Posts Tagged ‘Eating’
Friday, August 6th, 2010
Often, we as a mother asks the child to the doctor with a complaint we have trouble throwing stools for several days and complained there was anything wrong in giving his food, or is there a serious disorder in our children.
Children who have difficulty defecating likely to experience constipation or constipation if the nature of abnormal feces or if the magnitude of the frequency of abnormal stools. The definition of constipation is difficulty or delay the passage of faeces. In general, constipation or constipation will occur if hard stools, rarely go out and feel the pain if the exit.
Stools is basically a reflex, intestinal peristalsis is accompanied by relaxation of the anal sphincter muscles inside and out, and consciously controlled by the anal sphincter muscle, causing the outer part keingginan to defecation or bowel movement.
Normal defecation patterns vary depending on age and diet person. As in infants, during the first 3-4 days is typically issued a thick meconium odorless greenish black color, then slowly turned brown-green and the small amount of frequency till eight times daily, and keeping, despite the baby can not dive 24 hours a leak faeces. Feces milk started coming out after one week, infants with Mother’s Milk issued a stool softening jonquil, is that a formula has a yellow solid stools. Stool frequency and form of older children reflect the eating habits and diets.
Under normal circumstances, they are rare stools, sometimes only once in 3-4 days. Problems that are often complained of pain and if the resulting discomfort Toilet time.
What can we do?
- Changes in diet, the provision of fruit juice or a source of fiber from fruits and vegetables, inadequate in the daily fluid requirements. Avoid dairy products, bananas and apples as they can cause constipation.
- Nursing soften the anus with feces and maintain these areas to keep them dry. Give a cream after changing diapers to provide a sense of cool.
- Teach slowly and in accordance with their own child steps in toilet training.
- Overcoming the psychological problems that cause constipation
- Suggested for stools daily or regularly twice a day to the toilet
- The position that can help simplify stools; bend thighs Kea raise blood pressure in the abdomen so that the abdominal cavity.
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Properly, a mother must always be patient in feeding their children, because of eating not only makes children fulfilled their nutritional needs, but these activities can also be used as a learning experience for toddlers. At the time the child starts talking, eating activities can be used as a means for mothers to teach the concept of taste, expression of taste, color concepts, the concept of texture, the concept of number, and size concepts.
Patience by mothers in performing this activity can facilitate the process of eating and toddlers to develop their insight and knowledge. In terms of eating, the mother or caregiver to act as mediators to introduce various concepts and facts which met the child in his environment. An example is when feeding, the mother can provide information about what to eat, what it’s like, what color, how much, and so forth. Feeding techniques while learning can be done through a few tips:
- Arouse the attention and wants the child to react. Mother took the child to eat and give a sign that the meal has arrived. To attract the attention of children, maternal use of verbal and nonverbal expression, to enable the sensing of children. Mom then took the plate and let the kids hold eating utensils, food, and imitate what the mother said. She was also the name given food, taste, shape, texture, and tightens up with an expression of voice or expression. Repeat this several times.
- Giving praise and raise confidence and competence in children if the child is eating properly. Mothers should not be stingy praise for his son. For example, if he had spent one tablespoon of food, just the mother’s praise of their versatility. Especially when the food can be spent with the neat.
- Get children to plan all activities shall be taken, all actions have demonstrated that patterns of activity in preparing meals, children should also be involved, such as washing hands, preparing food, telling stories about what was done the mother, to clear the table after dinner activity is over. This is done many times, in order to form habits and a healthy diet.
- In order for the learning process becomes much easier and pleasant situation, the mother should also make eye contact with toddlers. In addition, mothers are advised to have a sense of empathy, would give the baby a chance to speak, trying to share a pleasant feeling, and follow what the initiatives and responses of children. Mother or child interactions during feeding intensively this remedy can be used as a means to improve the cognitive abilities of children.
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
Preparing food with a different way of cooking is one way to prevent boredom eating in children. Steaming is the way to cook with indirect heat so food remains tender and not dry. In order for the higher nutritional value, see to include a variety of vegetables in your cooking menu.
