Lecture 22: Nutrition and feeding Flashcards
How long should you exclusively breast feed?
* continue breast feeding while introducing foods until _ months or older
6 months
12 months or older
No water before _ months
6 months
Breast milk is the best source of nutrition for most babies
Breask milk changes to meet babies nutritional needs
Babies who are breastfed have a lower risk of:
* Asthma
* Diabetes (type 2)
* Eczema
* GI infections
* Infections
* Inflammatory bowel disease
* Obesity
* SIDS
mothers who breast feed their babies have a lower risk of
* breast and ovarian cancers
* Diabetes
* High BP
NOTE: babies will gradually drink more at each feeding (which will change the chemicals in the breast milk)
Time between feedings gets longer-average = 2-4 hours for must exclusively breast fed babies
May be often as every hour = cluster feeding
* this tells moms body to put more fat etc.. in the breast milk
Sleep interval of 4-5 hours to start
Session may be long or short
Should seem content and drowsy after feeding when they have had enough milk
About 8-12 times in 24 hours
babies genreally take what they need at each feeding and stop eating when they are full
Is Toddler milks or formuals indicated for infants
No recommended for infants
Not necessary to meet nutritional needs of older babies ‘
KNOW: at 12 months shouldnt have cows milk, should only have food / formulas
formula
burp baby up to 6 months
* once they can sit on their own they can burp on their own
when shoukd you introduce foods and drinks toher than breast milk and infant formula?
6 months
need to continue breast or formula
by what age to eat most of the same foods as rest of the fam
2
No cow milk before age
12 m
may put at risk for intentinal bleeding
Too many proteins and minerals for infants kidneys to handle
Does not have right amount of nutrients
how much food should you start w/
1-2 tablespoons of food and water for signs
how often should child eat?
2-3 hours or about 5-6 times per day
May eat different amounts of food each day
Around 12 months old child grows more slwoly
Children are the best judge of how much to eat
Why shouldnt little kids have honey?
Botulism - cause of SIDS
when can a kid have added sugar
> 2
NOTE: taste buds decline w/ age, so older people add more sweet or salt to taste it better
Breast milk doesnt have enough vitamin D so will need to supplement
may also need iron - if mom is anemic which most are
