Posts Tagged ‘feeding’
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
There are many benefits gained by giving your baby finger foods, among them:
- Learn to feed themselves, Hold and enter their own food into the mouth is one way of learning for your child to feed themselves. Later this will get you feeling confident that he is able to do baby feeding activity itself, no need to be fed again.
- Starting the first solid food. Providing finger food can also be classified as coach of complementary feeding. It’s just a more specific form which can be grasped by little hands.
- Stimulate the baby’s fine motor. When a baby holding a finger food with his fingers, followed by pushing them into the mouth, actually classed as providing stimulus for the development of fine motor baby. Especially reflex to hold.
- Stimulates tooth growth ahead teething Generally, babies will experience itching in the gums. Providing finger food can stimulate the growth of teeth, while reducing the itching arises because generally have the texture of finger foods.
- Granting Exploration finger food tastes can also be used as a medium to introduce the diverse taste of food in infants. So that the child will be loved by a wide variety of food flavors.
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010
The components in mother’s milk changes every 24 hours to respond to the needs of infants. A new research showing how breast milk may help babies newborn to sleep.
Breast milk contains various elements, such as nucleotides, which performs a very important role in regulating the babies to sleep on a regular basis. The findings, published recently in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience, states that breast milk composition changed in certain times throughout the day.
The scientists found three nucleotides in breast milk (adenosine, guanosine and uridene) that plays driving or resting the central nervous system, making the baby calm and sleeping.
Breast milk collected from 30 women who lived in Extremadura, was declared on 24-hour period, with six to eight samples per day. Concentrate, concentrate the highest nucleotide found in samples at night (8 pm to 8 am). “It made us realize that breastfeeding effect on babies sleep”, Cristina L. Sánchez, chief author of the article and a researcher at the Laboratory at the University of Extremadura Chrononutrition.
While breast milk produced during the day has a special component that can stimulate the baby’s activity, in contrast component of breast milk at night helps your baby to sleep and rest.
To ensure proper nutrition, the baby should be fed at the same time when milk was removed. For mothers who do not work outside the home, surely this is not a problem because usually the baby nursing directly. But for working mothers who took his mother’s milk during the day, then it should be given breast milk during the day also (the following day or on subsequent days)
Because breast milk is milked in the day contains the components that are useful to make an active baby (help him learn new skills). While breast milk is removed at night usually are taken directly by the baby because the mother was at home working, or if the mother’s milk mother’s milk at night, the allotment is to be given to babies at night, too, since breast milk night contains components to make babies sleep rested.
Therefore, it is important for a mother to include the date with hours when they take breast milk to help the mother remember mother’s milk is breast milk taken in the daytime or breast milk taken at night.
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Sunday, August 8th, 2010
Defecation activities of a baby sometimes makes worried some parents, especially on color, shape and pattern besides constipation. Generally the color of feces in infants can be divided into yellow, brown, green, red and white / grayish. To determine whether normal or our baby’s digestive system, can be detected from the stool color.
Yellow
Yellow color can be indicated as fases normal for a baby, when babies get Mother’s Milk is full, without any mixture of milk formula, the yellow color of the resulting fases more bright and brilliant, yellow dominated. Which means babies get Mother’s Milk full of foremilk and hindmilk.
Foremilk Which Is the milk is first drawn During a feeding. Generally it is thin and lower in fat content, satisfying the baby’s Thirst and liquid needs. And Hindmilk Mutation Which Is the milk foremilk During a feeding. It is Richer in fat content and is high in Calories. The high fat and calorie content of this milk is Important for your baby’s health and continuing growth. Make sure to let your baby drain one breast before moving on to the other, to Ensure That She receives all the benefits of both foremilk and hindmilk.
Green
Green color on fases baby is still categorized as normal, but this color should not keep turning up because it means how mothers give less precise Mother’s Milk / not correct (which is inhaled by the baby only foremilk course, these cases occurred when the production of Mother’s Milk are overflow. When the baby was always sucking foremilk having first and lactose sugar content but low in fat that makes your baby hungry again quickly and Hindmilk that contain a lot of fat will be exploited after foremik discharged, but this is what makes hindmilk feces became yellow.
Red
Red color on a baby can fases caused by drops of blood that accompanies it, blood can be either the baby or the mother’s body is sucked at the time of the birth process, if the blood came from his mother, then fasesnya will find a black spot and lasts up to 2 days . If blood is not derived from these two other possibilities could be due to an allergy formula or blockage in the intestines and that it needed quick handling danh immediately consult a doctor.