Ingredients:
3 potatoes, rinse
Contents:
1 pc onion, finely chopped
150 grams of tuna, chopped pieces
75 grams of fresh tomatoes, cut into small boxes
15 ounces grated cheddar cheese
Salt
Oregano
Direction:
1. Peel the potatoes that have been cleaned in two parts. Steam for 15 minutes.
2. Removing the inside of the steamed potatoes with a spoon so that the remaining forms such as bowls.
3. Mix the inside of potato with a little salt and then mashed up into mashed potatoes.
4. Prepare: onions, tuna, fresh tomatoes and brokolli already been cut.
5. Mix mashed potatoes with tuna, tomatoes and broccoli pieces. Sprinkle grated cheese on top and oregano.
6. Potatoes that have been filled with a mixture of mashed potatoes, tuna, tomatoes and broccoli into a steamer. Steamed again for approximately 15 minutes.
7. Steamed Potatoes Mix tuna & veggies ready to be served.
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Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Besides “brain vitamins” are minerals that can help improve your child’s intelligence, called the “brain minerals”.
Magnesium
benefits: Helps supply energy to the brain. Result of deficiency: irritability, anxiety, lethargy, depression, and confusion.
Iron
Benefits: helps the brain to process-nutris nutrients required for brain activity and helps the process of neurotransmitter. Due defisisensi: behavioral deviations, indifferent, weak concentration, weak memory.
Zinc
Benefits: required by all reactions in the brain; help produce essential chemicals and proteins in the brain; role of energy form of glucose and protein. Result of deficiency: lethargy, irritability, poor eating habits, anorexia, fatigue, obesity, confused.
Chromium
Benefits: Essential for the metabolism of glucose (almost all functions of the human brain relies on glucose as an energy source) Result of deficiency: poor concentration, poor memory, feelings of uncertainty, feeling tired.
Potassium
Benefits: required for neurotransmitter function. As a result of deficiency: weakness, loss of appetite, irrational thought patterns.
Boron
Benefit: improve memory, hand-eye coordination, and fitness. As a result of deficiency: poor memory, fatigue, feeling lesuh, and hand-eye coordination is bad.
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
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arning the elements of the food pyramid for children is usefull because it can help you and your children to a healthy lifestyle, good nutrition and the fight against obesity, which is a growing problem is the practice in children. Describe the nutritional needs of children in the form of the food pyramid a bit more complex. This is due to age, condition and activity of your child.
Today, not only adults who face dangerous problems to health. When we talk about health conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, the intention has always been for the elderly, but this is not the employer. The pattern was broken some time ago, when many children diagnosed with these diseases – were mainly due to poor eating habits because they are small, leading to obesity, heart of all health problems. Now you can see that the health of children at an early age to protect, provide for greater responsibility in ensuring parents take their children a balanced diet after the pyramid of optimal nutrition for children.
The food pyramid for children do not differ much with the food pyramid promoted by the U.S. government that has existed for decades. But there are also marked change for him, because it is necessary for a balanced diet, especially for children.
The food pyramid for children consists of six major food groups.
•First : Grains – Whole grains are a good source of fiber, iron and other vitamins. Try to avoid refined grains like white bread or rice.
•Second : Vegetables – are another good source of fiber, folate, potassium, vitamin A, C and E.
•Third : Fruit – are a good source of potassium, fiber and vitamin C. The whole fruit is better than drinking 100% juice.
•Fourth : Dairy products – milk, cheese, yogurt and other diary provides children with calcium, potassium, protein and vitamin D. Milk low fat, no sugar added are the best.
•Fifth : Meat and beans – includes fish, poultry, eggs and nuts are good sources of protein, iron, zinc, magnesium, vitamins, vitamin E and B.
•Sixth : Oil – is not a food group, but is an important part of your diet. Children should be polyunsaturated or monounsaturated oils and fats whenever possible. Avoid saturated fats and trans fats.
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Friday, April 9th, 2010
A natural immunity from mother to child through breast milk. However, there are several sources of nutrients can be a source of immune booster for children.
Children are often the disease is to take care of all parents. This is done by the child’s immune system or low immunity, therefore, showed little sensitivity to interference or degradation. These diseases can be caused, in part because of the lack of a balanced diet in the daily diet of the child.
Food and immune system are closely linked. If the gastrointestinal tract is immune, immunity is generally good. Among the sources of food nutrients that children need to find a way among others is the source of strengthening the role of immunity of the child.
