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Oatmeal for Babies

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

In infants aged 8 months or more, than to give up breastfeeding, mothers can serve oatmeal. Usually, the choice fell on a lot of oatmeal products on the market. With fiber, fitokemikal, vitamins, minerals, protein, and low-fat, healthy babies and avoid constipation. In addition, the sense of satiety can also survive for several hours.

Prepare oatmeal itself is very easy. With just boil until thickened, pureed already be presented. Some mothers usually add sugar, salt, milk, or fruit to add flavor. But avoid giving too much sugar and salt, because it can affect the baby’s appetite for another intake, and results in allergic infants.

In addition, some babies reportedly susceptible wheat allergy, or commonly called celiac disease. However, research conducted AK Akobeng physicians indicated that exclusive breastfeeding can reduce the incidence of celiac disease up to 53 percent.

Porridge oats are usually given when the baby was eight months, although some other mother had gave it to their babies at the age of six months, without any impact. This is because of different abilities in infants receiving solid foods. But if you still are unsure, consult a doctor and a nutritionist before deciding to give your baby cereal.

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Safe Foods for your Baby

Monday, July 26th, 2010

In addition to high nutrient, that food should be given to babies should be safe and harmless. In providing safe food for infants, mothers must consider several important things the following:

  • Avoid fibrous foods like celery or green beans.
  • If you want to give your baby a nutritious fish, first remove the fish bones before crushed.
  • Give a chance to digest one type of baby food and see your baby’s reaction after eating the food, who knew she was allergic.
  • Give the food in the form of toys. Special toys that can be bitten and swallowed by the baby safely is bananas. Some mothers are also often give her baby carrots and apples and pears poached or steamed to be bitten-bite.
  • Cut small pieces of beef and chicken in a cross from the roots. Avoid large pieces that can make a baby to choke.
  • Check the pieces of the food prepared.  Front baby teeth just to bite. Baby teeth do not show up until a year old child. Babies still suck and not bite.
  • Give food that can be held by baby finger when he was sitting, not when you’re playing or lying.
  • Sausage is not nutritious food that is safe for babies. One bite-sized sausage trachea can make a baby to choke. Sausage healthy and free nitrate is a food craze toddlers and safe for them when sliced long and small like a noodle. However, even this healthy sausage can contain high amounts of sodium, so that their consumption should be limited.

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Storing and Preparing Breast Milk

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Mother’s Milk is very important for infant nutrition for the first year. Although busy with her job, she must continue to give milk to their babies by providing dairy milk. Dairy milk is squeezed from the breast milk, stored and given to infants when mother worked and separated from their infants. Do not worry about the quality of breast milk given or not still have the same quality. Most importantly Mother must know how to store and presentation.

Things that should be the Mother of note in providing dairy milk to her baby:

  • Breast milk stored at room temperature can stand 4-6 hours. For breast milk stored in the refrigerator can last about 2-3 days. If you travel long enough, the Mother can take advantage of the freezer so that milk can be refrigerated for up to 2-3 months.
  • If you find any signs such as a different odor (sour), seemed clotted and darker color, indicating that breast milk is damaged. Segara throw away and replace it with breast milk is still good. If it was accidentally given the effects that arise can baby diarrhea.
  • When finished flushing and storing it in a plastic sugar, mark the date of milking. So Mother knew where the mother’s milk should be used first.
  • Do not heat the milk over the fire that could make dead heat absorption of the enzyme. Simply put the milk into a bowl of warm water (± 82 degrees celcius) so temperatures approaching body temperature Mother breastfeeding.
  • Suggested to provide dairy milk with a spoon, not bottle. This is to avoid nipple confusion baby. Nipple confusion is a condition in which infants feel confused because before he was through breast feeding and suddenly have to breastfeed with a bottle of milk. In addition, because the milk that comes out of the bottle easier than breast, little can be lazy sucking breast while feeding back on the Mother.

Now your baby needs breast milk are met, and Mother can still work. Let the spirit of feeding your baby again!

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Finger Foods for Babies

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Finger food makes your baby explore with taste. Not only had that, to pick their own food, babys fine motor skills so well trained.

Make finger food for babies is not difficult. The materials used according to stages of babys age. For babies aged 6 months, for example, the recommended material type only cereals (white rice, brown rice, and oats), vegetables (green beans, potatoes, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, cucumbers) and fruits (bananas, avocados, apples and pears).

Entering the age of 7-8 months, raw food can be more varied. Like vegetables (asparagus, carrots, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, beets, radishes), fruits (mango, peach, cucumber suri), a source of protein (chicken, beef, liver, tofu). Avoid dairy products (cheese, cream, yoghurt) in carp introductions beginning because it was feared could trigger allergies. However, after entering the age of nine months, giving dairy foods are already permitted.

Foodstuffs such as those mentioned above can be processed into a variety of finger food. What is noteworthy is the texture. In the early stages of (infant age 6 months) finger food must still soft textured. It was only when stepping on a baby aged nine months, finger food can be made with a rougher texture. For instance, by making the preparations of food ingredients chopped chicken or beef (nughet).

Do not forget to pay attention to the size of finger food. Give finger foods in a size that can be grasped by the hands of a tiny baby. Not too big or too small. Size is too small snacks can make a baby to choke. While the piece is too large, can not even hold. Still related to security, so as not to harm the baby, some certain vegetables, like carrots, green beans, squash, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, turnips, should be boiled first to make it more tender.

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