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The following menus are suggested:
ONE-YEAR OLDS6 a.m. — Glass of milk. This will keep him quiet while his mother prepares breakfast for the rest of the family.
7 a.m. — Breakfast with the family: Oatmeal or rice or bread broken into small pieces and soaked in milk or puto with margarine; soft-boiled egg.
10 a.m. — Mid-morning snack of fruit juice before or after his bath; then he takes his morning nap.
1 p.m. — Lunch consisting of broth with added strained vegetables like kangkong or camote tops, squash, chayote, etc.; scrapped beef or flaked fish; banana or papaya.
3 p.m. — Cup of milk before he takes his second nap.
6 p.m. — Supper of rice with broth, a little mashed vegetable, flaked fish, scraped fruit. One glass of milk before going to bed at night.
Two-year olds can be given more solid foods that can be chewed with their molars. At this time, the child shows a desire to feed himself, using his fingers. Cut up the vegetables and the meat or the fish (deboned) into small pieces that he can pick up with his fingers and pop into his mouth.
TABLE MEALS
When he wants to use spoon and fork, place the food in a small bowl so that he can push the bit of food against the side of the bowl and thus be able to pick it up with the spoon. The child will no longer want to take a nap in the morning but he will become sleepy before lunch time so it is advisable to give him his lunch early.
He can join the family at the table for meals which may consist of the following:
7 a.m. — Breakfast: fruit in season, crisp pinipig with milk or toasted bread soaked in milk, and a soft-boiled egg (never fried).
10 a.m. — Orange or calamansi juice with a piece of cracker.
11 a.m. — Lunch of rice, broth with vegetables (chopped), ground meat ball, banana, a bit of candy.
3 p.m. — Merienda of glass of milk with a small sandwich.
7 p.m. — Supper of rice, broth with vegetables or an egg, mashed yellow camofe with a little milk and sugar.
Glass of milk before going to bed.
It is desirable and convenient to the child to develop good eating habits at an early stage,
These rules can help the child go through the routine:
Wash hands and face (especially after playing outside and he perspires) before sitting down to eat. Eat slowly and chew the food well. Eat what is placed before him. Drink a glass of water after each meal but not to wash down food with water. Rest after each meal instead of rushing out to play
On her part, the mother should see to it that meals are served at regular times, that the meals are well-planned and well-served.
In between-meal snacks should be nutritious and served also at regular times.
Very often a young child does not know that he is hungry but unconsciously shows it by being irritable. Insist that even a snack of a glass of calamansi juice and a cracker are eaten inside the house and with the child sitting down so that he has a chance to rest from play.
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1. Breast size has no bearing at all on the ability of a woman to breastfeed her baby. Women with small breasts sometimes produce more milk than those with full heavy breasts consisting mostly of fatty tissues.
The milk is formed in the glandular tissues that develop during pregnancy and passes to the small sacs in the breasts and out through the nipples.
2. Ask your obstetrician or nurse what to do to prepare the breasts, especially the nipples, during pregnancy, to avoid sore nipples later on. ^? ; ^^"^
3. If you will deliver your baby in a hospital, ask your doctor if your baby can be brought to you for nursing as soon as possible, instead of being given a bottle as practiced in most if not all hospitals.
It is believed that the watery fluid called colostrum which precedes milk provides the infant a natural immunity from many infections. The colostrum also serves as a milk laxative that cleans out the first stool or bowel movement the baby passes out after birth.
4. Even if you cannot continue breastfeeding your baby, breastfeed him while you can or during the rest in bottle feeding to give you that wonderful feeling of holding him close to you while feeding him.
Some working mothers give their babies their breasts when they are at home at night to make up for their absence during the day.
5. The baby's nursing stimulates the flow of milk more than anything else. A baby may nurse frequently (every two hours) at first but will later -prolong the intervals between feedings.
When he is about one month or six weeks old, he may even want to nurse all the time, apparently sensing that to get more milk, he must nurse harder and more frequently for two days until the supply of milk has built up or stabilized to satisfy him. Avoid rushing the nursing process and let the baby set his own schedule.
6. The best nursing position is lying down with two pillows to prop you up. Or sit down on a comfortable chair (the rocking chair is better), holding your baby in your arms.
