Kariza M.

Perdido BSN 2 SECTION 1

Activity # 2         
 

Topic:              Meals for Infants

Infancy is the first year of life and the period of most rapid growth after birth. As a toddler,
humans develop motor skills, such as the ability to walk, and communication skills. Adolescence is an
important period in terms of physical, mental, emotional, and social changes.

Objectives:

1.      Provide nutritional base for rapid growth and development of the child during the first year of life

2.      Establish the foundation for good food habits and attitudes

Evaluation:

1.      An eight month old baby girl, who weighs 7 kgs. The baby is receiving breast milk and
complimentary feeding. Make sample recipes of nutritious meals for infants.

Recipe 1 Recipe 2 Recipe 3

Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Ingredients: Ingredients: Ingredients:

 Multi-vegetable puree -  Broccoli soup  Chicken broccoli millet

Potato butter, onion, 3 cloves garlic, 1.8 oz chicken dark and/or white
broccoli, salt and pepper meat, without skin and bone
Peas
▢½ cup broccoli florets
Carrot ect. And water
▢1 tbsp millet

▢2 tbsp water

▢½ tsp olive oil

Mashed banana  Mashed avocado Mashed papaya

Milk  Milk  Milk

     

     

Procedure: Procedure: Procedure:

 1. cook the vegetables in a
pressure cooker or steam or
bake until they are soft and
tender
1. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in
a medium stock pot over medium
heat. Saute onion and celery until
tender. Add broccoli and broth,
cover, and simmer for 10 minutes
1. Place the chicken and broccoli
onto a baking tray and drizzle
with olive oil before putting them
into the oven for 20-30 min

2. transfer the vegetable and
the stock to a blender and
blend them till they rich
consistency
2. Pour the soup into a blender, 2. While baking, place the millet
filling the pitcher no more than into a pot with water and bring it
halfway full. Hold down the lid of to a boil. Once boiled, cover and
the blender with a folded kitchen simmer until the millet fully
towel, and carefully start the absorbs the water
blender, using a few quick pulses
to get the soup moving before
leaving it on to puree. Puree in
batches until smooth and pour
into a clean pot. Alternatively, you
can use an immersion blender
and puree the soup right in the
cooking pot

3. add some boiled water,
breast milk or formula to
further thin the consistency
of the puree if required
3. Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a 3. Once baked slice the chicken
small saucepan over medium to into small pieces (the size of a
medium-low heat; stir in flour and baby's pinky fingernail), same
add milk. Stir until thick and with broccoli. Or you can puree if
bubbly, and add to soup. Season preferred.
with pepper and serve

4. mashed the banana 4. mashed the avocado 4. mashed the papaya

2.      Come up with your own versions of complementary foods for infants which are affordable and
nutritious (lunch meal).

Lunch meal
Meat vegetable puree
Mashed avocado
Milk

3.      Discuss case assessment and tray presentation in Word Format giving emphasis on the rationale of
diet given

4.      Submit individual worksheet  @ LMS

Questions for Discussion:

1. What are some nutritional concerns during infancy?
Avoid cow's milk before age 1 because it lacks essential nutrients and is indigestible by infants.
Honey should not be given to infants under the age of one because it may contain bacteria that
might cause botulism in them.

2.      What do infants need in their diet?

 Baby needs to eat regularly throughout the day in little portions of soft, nutritious food because
they have a small stomachs. Feed your child a variety of foods every day, focusing on animal
foods (dairy, eggs, meat, fish, and poultry), fruits, and vegetables in addition to grains and
tubers.