Parents often stuff their kids with too much food, including breast milk, which will lead to over loading of the stomach resulting in indigestion and other stomach disorders. The problems include stomach pain, gripping and flatulence. All these problems will wreck the kid’s health and s/he will gradually become a perpetual health case. Only a judicious management of diet will save the kids from overfeeding complaints or minimize the strength of any other side effects.
Hence, the quantity and type of food given to the kids should be age appropriate. Each stage of a kid’s digestive development calls for particular type of food in sufficient quantity. Observant and careful mothers can determine what type and quantity of food their kids are most comfortable with. The quantity and type of food can be changed according to the needs of a growing child.
Also, parents need to follow a systematic plan and stick to a routine with regard to the time and type of feeding. This will enable the mothers to avoid over-feeding their babies. The food must be given slowly and in small quantities at regular intervals to allow the food to get digested properly. These foods should be suitable to the digestive system. If such precautions are taken there will be neither any stomach disorders nor any need for taking medicines which are naturally unsuitable for a baby’s stomach. These types of medications and stomach problems will further worsen the kid’s overall health and wellbeing.
The posture of the kid is also need to be taken into account while feeding for proper intake food and digestion. The head should be raised to a comfortable level on your arm. Once the feeding is over make the kid lie on a bed or take rest on your knee for a time not less than half an hour. This is a type of exercise that helps digestion.
You can add a diet of spoon feeding soft food, properly sieved, after the child begins to get the first of its milk teeth. Once the grinding teeth appear, then the child could be fed with a suitable soft food without sieving. In addition, light beef or chicken soup could be given with an occasional soft boiled egg or bread pudding during dinner time. Soft or solid forms of any animal food such as chicken or beef should not be given to a child without proper teeth. The child will become naturally ready for meat only when the nature gives him/her enough teeth to chew it.
Posted on April 13th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: Baby, Breastfeeding, Child Care, Diet, Toddler
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