In the hot summer days, foods are always vulnerable to the effects of high temperature and easy to become deteriorated. So parents should pay special attention to the hygiene of the food when prepare diets for their babies. Following are some important tips for babies' diets in summer.

Firstly, pay attention to the freshness and hygiene of the food. Do not store the cooked food in refrigerator for more than 2 days. Do not eat fruits, yogurt or drinks taken out of the refrigerator immediately. Put them at the room temperature for 20 minutes before eating. There may be some pesticides on the surface of the vegetables and fruits, so you should wash them clean before cooking or eating. What's more, when cooking the food, the raw food and cooked food should be handled separately. In addition, wash the cooking utensils, knives, cutting boards and cleaning cloths clean.

Secondly, supplement enough water to babies in summer. As the babies sweat more in the hot summer, so their water tolerance is usually worse than the adults. What's more, as the babies are not able to express out the thirst feeling, so the cells in their body are easy to dehydrate. Severe dehydration may cause fever of the bady. As a result, in summer, parents should supply enough water to their babies in the diets. General speaking, babies need to take in 1200 to 1500 ml of water every day in summer. Give your baby enough water can not only dispel summer heat, but also can relieve constipation. You should take cool boiled water as the main drinking water, supplemented by a variety of beverages, such as watermelon juice, green bean soup, lily soup, apple juice and so on. Do not drink too much fruit juice, with no more than 100 ml every day as the best.

Thirdly, mothers have to pay attention to the cooking methods, avoiding oil and fatty food. The taste and color of the dish are the most important. You can make some cool, refreshing dishes such as vegetable mud, pulp and juice. You can also prepare some fresh and nutritious snacks, such as to make fruit salad by apple or mango, which do not only contain plenty of nutrients such as iron, calcium and magnesium, but also can improve the babies' appetite.

In a word, parents should pay special attention to the diets for their babies, especially in summer. For the sake of the health of their babies, parents should keep the above notes in mind, and prepare appropriate and healthy diets for them.