-month-old?

Answer

Hello, based on your description, a 6-month-old baby can have rice cereal, egg yolks, fruit purees, and vegetable purees. By 7 to 8 months, you can start introducing minced meat, liver paste, and fish puree, but it’s best to limit salt and fatty foods. Additionally, you can offer the baby warm fruits like hawthorn, cherries, pomegranates, lychees, green oranges, papayas, white nuts, etc. Avoid giving the baby cold fruits such as watermelons, cantaloupes, pears, tangerines, oranges, bananas, mulberries, persimmons, and lotus roots. Neutral fruits include grapes, apples, peaches, apricots, pineapples, longans, sugarcane, and black plums.