- Flavonoids
According to research in general soy milk contains proteins, fats, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, minerals and small amounts are very high, and that the body needs to accelerate or metabolism and growth, repair damaged cells, energy resources, or increase immunity. Association of amino acids, vitamins and other nutrients are flavonoids in soybean seed. It is a type of flavonoid pigments such as chlorophyll in the leaves of plants that are green contain. Scientifically proven, flavonoids for the prevention and treatment of various diseases. And one of the many types of flavonoids in soybeans contains isoflavones. One of isoflavones function is to improve the immune system.
- Spirulina
Spirulina, a blue micro-alga, a source of protein is very high. Spirulina Blue plays an important role in the immune system. Spirulina is rich in B vitamins, vitamin D, magnesium, zinc, selenium, iron and gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). Phycocyanin is a protein associated with spirulina, which has the greatest health benefits, among other things to work in the bone to stimulate bone marrow stem cells plays a role in the production of white blood cells to increase the immunity of the body works. And the red blood cells distribute oxygen throughout the body function. Spirulina is also rich in selenium, which is important for the immune system. Spirulina is widely consumed as a garnish.
- Zinc
The zinc or zinc is one of the most important elements of life. In the human body, zinc is a trace element essential for the more widely used, even in cells richest in micronutrients. diffusion of zinc in the nervous system, immunity, blood and digestive system of man, and participate in the Union, and hundreds of species of the enzyme activity in the body. The role of zinc, among others, to improve the body’s development, intelligence, strengthen the immune system, improve eye health, growth, cell division and regeneration, and others. Zinc is an essential trace element in the brain, there are plenty of fish, meat, eggs and other animal products, the kernel of the apricot seeds and fruit tree. Zinc is now widely consumed in supplement form.
- Honey
The protein is one of the essential nutrients immune system. And honey is a food source of protein that is capable of maintaining the resistance when they meet regularly every day. Honey can help the energy shortage experienced by many proteins that children and babies. Honey contains an antibiotic effective against attacks by pathogens causing various diseases. Some infectious diseases of different pathogens “can be cured” and honey checked regularly, including disorders of the stomach and the channel penpencernaanan, skin diseases, acute respiratory infections (ARI), cough and fever, diseases of the heart, liver, lung and disease, eye involved, ears and nerves. (Peter C. Molan, 1992).
- Omega 3
Fish oil is one of the nutrients for the health beneficial fatty acid-rich because it contains about 25% of saturated fatty acids and 75% of unsaturated fatty acids. The polyunsaturated fatty acids in fish oil are the growth process of brain development (intelligence) and vision development and the immune system of infants and young children. Contains fish oil DHA and EPA, and Omega-3 combines known. The species of fish that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, including salmon, tuna (bluefin, albacore and especially white) tuna, sardines, herring, mackerel and shellfish.
- Prebiotic
Probiotic bacteria can grow well in penpencernaanan system and prevent allergies in the body of the child. According to Dr. Zakiudin, eating very well in the prebiotic enhanced immunity, especially in the gastrointestinal tract. For if the unit of a good digestive immune system, the immune system is normally also be good. Outside his office the good bacteria, prebiotics can indirectly maintain a balanced body’s immune system while reducing the risk of allergies. Source prebiotics can be won, onions, bananas, garlic, honey and nuts in natural foods such as wheat. Some are in other forms or in the formula.
- Meniran
Meniran leaf extract or Phyllanthus niruri L, is an herb that a drug that has the active immune system immunodulator maximum performance of their duties or calls causes. This herb has become immune supplements for children.
- Calcium
Established by law on immunity against microbes and swallow many foreign objects into the body. In the process of killing an enemy from outside, the signal for the immune system was to capture the enemy is a calcium ion. Animal sources of calcium include shrimp, beef, egg yolk, fish and milk. Meanwhile, the plant sources of calcium include green vegetables such as broccoli, cassava, papaya and spinach. In addition, excess calcium in beans nuts, sesame seeds, almonds, soy and red.
- Vitamin C
Vitamin C is a very important role in the body, what can the resistance of the body against infections and speed up healing of wounds. Lead changes, the environment for health is not always in ideal conditions, so that the body has always been a good immune system. It is in the adequate intake of vitamin C.
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Vitamin C has become the “drug” is popular for treating diseases and keeping the body against flu because Vitamin C is known to increase the body’s defense system.
