Basics Of Baby Food

 

How often should I feed my baby?

As with breastfeeding , experts also agree that there should be no timetable for the first few weeks. Habits will show themselves after a month or two by itself. Give your baby at first either every two or three hours on the bottle or if he seems hungry. Most children require approximately every two to three hours, the breast / bottle. If the baby weighs 4.5 pounds, it takes about 700 ml of milk per day, spread over at least eight servings. That is, they get four to eight meals. After about two to three weeks, the amount consumed is at about 100 - 150 ml per meal (depending on how often it gets a bit). Do not force your baby to drink when it is full. Your midwife will tell you how much your baby needs with increasing age and weight. (For more information about the amount of baby food can be found here .)

Do I need to sterilize the bottles?

Yes, and before using bottles and teats for the first time and every time they have been used. Wash everything thoroughly and sterilize everything thoroughly . Use a steam or microwave steriliser or use a sterilizing solution. It goes well when you boil the bottle - bottle and teat place for at least ten minutes in boiling water. It is important that they then use a clean dish towel dried , since bacteria and fungi like warm and humid climate and quick to do otherwise would be wide.

How do I prepare infant formula?

Carefully follow the instructions on the package. Use boiled, cooled water. Fill the bottle up to the mark. Measure the milk powder with the scoop provided by the manufacturer from. Using a knife, you can wipe off excess powder from the spoon, press it firmly but not here. Enter lock the food to the water in the bottle, this well with suction cups and lids and shake everything well. Do not succumb to the temptation to add extra scoops of milk powder - this could be your baby get sick.

Once chilled bottle of milk is not heated again be - you pour any remaining away! If you want to prepare bottles, it's best to fill a thermos with hot water and then stir the food as needed so fresh.

What should I look for when buying?

When buying, you should note in particular the age specified on the package. If you want to or can not breastfeed, infant formula is (Pre 1), the only alternative to breast milk (or HA in allergiegefärdeten children). Follow-on formula is tailored to the needs of babies from Beikostalter. It is recommended to feed your child during the first six months of nothing else, before you introduce additional foods . There is an EC Directive on infant formula, to which all manufacturers must hold. Many have adapted even to the most recent changes to the regime, which from 31 December 2009 applies. This involves, among other things, the calories contained. In infant formulas the calorie content of the new Directive 60-70 kcal / per 100 ml (according to the old 60 - 75 kcal) and follow-on formulas 60 - 70 kcal (formerly 60-80 kcal). Infant formula and follow-on formulas also differ in composition, especially in iron content. However, you can also buy more safe for the time being the "old" packets, use and consume - but from 1.1.2010, these disappear from the shelves of supermarkets. confusing at first glance to be on the packaging labels and abbreviations for the parents. The significance of the individual labels are and what the individual ingredients are good, you can see in the following table.

Abbreviation	Term / substance	What is it found?
HA	hypoallergenic	for allergy-prone infants, contained protein is broken down, so allergens, although not suitable for diagnosis of cow's milk allergy
LCP/LC-PUFA	long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids	for the development of the brain, nervous system and eyesight
Probiotics	Lactic acid cultures	Promoting a healthy intestinal flora, to regulate the digestion, strengthen the immune system
Prebiotics	prebiotic dietary fiber	Promoting a healthy intestinal flora, to regulate the digestion, strengthen the immune system
GOS / FOS (Prebiotikamischung)	Galacto-und Fructooligosaccharide	Promoting a healthy intestinal flora, to regulate the digestion, strengthen the immune system
Bullfighting	Bullfighting	to support the development of the brain, for the formation of bile acids
Nucleotides	Nucleotides	important for the immune system and for the maturation of the intestinal mucosa

The benefits of breastfeeding

At first glance it may seem as if breastfeeding is cumbersome and complicated and is associated with an infinite number of prohibitions: While breast-feeding should continue to pay attention to the young mother's diet may drink little or no alcohol and not eating as sharp as possible. But these limitations are faced with great benefits: breastfeeding is healthier, cheaper, and promotes the development of better than bottle feeding. Not only the baby, the mother also benefits from breastfeeding.

What are the benefits of breastfeeding for my baby?

