FROM BIRTH TO SOLIDS AND BEYOND - TOP 10 FOODS TO FEED BABY MEAL PLANS FOR EVERY STAGE
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TOP 10 FOODS
TO FEED BABY
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FROM BIRTH
TO SOLIDS AND
BEYOND
MEAL PLANS FOR
EVERY STAGE
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
All you need to know about nutrition to give your baby the
very best start to life as you can
04 A good start
08 Expressing your milk Your Baby Feeding Guide is
12 Don’t do it produced by Media24 and
16 Is baby ready? sponsored by Purity
18 Introducing solids
24 Stages of feeding Editor Helen Schöer
26 Top 10 foods Art Director Denise Khoele
28 Testing the water Sales Pinpoint 011 454 6051/2
30 Daily feeding guidelines
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FEEDING GUIDE 2018 | 3BREASTFEEDING
A GOOD START
Getting breastfeeding right can take a bit of practice
IN THE FIRST YEAR, your baby is going hour, not only for bonding, but also
to grow faster than at any other time for that very first feed. This is because
of his life. His birth weight will have your baby’s sucking reflex is strongest
doubled after about five months and at this time. If your baby does not latch
will have tripled by his first birthday. In straight away, don’t panic. There is no
order for this to happen, your baby needs rush, especially with a full term, healthy
appropriate nutrition. baby. Having your newborn skin-to-skin
The World Health Organisation for as long as possible straight after
recommends exclusive breastfeeding for birth sets the foundations for successful
the first six months of a baby’s life. This breastfeeding in the future.
is because breastmilk provides your baby
with the right amount of calories, protein, GET A GRIP – A GOOD GRIP
fats and carbohydrates that he needs for One of the fundamentals of successful
optimal growth. In South Africa, many breastfeeding is getting your baby to latch
moms start their babies on solids much correctly – an incorrect latch can mean a
earlier for various misinformed reasons. lot of nipple pain and an irritable, hungry
This is a dangerous practice which could baby: never a good combination. Some
lead to immediate health problems. babies get the hang of it straight away
Experts agree that 17 weeks is the earliest and others need a little bit of help. An
you should consider solids, and then only effective latch is a deep latch, where your
on the advice of your doctor. baby’s mouth opens wide enough to get
a large amount of the areola – the darker
KEYS TO SUCCESS circle of skin around the nipple – in. Help
There are three key steps to breastfeeding your baby to latch well by holding him
triumph: getting off to a good start, close to your body with his tummy facing
latching correctly, and positioning. yours: tummy to tummy, and his nose
level with your nipple. Then, support
THE GOLDEN HOUR your breast, holding it well back from the
As long as there are no medical areola, while gently tickling his upper lip
complications, your baby is ready to feed with your nipple until his mouth opens
immediately after birth and most babies up wide, like he is yawning. When he
will almost always latch onto your breast does, pull him in chin first, quick and
within the first hour of life. In fact, the close so that he takes in as much of your
best start is to place your baby skin-to- breast as possible.
skin on your chest between your breasts You will know that your baby has a
(tummy to mommy) as soon as he is born. good grip if he does not need to turn his
Many practitioners call this the magic head while he is feeding; his chin touches
4 | YOUR BABY 2018BREASTFEEDING
THE LIVING FOOD
Yes, breast is best for your baby, but
why? Not only is it always at the right
temperature, comes mixed in sterile
“containers” and is available whenever
it is demanded, but it is also the perfect
food: it is a living food. Breastmilk has
just the right amount of protein, water,
essential fats and sugars to meet your
baby’s nutritional requirements: he
does not need anything else for the first
six months of his life. And breastmilk
has other health boosting benefits too.
Scientists have discovered close to 200
compounds in breastmilk that fight
infection, help the immune system
mature, aid digestion and support
brain growth. The amazing thing about
breastmilk is that it changes and adjusts
its nutritional content to meet your
baby’s changing needs. So, for example,
on a very hot day your breastmilk will
contain more water to quench your
baby’s thirst and prevent dehydration,
or it creates immune protection based
on whatever germs or viruses you have
been exposed to.
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