White / Grayish
If the color White / grayish dirt babies happen, then it must be aware of. because the white color indicates a fairly risky business disruption that may result from disorders of the liver / bile duct obstruction in infants. which means that fluid can not be coloring the stool bile, which means the baby should be immediately taken medicine.
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
If we do not stool in a single day this stomach feels uncomfortable. Mother can imagine if this happened to your baby. Surely the baby will be cranky all day. How not matter which should be removed now rest together in the intestines so that makes her stomach hurt. This is called constipation.
For adults who had normal stools is every day but not for babies. Toilet pattern every baby is different. There’s a Toilet frequency magnitude 5-6 times a day but there is also a once every two days. So, if your child is not in the stools 2-3 days most likely he’s just lack of fiber. But if it exceeded the three day Mother should immediately take him to the doctor.
Other signs of constipation that can be the Mother of note, namely:
- Feces shaped like a pebble, hard and dry
- When push (push stools out) the baby looks in pain
- There is blood in the stool
Why Constipation?
The reason there are two factors, functional and pathological.
The cause of the functional:
Usually it’s closely related to diet. Or it could be because of less milk. Avoid giving your baby breast milk from constipation because breast milk easily digestible by infants. Besides lack of fiber can also be the cause. Although exclusive breastfeeding was given but if Mother does not give (or Mother eat) vegetables and fruit she could get constipated. Do not forget, what is the Mother of the consumption effect on milk quality. The selection formula that does not fit can also be the cause.
Pathological Causes:
The cause of this is due to abnormalities in the colon nerve bottom, starting from the anus to the top. Could also be due to nerve dysfunction, which regulates the elasticity of the colon so that bowel narrowed. As a result hard to get out and piled dirt on the bottom of the large intestine. The cause of this should be treated medically to avoid dirt buildup colitis due to a long-time decay.
Tips:
- Always insert the fiber in the daily menu
- If you must give him formula milk, choose lactulose-containing materials that can improve the function of motility (movement)
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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.
Tags:Children, diet, Eating, eating utensils, feeding, Iron, knowledge, learning experience, Nutrition, Nutritional, Tips, Toddler, washing hands
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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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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
The signs that these foods are bullies can be seen in infants breastfed. For example, the infant became fussy, abdominal pain, anxiety, or what is referred to as colic 24 hours – that is pain that occurs, a maximum of 24 hours, after the mother of the suspect foods, but it does not happen again until the mother consume the same food again . Some foods that may interfere with breastfeeding is suspected:
- Processed food products-milk-based. Alergenik protein content in processed products-made-can get into breast milk and produce symptoms of abdominal pain in infants. Foods that include milk, yogurt, and cheese.
- Foods that contain caffeine. Soft drinks, chocolate, coffee, tea and cold drinks deduction, all contain caffeine. Although some babies are more sensitive to caffeine than other babies, usually the mother should consume these products in large quantities in advance to be able to give effect to interfere with the baby.
- Grains and beans. The most alergenik of this type are wheat, maize, and peanuts.
- Spicy food. Breast milk will taste different after you eat spicy foods containing garlic. Salads, pizza, and booze can also result in protests from the stomach baby, so he refused to drink milk or a stomach ache.
- Foods that contain gas. Broccoli, garlic, bean sprouts, green peppers, cauliflower, cabbage, may interfere with the baby, but not too distracting when it is cooked. It’s pretty difficult to explain scientifically how these foods can interfere with the baby, but breastfeeding mothers experience mention that the food contains a lot of gas to make a baby too much out of gas.
In addition to foods that interfere with breastfeeding, nursing mothers should also notice the other rules in the food they eat. The rule is do not overdo the eating of foods. There are babies who could be disrupted after the mothers ate the food in significant amounts, for example, when mothers eat too much processed food made from wheat and sour foods. However, small quantities of these foods can still be tolerated infant digestion.
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
As a mother must be wondering about the meaning of the statement that title. How could the bacteria will become the most beautiful gifts for their children, while every time we spoke about the bacteria, the thing that immediately comes to mind that many diseases and things that are detrimental to other health.
However, mothers need not feel worried, because the bacteria are referred to in the title above is a good bacteria or better known as probiotics.
Due to the many benefits of these bacteria, often stated that good bacteria is the first gift given by the mother on the child since its birth, either through the womb, the birth, or breastfeeding.
