Complementary feeding

Prepared by: Vheralyn B. Diesta MW 2-1

 Complementary feeding

-AFTER SIX MONTHS OF AGE, ALL BABIES

REQUIRE OTHER FOODS TO COMPLEMENT
BREAST MILK.
Complementary foods should be:

Timely – meaning that they are introduced when the need for
energy and nutrients exceeds what can be provided
through exclusive and frequent breastfeeding.
Adequate – meaning that they provide sufficient energy,
protein
and micronutrients to meet a growing child’s
nutritio-
nal needs.
Safe – meaning that they are hygienically stored and prepared
and fed with clean hands using clean utensils and not bottles
and teats.
Properly fed – meaning that they are given consistent with a
child’s signals of hunger and that meal
frequency
and feeding methods are suitable for the child’s
age.
Low birth weight babies

Means a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams

this includes:
- babies who are born before term
- premature
- babies who are small for gestational age.
Fluid needs of the young child:

Water
- Is good for thirst a variety of pure juices can be used.
Drinks
- That contain a lot of sugar may actually make the child
thirstier as their body has to deal with the extra sugar.
Teas and coffee
- Reduce the iron that is absorbed from foods.
Breast milk and Breastfeeding

Breast milk
- is the best food for the baby from birth up to 6 months.
Give colostrum to the baby
- It prepares your baby’s stomach to digest milk.
- It contains many protective substances against infection.
 Do NOT give plain water, sugared water, chewed sticky rice,
herbal preparations or starve the baby while waiting for the
milk to come in
- Giving feeds other than breast milk will deprive the baby of
needed nutrients and other protective substances from
colostrum.
- Water, chewed sticky rice or herbal preparations may be
contaminated with germs that may cause diarrhea.
- Giving feeds other than breast milk after birth will deprive you
of the crucial time for immediate breastfeeding which will help
to prevent breast problems.

Give only breast milk and no other food or drink to your

baby from birth up to 6 months
- Breast milk will satisfy all the nutrient and fluid needs of your
baby from birth up to 6 months.
- Giving other food and drinks may cause digestion problems
and
infection in the baby and will decrease your milk production.
Breastfeed as often as the baby wants, day and night
- breastfeeding per baby’s demand ensures that he/she gets
sufficient nutrients.
- this is the best stimulus for continued milk production.
Use both breasts alternately at each feeding
- this will prevent engorgement and infection.
Laws that protects infant and young child
feeding:

1. Milk Code (EO 51)

- products covered by milk code consists of breast milk substitutes,
including infant formula; other milk products, foods and beverages,
including bottlefed complementary foods.
2. The rooming in and breastfeeding act of 1992
- requires both public and private health institutions to promote
rooming-in and to encourage, protect, and support the practice of
breastfeeding.
3. Food fortification law or an act establishing the Philippine food
program and for other purposes – food fortification law
(Republic act 8976)
- passed by congress in 2000 declares as a policy that food
fortification is vital in the promotion of optimal health and to
compensate for the loss of nutrients due to processing and/or
storage of food.