Question
What nutrients should a six-month-old baby supplement?
Answer
A six-month-old baby’s body requires calcium and protein the most for growth and development, along with other trace elements such as zinc and iron. If you wish to provide appropriate nutritional supplementation, it is recommended to first take your child to the hospital for a blood test to determine the levels of trace elements. Based on the test results, you can choose suitable nutritional supplements. Additionally, increase your child’s intake of high-protein foods (such as milk, eggs, lean meat, etc.), and pay attention to calcium supplementation (you can give your child calcium gluconate oral solution, and at the same time supplement vitamin D, as the key to calcium supplementation is absorption, and absorption is dependent on the level of vitamin D in the body. Also, expose your child to sunlight more often to increase the body’s own vitamin D production, which promotes the absorption of calcium from food in the intestines).