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Infant Nutrition up to 1 Year
Introducing New Foods
4-6 months: solid foods
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Baby should sit upright
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Start with rice cereal
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Mix with formula or breast milk
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Adds extra nutrition
Feed with spoon, never put in bottle
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Choking hazard
Usually spit out food
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Feeding reflex
Vegetables, then Fruits
Likeability Factor
 Vegetables first
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Fruits after vegetables
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Bland in taste
Sweet taste
1 food at a time
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At least 3 days
Allergy Concerns
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Introduce single ingredient foods
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Helps identify reactions
Possible food allergies
Examples
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Rash
Increase in gas
Fussiness after eating
Diarrhea
Safety with Baby Food
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Wash lids before opening jars
Spoon out small portion from the jar to
another bowl to feed from
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bacteria from saliva contaminates the leftover
food
Only exception: baby eats whole jar
Weaning
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Introduce sippy cup around 6 months
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If giving, juice, start cup
100% fruit juice
Dilute with water
Should be completely weaned from bottle
by 1 year
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Decrease dependence
Decrease baby bottle tooth decay
Signs for Weaning
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Playing or looking around while drinking from
bottle
Pushing bottle away
Preferring to eat from spoon
Self Feeding
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8-10 months start to eat with fingers and
reach for spoon
Provide finger foods
Can introduce utensils
Self Feeding Safety
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Cut food in small pieces
Give few pieces at a time
Easy to break up with little to no chewing
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Dry toast, cereal, bananas, small pieces of
chicken
Choking hazards:
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Nuts, peanut butter, grapes, candy, chips,
pretzels, popcorn, cut up raw vegetables
Nutritional Concerns
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Bottle-fed babies are more likely overfed
than breastfed babies
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Urge to finish bottle
Breastfeeding, the baby stops when full
Enough calories needed for rapid growth
Foods need protein, iron, vitamins B, C, D
Easy to digest
Adequate amounts of liquid