He's too going on 30, but I know not all parents are that lucky introducing solid foods can be incredibly frustrating and sometimes frightening, but it can also be fun and exciting.

他也快30歲了，但我知道不是所有的父母都那麼幸運，引入固體食物可能是令人難以置信的挫折，有時也是令人恐懼的，但也可能是有趣和令人興奮。

He is eating some banana Republic.

他正在吃一些香蕉共和國。

One thing I learned from all four of my babies, it will be messy.

我從我所有的四個寶寶身上學到了一件事，那就是會很亂。

What are you giving yourself a bad friend?

你給自己的壞朋友是什麼？

During infancy?

在嬰兒期？

From the period of birth to about 12 months of age, feeding goes from a reflex of behavior to a voluntary behavior.

從出生到大約12個月大的時候，餵食從一種反射行為變成一種自願行為。

You may not know this, I mean, I sure didn't but in order to eat solid foods, your baby needs to learn to move their tongue in a whole new way younger babies swallow by tongue thrusting, they just dart their tongue in and out to swallow thicker foods and table foods, you have to kind of push your tongue up against the roof of your mouth to propel the bullets down.

你可能不知道，我的意思是，我肯定不知道，但是為了吃固體食物，你的寶寶需要學習以一種全新的方式移動他們的舌頭，年幼的寶寶通過舌頭刺入和刺出來吞嚥較厚的食物，而餐桌上的食物，你必須把你的舌頭推到嘴頂，把子彈推下去。

You need that skill and if you're like me, you're wondering what in the world is Ebola as it's just a fancy word for a soft round chunk of food.

你需要這種技能，如果你像我一樣，你會想知道世界上什麼是埃博拉，因為它只是一個花哨的詞，指的是柔軟的圓塊狀食物。

Now, transitioning from an all liquid diet to solids involves a lot of learning.

現在，從全液體飲食過渡到固體飲食涉及很多學習。

So when should we get this learning process going?

那麼，我們應該何時開始這個學習過程呢？

The typical age these days is around six months of age.

現在的典型年齡是6個月大左右。

But what we really want to look at is not necessarily the age of the baby, but development milestones.

但我們真正要看的不一定是嬰兒的年齡，而是發展的里程碑。

So sitting up nice and strong, the ability to hold your head, not kind of flopping around the ability to reach and grab something.

是以，坐起來很好，很強壯，有能力抱住你的頭，而不是到處亂翻，有能力伸手抓東西。

And then lastly, we love to see babies kind of tracking what the parent is eating.

最後，我們喜歡看到嬰兒跟蹤父母的飲食情況。

Are they watching you eat?

他們在看你吃飯嗎？

Making sure your baby is physically ready.

確保你的寶寶在身體上做好準備。

And also interested in eating salads is a good place to start.

而且還對吃沙拉感興趣，是一個很好的開始。

But how exactly do you get the food inside your baby's my old and into their belly?

但是，你究竟如何將食物送入寶寶的我老，並進入他們的肚子裡？

Mhm.

嗯。

I mean, I feel like I tried all the things with my babies with my first born, I was a straight up nineties mom with all the store bought fancy baby food.

我的意思是，我覺得在我的第一個孩子身上我嘗試了所有的東西，我是一個直接的九十年代的媽媽，所有的商店買的花哨的嬰兒食品。

We have puree ps butternut squash, sweet potatoes, we had puree everything.

我們有肉泥ps南瓜、紅薯，我們有肉泥一切。

Then with the twins, I was the California mom, feeding them wholesome organic fancy brunches at every meal.

後來有了雙胞胎，我就成了加州媽媽，每餐都給他們吃健康的有機花式早飯。

These are gluten free, blueberry waffles that didn't last long because you know, twins is so much, so much food, so many, so many things to think about, and then with um are, well, he just tells us what he wants to eat, So which method is best.

這些是無麩質的藍莓華夫餅，沒有持續多久，因為你知道，雙胞胎是這麼多，這麼多的食物，這麼多，這麼多的事情要考慮，然後與嗯是，嗯，他只是告訴我們他想吃什麼，所以哪種方法是最好。

So I love to encourage parents not to feel like they have to choose a certain method, but it doesn't have to be, you know, a purist approach.

是以，我喜歡鼓勵父母不要覺得他們必須選擇某種方法，但它不一定是，你知道，一種純粹的方法。

You don't have to choose one or the other.

你不必選擇一個或另一個。

What you can do is just start putting a mix of food on the table, maybe your spoon, feeding a little bit, maybe you're letting baby grab a little bit, technically by the time they're eating solids, experts say infants can eat from any food group, but it's also good to introduce things one food at a time to keep an eye out for allergic reactions.

你可以做的是剛開始把混合的食物放在桌子上，也許你的勺子，喂一點，也許你讓寶寶抓一點，技術上來說，到他們吃固體食物的時候，專家說嬰兒可以從任何食物組中吃，但一次介紹一種食物也是很好的，以保持對過敏反應的警惕。

So if you're a mom, say back in 2000, your doctor probably would have told you to hold off on introducing allergens entirely until even age three.