SStarted in the birth process, when the baby moves from the almost sterile womb to the outside environment through a process involving contraction and time-consuming enough. At that moment, he is naturally in contact with mothers of normal microflora and then began developing microflora in the intestines and digestive tract.
After being born with a safe, child generally has a sterile gastrointestinal tract conditions. Cries first are the early sign of bacterial colonization. Even in the normal birth process, the colonization of the gastrointestinal tract can be realized thanks to the children of bacteria that come from contact with the birth canal.
Meanwhile, the baby who had been given breast milk, the dominant bacterial colonization by bifidobacteria than harmful bacteria.
The phrase for this which states that the milk was sterile, had been broken by the results of research which found that in breast milk that are from probiotics and Lactobacillus bifidobakterium group, which when consumed will reproduce in the gut and health impact.
One of the benefits of helping your child establishes the flora in the digestive tract so it can cope with the harmful bacteria that can cause indigestion and to stimulate and maintain stamina.
Not only that, probiotics can be used as prevention and treatment of acute diarrhea caused by intestinal infection. Other studies have even proved beneficial probiotics to prevent skin allergies (atopic dermatitis) and can not stand milk sugar or lactose intolerance.
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Sunday, July 18th, 2010
By the time children grow and develop from infants to toddlers, we often face the dilemma. Their nutritional needs increase, but instead decrease appetite. Obviously this is worrying, because we all know that food is essential for growth and development.
Hard time eating is normal part infancy. At this age, their growth is not as fast as a baby. Added weight also decreased. Plus, they also started to become active. They often can not be silent, let alone to eat. Ways to help them eat can vary but give them a “snack” healthy throughout the day is better than forcing them to eat three times a day on a regular basis with large portions.
Infants and children from ages 1-3 years old require about 1000-1300 calories per day. To meet this need, it’s better if we let them choose their own way of eating. What is important is that we prepare a healthy diet and appropriate for them. They often prefer to eat only one food a lot, and because this is normal, we better have a goal to give them a balanced nutritional meals per-week rather than per-day.
Another way is to give them something to eat at a table and chairs for children, where their feet do not have to rely on a chair hanging like an adult. Maybe sitting at a table and chairs for children are not comfortable for us, but for the small, they would prefer to eat if their feet could hit the floor and they felt they could control their dinner table.
Also, give them food with small portions. At the age of the children, they have not been able to eat normal portions like we are adults. We can also ask his brother, or older friends to eat with them. Toddlers want to imitate the older kids and when he saw a friend or sister to eat, he would be interested in eating well.
They can also be asked to menyicipi at least one or two bites of food. In this way, without forcing, they can try on different types of food so we know what food they prefer. However, make sure the foods that we provide is healthy food, like vegetables and fruits instead of sugary snacks that high can damage their body organ development.
And of course, to ensure adequate nutritional needs of children in times of trouble eat this, complete with giving them two to three glasses of milk a nutritious complete and balanced. With this, we meet nutritional needs but without making them increasingly refusing food because it felt too forced.
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
When your baby has one year of age, your baby can join you at the dinner table. He can be given a menu of food that you cook for the family. And do not forget to create a pleasant dining atmosphere for you and your baby.
If the 12-month-old baby, you’re able to take meals together, especially to enjoy the menu which is available on the table. Because he already has a near-perfect dining skills as adults. However, you must still provide foods that are easily chewed and swallowed up well in his first two years. Because the tools and digestive systems are still “learning.”
Teach early healthy eating habits: a regular diet and eat foods with a composition that varies every day. Although there are several problems that will arise and test your patience, for example, your baby will be picking his favorite food appropriate. But with healthy habits, you will more easily help your child deal with eating problems. Even with regular eating patterns, you can prevent your baby’s eating problems.
Serve the vegetables in the form of a funny and interesting so that your baby happy while eating. Also provided cutlery funny and easy to use as he tried to eat his own skills. Also create an atmosphere of excitement and fun for children while they eat. Thus, for children to eat is a routine activity that is important and fun.
Give attention to the following:
* Wash hands before cooking, and take care of hand hygiene for preparing baby food.
* Differentiate cutting boards for raw meat with vegetables, fruits and cooked meat to be treated, to prevent bacterial contamination of raw meat.
* Sterilize infant feeding equipment by boiling water and dry with a clean tissue. Avoid cloth napkins that could be storing bacteria.
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