Relax and rest while nursing your baby. Offer one breast first and let the baby suck for eight to 10 minutes, then offer the other breast. It will take the baby more time to empty the second breast.
Both breasts must be emptied or they will be painfully gorged and less milk will be produced because there will be less room for it.
If the baby falls asleep before he is fully satisfied or before the breast he is sucking is completely emptied, tap one of his feet or pinch his cheeks gently to awaken him.
If the baby fails to empty both breasts- despite all your efforts to make him continue to suck, it may be necessary to express the milk by hand or by using a breast pump (mamador).
Ask a nurse to show you the right technique in letting the milk out of your engorged breasts without too much pain.
Do not pull the baby's mouth or lips from your nipple. Instead, press the breast nearest the baby's mouth to release the suction and thus avoid tugging the nipple and making it sore.
To prevent the cracking of the nipples, hold the baby in a different nursing position each feeding session so that the nipples will crease in different directions.
Do not wash nipples with alcohol or water before feeding time; this may eliminate the naturally secreted oils that protect the nipples from drying up; daily bathing is enough for overall body cleanliness.
7. Ask your doctor what to eat'after delivering your baby if you plan to nurse him. As a rule, your diet should be the same as during your pregnancy, with more intake of milk and protein foods.
In the rural areas, clams with malunggay or sili leaves are given to nursing mothers to enable them to have more milk.
Your doctor may prescribe iron tablets or vitamin preparations. You must ask for his advice before taking any drugs.
8. Tension and other emotional problems and fatigue can reduce milk production of nursing mothers. So the best rule for a nursing mother to follow is to just relax and don't make yourself too tired.
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1. Do keep up a life of your own. Take your baby-siting with you while he's small. Or have Grandma or Auntie baby-sit for you. Your baby is better off with a happy mother than a bored, housetied one.
2. Don't treat his sleep time as creeping about time or you'll just train him to wake at the least sound.
3. Make full use of the family planning services. It's bad for both you and your baby if you have another one too soon.
4. Never waste time pot training in the first year because a baby hasn't conscious control of bladder and bowels until he's 15 months.
5. Be relaxed about -weight gain. There's no need to weigh him regularly, except for curiosity, unless the doctor says otherwise.
6. Don't keep trying different brands of dried milk if your baby has feeding problems. The trouble is more likely to be how the feed is given. Ask your pediatrician.
7.Be prepared for emotional reactions from your family. Husbands can suffer jealously of a new baby. Grandparents, too, can be difficult!
8. Don't be made miserable by these reactions. Talk about your feelings honestly with the people you love, to sort things out.
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1. Babies are not born with bad habits.
2. While there are approximate expected ages when babies can accomplish some activities like using the spoon, drinking from the cup, sitting on the 'potty,' or calling out when he wants to void urine, not all babies may follow these tables or standards. There may be normal variations. It is observed that children may not be ready to be trained at the same age. ...
3. A child is not ready for training until he has reached a certain stage of physical, mental and emotional development.
4. Therefore parents need not "expect too much" nor "too soon."
5. Scolding, embarrassing or nagging will not hasten what parents expect.
6. Some upsetting or frightening experience may delay or put a setback to baby's training. Examples are the departure of a close member of the family or even a maid;
an illness; an accident.
7. Discontinue trying a procedure if it proves to be tedious or uninteresting or annoying; then try again later.
8. Expressions or words of disappointment or displeasure may be discouraging to the child and he may detect or sense it, no matter how small he may be.
9. Conversely, cheerful encouraging words or actions may help the child to do better.
10. Pampering and giving in to the child's wishes and whims may delay control of his bowels or bladder.
11. An understanding, sympathetic, reasonable guidance is
important.
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WHEN feeding the baby —
1. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water before starting to prepare the milk formula.
2. Prepare enough formula for only one feeding at a time when storage facilities are
not available.
3. Use sterile feeding bottles and rubber nipples. The bottles should have been boiled 15 minutes, and the rubber nipples for 5 minutes. If available, a sterilizing solution may be used instead.
4. Use boiled water for the formula mixture.
5. Never leave the rubber nipples exposed to flies. Cover them with a nipple cap or a clean piece of cloth when not in use.
6. Wash the feeding bottle and the rubber nipples immediately after use, so that they do not attract flies.
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