GROUP

DIET DURING
INFANCY
DIMAANO, EVANGELISTA, FERRER SECTION 2
Contents
Importance of food during infancy

Breast milk

Infant formula

Feeding schedule

Consuming solid food

Importance of Food
Nutrients for babies to grow
Infancy is a time of rapid growth,
and to keep them healthy:
development, and activity, therefore
Calcium
proper nutrition is essential. Fat
Folate
Iron
Protein and carbohydrates
Zinc
 Breast milk

Breast milk
Nutrient Content
• Promotes bonding Mother's nutrition
Breast milk is the best

The mother's vitamin

food for infants younger • Stimulates milk Protein intake directly affects
than 6 months. It contains production
the ideal balance of Fats the quantity and types of

nutrients in a readily Carbohydrates vitamins in breast milk.

•Minimize infant allergic
digestible form.
reaction.
 UNTIL WHAT AGE SHOULD THE
BREASTFEEDING WILL CONTINUE?

Breastfeeding can continue until 12 months

Breastfeeding also may protect children from sudden infant death
syndrome (SIDS), diabetes, obesity, and asthma.
Breastfeeding also helps lower a woman's risk of diseases like
breast cancer
high blood pressure
diabetes
heart disease
 Breastfeeding positions
Cradle hold
 Breastfeeding positions
Football hold
 Breastfeeding positions
Side lying hold
 Breastfeeding positions
Laid-back hold
Feeding schedule
In the first few weeks of life, breastfeeding should be
"on demand".
Newborns should not go more than about 4 hours without
feeding, even overnight.

Bottle-fed infants are usually fed at 3- to 4-hour intervals.

Breast-fed infants may require feedings at 2- to 3-hour

intervals because breast milk is more easily digested.
Advantages of breast milk
Physiological Benefits
✓ Promotes uterine involution.
✓ Decreases risk of postpartum
hemorrhage.
✓ Increases period of postpartum
anovulation.
✓ Natural child spacing since
breastfeeding delays ovulation. This is
called Lactation Amenorrhea Method
(LAM).
✓ Decreases the risk of breast cancer,
ovarian cancer and hip and bone
fractures.
✓ Breastfeeding makes it easier for
night feeds.
Psychological Benefits
✓ Promotes attachment between the
mother and child.
✓ Increases self-esteem to mothers.
✓ Allows daily rests for mothers.
Financial Benefits
✓ Breastfeeding can save as much as
P2000 a month when compared to
using other milks.
✓ Reduces time lost from work.
Mothers do not have to absent
themselves from work because
breastfed babies are less likely to get
sick.
✓ Reduces cost for medicines for sick
baby because breastfed infants do not
get sick easily.
Breast feeding vs Formula milk

Breast Feeding Formula Milk

- has antibodies; no bacteria
- foodstuffs in correct proportions
- no risk of allergic reaction - less painful
- correct to - other people can feed baby
Advantages - no additives/ preservatives
- may containl supplement vitamins,
- builds mother-child bond minerals.
- no cost; no preparation
- breast-feeding triggers reduction of uterus size

- may be painful - more likely to develop illness (diarrhoea,

urine infection...)
Disadvantages - mother needs to be present - risks of wrong mixture
- damage beauty - expensive
ADDING SOLID FOODS

When to begin adding solid food?

Addition of solid food at about 5 to 6 months

tongue extrusion reflex
Only small amounts are offered at first (1 teaspoonful).
Single-ingredient foods are introduced
Fruit juices
 Sample of solid food for
6 months to 2 years old

Rice cereal Fruits

Vegetables Beans
Conclusion
Optimal breastfeeding is so critical that it could
save the lives of over 820 000 children under the
age of 5 years each year
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth;
exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life;
and

Introduction of nutritionally-adequate and safe

complementary (solid) foods at 6 months together with
continued breastfeeding up to 2 years of age or beyond.
Could Save infant
about Breastmilk

1.Breastmilk as treatment for eye sore

2.Breastfeeding is easy.
3.It’s usual for breastfeeding to hurt – sore nipples are inevitable.
4.You should wash your nipples before breastfeeding.
5.You should separate a newborn and mother to let the mother rest.
6.You should only eat plain food while breastfeeding.
7. Exercise will affect the taste of your milk.
8. You won’t be able to breastfeed unless you do it straight away.
9. You can never use formula if you want to breastfeed.
10. Many mothers can’t produce enough milk.

11. You shouldn't breastfeed if you’re sick.

12. You can’t take any medication if you’re breastfeeding.
13. Babies who have been breastfed are clingy.
14. It’s hard to wean a baby if you breastfeed for more than a year.
15. If you go back to work, you’ll have to wean your baby.
 Ang Philippine Milk Code

ay nagsusulong para sa safe infant and young child feeding sa pamamagitan ng edukasyon at pagbabawal ng marketing o
advertising ng mga produktong pamalit sa breastmilk, complementary food, mga feeding bottles, at mga tsupon. Tinitiyak din
ng Milk Code ang mga pamantayan para sa kaledad at labelling ng produktong sakop nito ay masusunod, para sa kaligtasan ni
baby.
 References
https://www.unicef.org/parenting/food-nutrition/14-myths-about-breastfeeding?
fbclid=IwAR3zAitz8jamE1WeK5mkyaGWf4HS5v_g-3qdqLp-hNy5HQxUaJ0dr7UjmRI
https://www.nhs.uk/start4life/baby/feeding-your-baby/breastfeeding/how-to-breastfeed/breastfeeding-
positions/?fbclid=IwAR1Bz2mC5V4-UU4fLrpR1DWFihcqLd4J5lnP7PrbKn1EzE9Wws9SIlO3ss4
Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, 8th edition - Leifer
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