Infants: Understanding Growth and Development

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Infants Understanding Growth and Development
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If you could be a baby again you would
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Growth and Development The First Year of Life

• Time of rapid growth and development
• Time to teach good eating habits
• Time to develop positive feelings about food
  and caregivers
• Most infants will triple their birth weight

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Stages in Infant Development and Feeding

• Birth through 3 months
• Breast milk
• OR
• Iron-Fortified infant formula

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Stages in Infant Development and Feeding

• 4 through 7 months
• Breast milk
• OR
• Iron-Fortified infant formula
• Iron-Fortified infant cereal
• Vegetables
• Fruit

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Stages in Infant Development and Feeding

• 8 through 11 months
• Same as 4 through 7 months
• PLUS
• Meat
• Egg yolks

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Infant Development and Feeding

• 11 months
• Finger foods
• Cup

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Tips for Introduction of Solid Foods

• Speak with parents/physician
• Start slowly
• Only 1 new food every 4-5 days
• Hold baby during feeding
• First food Iron-Fortified infant rice cereal

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Tips for Introduction of Solid Foods

• Use single-ingredient foods
• Read food labels
• Avoid desserts
• Avoid foods that can choke infants

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Tips for Introduction of Solid Foods
Always wash your hands and the infants hands
BEFORE and AFTER feeding.
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Feeding Commercially Prepared Baby Food

• Wash hands
• Listen for the pop
• Remove food from jar
• Throw away leftovers in dish
• Refrigerate food left in jar

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Infant Feeding Jeopardy

• Knowledge Categories
• CACFP Infant Meal Pattern
• Introduction of Solid Foods
• Using Commercially
• Prepared Food

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Infant Feeding Jeopardy
CACFP Infant Meal Pattern
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Infant Feeding Jeopardy
Introduction of Solid foods
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Infant Feeding Jeopardy
Commercially Prepared Food
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Dietary Guidelines for Infants

• Build to a variety of foods
• Watch for eating cues
• Infants need fat in moderation
• Infants need fiber in moderation

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Dietary Guidelines for Infants

• Infants need naturally occurring sugars in
  moderation
• Infants need sodium in moderation
• Choose foods with
• iron, zinc, and calcium

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Child Care Providers Make a BIG Difference in
the Health of Babies in their Care!