Breast milk contains thousands of substances that are necessary for the development of the baby. These include growth factors, immune substances and vitamins. The bottle-feeding offers far fewer different ingredients. In addition, the mixture of breast milk is perfectly adapted to the needs of your baby, and thus also well tolerated. In the period between birth and the fourth month, the mother's milk contains everything your baby needs. The composition varies not only in the transition from colostrum (first milk that is produced in the mother's breast) for real milk. In the further course of months, the milk composition changes constantly. Two factors contribute to your baby now or later weight problems get. On the one hand there is the limited amount of breast milk never a risk of overfeeding. If you ensure that your baby at the breast, only a limited amount of milk per feeding is available, never a danger of over-feeding the child, and therefore no risk of being overweight. In addition, breast milk contains the hormone leptin - it is important for fat metabolism and signal the body when one is tired. Among the substances in breast milk include antibodies, which protect against infection. Inflammation of the intestine, respiratory tract and urinary tract are less common in breastfed babies than in bottle-fed children. In addition, it is rare to middle ear infections and meningitis (bacterial meningitis). Substances from bend in the breast milk allergies and asthma. After several studies have demonstrated time and again, the World Health Organization recommends, among other things, for this reason, four to six months exclusive breastfeeding. In further studies, the more breast milk health benefits for the baby. According to the results of American doctors from St. George Hospital in Tooting, breastfed babies have healthier hearts than adults, and lower cholesterol levels. This seems to prove that the course is set for blood lipid levels in very young age. In addition, breastfed babies rarely develop caries, because breast milk does not contain sucrose. Also, the physical and mental development of children is promoted through breastfeeding. When a newborn baby by sucking the development of the jaw muscles can be strengthened. At the same time, the baby must be drinking at the breast and strain his brain more than the sucking on the bottle. Wissenschaflter have found through testing that in bottles babies while drinking two main trunk nerves are active in nursing babies, it is eight. also suggest further studies indicate that certain fatty acids promote in breast milk, the brain development - in studies in Denmark showed breastfed babies as adults, a higher IQs than babies who have grown up with the bottle.

Choosing the best formula milk for your baby

Nothing can replace everything seamlessly delivering breast milk, however, not all children have it for various reasons, the most common: the absence of milk in the mother, decreased mobility and consequently insufficient quantity and quality for the baby, the need for nutritional supplements when the child suffers from deficiencies in this area, the importance of some nutrients and immediate support of the formulas when premature babies, and the treatment of severe reflux in the child. In all these cases, the supply circuit first priority is the formula, so the choice of the best and most suitable for the child is essential.
Types of formulas
Depending on the age of baby milk formulas that are designed to meet specific needs. Thus, Home, cover the nutritional requirements of healthy infants up to 6 months and can then be used to supplement other food until old.
Then there are the Continuation Milk Formulas, which are recommended after six months of age as a complementary part of a mixed supply.
In addition to the above, there are those formulas on the market created for special dietary use in specific alterations, such as premature babies, those who were intolerant to lactose (maternal formulas) in those with atopic diseases and inborn errors of metabolism, among others. In the above cases, the ideal is to be sold by prescription because it is therapeutic formulas.
Standards for components
While these vary slightly from country to country, we will build on this opportunity in what he says the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (SEGNP) about what the minimum and maximum levels for much of the necessary components to meet the nutritional requirements of infants.
In their publications, both companies would think it desirable to use liquid whole milk, evaporated or powdered infant feeding in less than six months old, due to its high concentration of protein, saturated fat and low in carbohydrates, specifically lactose.
However, if used in infants under six months of age requires the addition of 5 to 10 percent sucrose or dextrinomaltose.
As for proteins, Home Formulas (FLI) should provide a contribution of protein to ensure proper weight gain and linear growth similar to that of a breast fed baby. It is estimated that the protein requirement is not greater than 1.6 g/100 kcal.
Carbohydrates are another important point and are represented by lactose. Digestion and absorption of this takes place in the small intestine where it is hydrolyzed by enzyme lactase to the monosaccharides glucose and galactose. It is important, therefore, that less than six months, the lactose is the sole carbohydrate and did not include sucrose ideally beyond the year.
Fat is another important element, because they provide nearly 50 percent of calories and is a nutrient essential for proper development of the central nervous system and vehicle for the absorption of fat soluble.
Therefore, in Formulae Milk Start should not be absent and ideally its source must be of vegetable oil. To this, Milk Formulas generally add a vitamin supplement, inorganic nutrients, iron, zinc and nucleotides, among others.

Discovered high levels of arsenic in baby formula

The researchers highlighted the situation as "particularly worrying for babies" because of their vulnerability to the toxic effects of arsenic.

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• High contents of arsenic, carcinogenic chemical commonly found in rice, were found in several types of cereals and infant formula milk. Special Photo

Atlanta, United States. - High contents of arsenic, carcinogenic chemical commonly found in rice, were found in several types of cereals and formula milk for babies who use organic brown rice syrup as a sweetener, according to a Dartmouth College study released today.
The report, Published in Journal Environmental Health Perspectives, found that two of the 17 baby formulas which were tested had organic rice syrup as main ingredient and in one case the arsenic concentration level exceeding six times the limit federal.
The government sets a limit 10 parts per billion (ppb) and total arsenic in bottled water or consumption.
The researchers highlighted the situation as "particularly worrying for babies" because of their vulnerability to the toxic effects of arsenic on the relationship between their size and weight and the amount of arsenic consumed.
Also, the study found that 22 of 29 cereal bars or energy bars tested had organic brown rice syrup as a sweetener, rice flour, rice grains or rice flakes among its top five ingredients.
The researchers also analyzed the level of arsenic in energy drinks (in English, "energy shots") and found that one of the three varieties had a total of 84 ppb of arsenic, while the other 2 reached 171 ppb.
The study highlights the need for greater regulation as to the limits of this chemical in food due to the increasing prevalence of hidden arsenic in food.
A recent Consumer Reports study also found elevated levels of arsenic in apple and grape juices.
New legislation introduced in the House of Representatives of the United States last week, seeks to establish limits on levels of arsenic and lead in fruit juices.