是以，如果你是一位母親，比如說在2000年，你的醫生可能會告訴你，甚至在三歲之前完全不要引入過敏原。

Today, it's completely the opposite.

今天，情況完全相反。

We want the early introduction of allergens so it can feel a little scary.

我們希望儘早引入過敏原，所以會感覺有點可怕。

We want to start slowly, but it can be something as small as a little sheer of peanut butter on your finger, putting on baby's lips start there if you're terrified.

我們想慢慢開始，但它可以是很小的東西，比如在你的手指上塗一點花生醬，如果你很害怕，就從寶寶的嘴脣開始。

Now, luckily none of my boys have food allergies.

現在，幸運的是我的兒子們都沒有食物過敏。

I mean they love to be picky and sometimes they act like they're allergic to what I cook them, but it's not a medical issue.

我的意思是他們喜歡挑剔，有時他們表現得對我給他們做的東西過敏，但這不是一個醫學問題。

Allergic reactions don't always happen on the first exposure.

過敏反應並不總是在第一次接觸時發生。

And sometimes not even the first few exposures, It does need to be a consistent sort of steady introduction and listen, your baby is probably going to gag when the child gags while they're learning how to eat, that's normal.

有時甚至不是最初的幾次接觸，它確實需要一種持續穩定的介紹，聽著，當孩子在學習如何進食時，你的寶寶可能會插嘴，這很正常。

They aren't choking When babies are very young.

他們沒有窒息 當嬰兒很小的時候。

The gag reflex is on the tip of the tongue to protect them from choking and as they start to have experiences putting things in their mouths that gave reflex kind of naturally is desensitized to move farther back.

咽喉反射在舌尖上，以保護他們不被噎住，當他們開始有把東西放進嘴裡的經驗時，這種給定的反射就會自然而然地脫敏，移到更遠處。

I know, I know seeing and hearing your babies struggle with a piece of food can be really scary, but it's important to remain calm even if you're freaking out inside infants can get upset when they gag sometimes too.

我知道，我知道看到和聽到你的寶寶在一塊食物上掙扎可能真的很嚇人，但重要的是要保持冷靜，即使你在裡面嚇壞了，嬰兒有時也會因為塞牙縫而感到不安。

And then if the parent and the child are both frightened, then they're less and less likely to want to continue trying that food.

然後如果父母和孩子都感到害怕，那麼他們就越來越不可能想繼續嘗試這種食物。

Now, even if your baby takes the eating salads right away, you want to keep the milk and formula flowing so you want to continue breastfeeding or bottle feeding at the same pace the same amount as you were before just because you're starting solids today does not decrease that amount of milk.

現在，即使你的寶寶馬上就接受吃沙拉，你也要保持奶水和配方奶的流動，所以你要繼續以同樣的速度和同樣的數量進行母乳餵養或奶瓶餵養，只是因為你今天開始吃固體食物，並不會減少奶量。

The ideal scenario is that once the baby starts ingesting more and consuming more and they are less hungry for the next bottle or breastfeed and it will sort of organically start to ship and then at 12 months of age that whole paradigm shifts and solids become the primary source of nutrition.

理想的情況是，一旦寶寶開始攝入更多的東西，消耗更多的東西，他們對下一個奶瓶或母乳餵養的渴望就會減少，而且會有機地開始運送，然後在12個月大時，整個範式就會轉變，固體食物成為主要的營養來源。

So by the age of about 12 months, your child should be eating about what you're eating.

是以，到了大約12個月大的時候，你的孩子應該和你吃的差不多。

You might have to alter the texture of it.

你可能要改變它的質地。

You might have to add some moisture to some of those things.

你可能要在其中一些東西中添加一些水分。

But that's kind of the rule of thumb.

但這是一種經驗法則。

I know parents, especially moms are under a lot of pressure to get everything right as a working mom of four kids, I feel this do what works best for you and your family consult your pediatrician and try to enjoy this messy milestone.

我知道父母，尤其是媽媽們承受著很大的壓力，作為一個有四個孩子的工作媽媽，我覺得這要做最適合你和你的家庭的事情，諮詢你的兒科醫生，並嘗試享受這個混亂的里程碑。

Thank you for watching seeker baby.

謝謝你觀看尋人啟事寶貝。

I'm Angel Akita more and I hope you're learning as much about babies as I am.

我是天使秋田更多，我希望你能像我一樣學到更多關於嬰兒的知識。

If there's a baby topic, you want us to cover, leave us a comment and keep coming back to seeker for more on babies.

如果有一個嬰兒話題，你想讓我們報道，請給我們留言，並繼續回來看一看，以瞭解更多關於嬰兒的資訊。

See you next time.

下一次見。