Give Child Best Nutritional Start Flashcards
Breast milk contains a variety of (2)
Nutrients
Proteins
Breast milk contains _ factors
Growth
Breast milk contains (a)
Antibodies
Breast milk contains _ vital to baby’s development
Hormones
Breast milk cannot be _
Replicated
Due to mother-to-child interaction, breastfeeding plays an important role in
Strengthening baby’s sensory and emotional circuitry
Sensory and emotional circuitry is critical to baby’s _ development (2)
Cognitive
Socio-emotional
Breastfeeding may lower mothers risk of developing (bc,oc)
Breast cancer
Ovarian cancer
Breastfeeding may lower mothers risk of developing (cd,o)
Cardiovascular disease
Osteoporosis
Breastfeeding may lower mothers risk of developing (o)
Obesity
_ kickstarts breast milk production
Hormonal changes
Hormonal changes caused by
Different stages of pregnancy and birth
Ducts that gold milk called
Alveoli
During pregnancy, alveoli _
Swell
_ stimulates alveoli cells and milk ducts in breast to grow
Increased estrogen and progesterone levels due to pregnancy
_ releases once baby is born to trigger alveoli to produce milk
Prolactin hormone
When baby suckles, _ is released
Oxytocin hormone
Oxytocin causes muscles around alveoli cells to
Squeeze milk out of milk duct in nipple
Oxytocin squeezing milk known as _
The let-down reflex
First milk mother produces in the days after giving birth is
Golden
Golden milk called
Colostrum
Colostrum is particularly _ causing baby to get best start (2)
Rich
Concentrated
Colostrum is packed with (p,a)
Protein
Antibodies
Colostrum packed with vitamin (3)
A
D
B12
All the things packed in colostrum are important for baby’s (2)
Growth
Immune system
After a few days, mother produces “mature” breast milk which is
Less concentrated
After a few days, mother produces “mature” breast milk which is lower in (2)
Protein
Antibodies
After a few days, mother produces “mature” breast milk which is higher in (2)
Fat
Lactose
Breast milk transports vital antibodies from mother to child to support
Their immune system
Breast milk transports vital antibodies from mother to child to reduce risk of _ syndrome
Sudden infant death
Breast milk transports vital antibodies from mother to child to reduce risk of
Illness
Breast milk transports vital antibodies from mother to child to reduce risk of _ in adulthood (2)
Obesity
Cardiovascular disease
Many of body’s hormones that are vital for _ transmitted through milk
Regulating bodily functions
Hormones for regulating bodily functions that are transmitted regulate (3)
Growth
Appetite
Weight
Breast milk contains diverse
Gut bacteria
Beneficial gut bacteria transmitted via milk and also
Areolar skin
Babies on formula don’t need
Daily supplement of vitamin D
Daily supplement of vitamin D for babies only breastfed is _ IU
400
At 6 months, baby’s stores of __ start to deplete
Iron
Because iron starts to deplete, baby’s should start _ at 6 months
Weaning
Babies suggested to take iron supplements at _ months of age
4