Often referred to as enhancing the immune system, Vitamin C also helps in healing wounds, and is an antioxidant that protects the child’s body from free radicals that can damage the body. Free radicals are unstable oxygen atoms and the damage that is usually produced by the body and the production of free radicals can be accelerated by external toxins such as pollution and cigarette smoke.
Vitamin C is also needed to build collagen, a substance that connect the body frame, connect the bones with muscles and keep the organ remains in place properly. Vitamin C helps the absorption of other nutrients such as calcium and iron.
Children should receive 15-45 mg of vitamin C every day, with an added dose when they were hit by the flu. Vitamin C is another name askorbik acid, which literally means the acid to prevent disease. And if the body lacks Vitamin C, besides the body more vulnerable to disease, other symptoms like tiredness, easy bruising and muscle pain can be attacked.
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
Parents should eat their children on time, even snacks, so that their children have the habit of eating regularly. This can be done to get the habit of eating together at the table. This activity also teaches children to eat healthy foods and improve the interaction between family members. There are several tips:
- See always eats well. When she refused to eat certain foods, try a manner that the dining table and show how good food without sending children to try to serve, can stimulate curiosity.
- Get a bit heavy. In children, especially 2-3 years, little children, to show their independence, when all who ordered him to answer: “No,” the answer to feeling neutral or slightly difficult to obtain, Children are challenged and had to decide for yourself.
- Note the child’s hunger and satiety. Do not force children to spend a lot of food if they feel full. To control for children who eat too much, tell him to start eating smaller portions, then the second rule if still hungry.
- Keep children are used with food “unknown”. Eating while watching TV makes children does not recognize the signal of satiety to the body. Is important that children eat at the table.
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Young children can easily put into eating something that has not been able to chew or swallow food, the size is too small. And indeed, some foods hurt a son popular when it comes to the respiratory tract. For example, nuts, popcorn, raw carrots, candy, wine, cheese, cubes, etc.
Some symptoms that stifles a child: harsh words, shortness of breath, coughing, his face turned blue (the blood vessels in the neck and face clearly visible), and the child do with the throat after swallowing.
If your baby chokes, the following things you can do to help:
• Hurry up and let her baby face on your forearm. Crutch head and neck with your hands.
• With the head lower than shoulders strikes about four times between the shoulder blades. Pat will continue until the foreign body is visible.
• Once the object is visible immediately. But be careful and not keep you on another drive. Never dig, if you are not your mouth can be clearly seen.
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Our children are now living under the most pressure. Preparation and eager to interact with other children, undated, after school activities, more programming. It’s a whole has increased. And just like their parents, the children of today will release yoga help create it relaxed.
Yoga for Kids
Learn Yoga for children, because I, like yoga helps develop a better understanding of the body discovered, self-control, flexibility and coordination. I also saw how you take these skills outside the classroom and in their daily lives.
These children want movement and sensory stimulation / engine. Yoga helps channel these impulses in a positive way. Yoga postures that seem particularly well are the warrior pose and tree pose. They help instill calm, confidence and balance. The trick is to go beyond the simple “do” attitude. I try to help you think about what this means, the attitudes that have become such attitudes. strong and confident like a warrior. I’m using is a partner to develop trust. Working with each of old attitudes, children develop a team. It also encourages the EU. When it comes to relaxation, some children have difficulty closing their eyes while others are not doing enough. I once had a 10-year-old wonder if we extra-long session of relaxation Arthur Arthur Ashe wanted more time to relax. A technique that promotes relaxation is visualization. At first, you have focused on abdominal breathing, and listen to soft music. I ask you to imagine the beach, enjoy your favorite sport or other activities, they said. At the end of relaxation exercises to encourage children to share their own experiences. Another approach is a guided visualization or story with a calming theme of creating a kind. In this case you can ask them to imagine walking in a green pasture. “Note the beautiful trees and butterflies fly,” I can say.
“Can you feel the fresh air. Listen to the Blue Jays to ask their colleagues.” The idea is to convey a sense of peace and a sense of oneness with nature. In class, I also try to encourage the participation of children. In particular, integrate their ideas and issues simple approach to learning Setit My hope is that most teachers choose to offer Yoga Yoga classes for children. It is our dharma to teach children the meaning of the union of mind, body and spirit. There is a wealth of knowledge, we can offer our children the practice of yoga. The song is simple OM light their faces and smile.
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