Lecture 22: Nutrition and feeding

Question 1

How long should you exclusively breast feed?
* continue breast feeding while introducing foods until _ months or older

Answer 1

6 months

12 months or older

Question 2

No water before _ months

Answer 2

6 months

Question 3

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

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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

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Is Toddler milks or formuals indicated for infants

Answer 8

No recommended for infants

Not necessary to meet nutritional needs of older babies ‘

Question 9

KNOW: at 12 months shouldnt have cows milk, should only have food / formulas

Question 10

formula

Question 11

burp baby up to 6 months
* once they can sit on their own they can burp on their own

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Question 13

when shoukd you introduce foods and drinks toher than breast milk and infant formula?

Answer 13

6 months

need to continue breast or formula

Question 14

by what age to eat most of the same foods as rest of the fam

Answer 14

2

Question 15

No cow milk before age

Answer 15

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

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Question 17

how much food should you start w/

Answer 17

1-2 tablespoons of food and water for signs

Question 18

how often should child eat?

Answer 18

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

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Question 20

Why shouldnt little kids have honey?

Answer 20

Botulism - cause of SIDS

Question 21

when can a kid have added sugar

Answer 21

> 2

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NOTE: taste buds decline w/ age, so older people add more sweet or salt to taste it better

Question 29

Breast milk doesnt have enough vitamin D so will need to supplement

may also need iron - if mom is anemic which most are