Baby Nutrition Care

This article was written by referring to Yahoo Answers.

Many pregnant women are concerning about their pregnancy. A question has been brought up in a discussion :

I’ve been eating cheese and yogurt… and that seems to be fine to eat.
but milk and ice cream kill me!!!
Do I have to make myself drink it for the baby?

Here are the comments and suggestions :

1. If you are lactose intolerant, you can buy soy milk, etc. I also hated milk, not because of intolerance, but just didn’t like it. My Dr. said a quart a day–my solution was to buy something like Nestles Quick and put in my milk. The chocolate taste made it taste good enough for me to drink. It is important for you to get enough calcium while you are pregnant because the baby will take what he/she needs and you could come up short to protect your own bones, teeth, etc. You can also check with your OB/GYN to see if he has any suggestions like taking a calcium supplement, etc.
2. No. You can get calcium from other sources. The reason that cheese and yogurt sit better is because they have enzymes in them that aid in digestion. Pasturized milk and ice cream do not. There are over the counter products that temporarily give you those enzymes and will help you if you want to eat ice cream or drink milk.
   There are some good natural supplements that give you way more calcium than milk. Look up spirulina…it’s an awesome source of calcium!
   P.S. Chocolate and caffiene interfere with your body’s ability to absorb calcium, so if you’re concerned about not getting enough, avoid those.
3. Don’t force yourself to drink milk if you’re lactose intolerant. The yogurt and cheese will help as sources of calcium. You can check with your pracitioner to see if you’re getting enough calcium or not. If not, he/she can prescribe a calcium supplement for you. The biggest problem with too much cheese is constipation.
   Also, Natrel makes a lactose free milk in homo, 1 and 2 percent and skim milk if you’re very concerned about your milk intake.
4. I am lactose intolerant…. you can get lactose free milk if you like it, that being said, I couldn’t even take milk in my TEA (decaf) when I was pregnant – the dairy killed me – lactose intolerance aside, it made me completely nauseous. Go for other calcium rich foods, some vegetables and fruits are loaded with it, and when all else failed (and I could eat again) mac & cheese or grilled cheese sandwiches or yogurt with granola all stood in for milk in a rather large way…
5. No, of course you don’t have to drink milk. (There are many cultures in which animal milk isn’t used at all. Vegans never drink milk.) Making yourself sick by eating a food you can’t tolerate doesn’t help your baby in any way.
   Eat a balanced diet. Include in it whatever dairy products you CAN tolerate (yogurt is usually good for LI folks). If you like milk, you can drink the lactose free type, or take the lactaid pills. But if you don’t like it, a varied diet and your prenatal vitamins will cover all your bases.
   (And, just to clear up one myth, the fact that you are LI doesn’t mean that your baby will be. Infants are never lactose intolerant, so if baby has difficulty with your breastmilk, or with a standard formula, don’t let anyone try to tell you that it’s becuase he’s LI. )
6. No, you don’t. What baby (and you) need is what is found in the milk and ice cream, not the products themselves. Calcium is important for building strong bones in both your quickly growing little one and yourself, but you certainly don’t need to make yourself sick in order to make sure you get enough. Aside from yogurt and cheese (both excellent sources of Calcium), you can take a Calcium supplement. Just be sure to O.K. it with your doctor first. Congratulations on your baby!
7. I’m 36 weeks pregnant and haven’t had cow’s milk for a loooong time =) I do eat cheese and when i can, ice-cream, but i’m a little sensitive to Lactose.. Baby is growing fine and i’ve had no problems at all. I guess the only thing is the calcium. You can get Calcium enriched Soymilk which is what i drink, otherwise i’d say take suppliment pills because your bones/teeth get really weak while pregnant >.< Good luck!
8. Don’t eat something that you have an intolerance to! Stressing your body is the worst possible thing you can do for the baby!
   I would speak to your doctor and maybe have an allergy test. It might be that goats milk works for you. But really, all you need to eat is your normal healthy diet.
9. Cheese and yogurt are a great addition to support your growing fetus. Instead of milk try drinking soy milk. It taste better and it has just about if more nutrients like calcium and vitamin D. Most importantly its great for lactose and tolerant people.
10. You can get calcium from plenty of other sources. Cheese, yogurt, fortified soy milk, fortified tofu, broccoli, dark green leafy vegetables and fortified orange juice all have enough calcium.

This article was written by referring to Yahoo Answers.

Many parents are concerning about their babies. A question has been brought up in a discussion :

Like did you give them rice cereal at morning and night? How many jars of baby food a day did you give them and at what times, do you still give bottles and how many times a day. My doc said shes old enough now to eat rice cereal and then fruits and veggies, but I don’t know the process of how to do it. Please tell me your babys experience, and she is 4 months old.

Here are the comments and suggestions :

1. We started at about 5 1/2 months old with our twins. We did a few spoons of rice cereal mixed with formula at night. We did it about an hour before their last bottle of the day. We did this for a few weeks.
   At 6 months, we added a few spoonfuls (about 1/2 a jar) of veggies to the rice cereal. We started with sweet potatoes, then green beans, squash, peas, carrots . . . alternating our orange and green vegetables. We also stayed with the same vegetable for 3 – 4 days to be sure that there was not an allergic reaction. Our pediatrician actually told us to start with vegetables. Not all kids, but some kids, do not like the vegetables once they have acquired a taste for the sweet fruits.
   After getting through the vegetables and feeling secure that they were not allergic, we added another solid feeding. At noon, which is between their 2nd and 3rd bottle of the day, they have a bit of rice cereal with fruit. We did the same thing with the fruits – tried the same one for 3 – 4 days in a row.
   Some people skip the cereal but our kids like it and it seems to thicken the very watery stage 1 foods.
   Here is their current schedule:
   6:30AM Bottle
   10:00AM Bottle
   Noon – fruit and rice cereal
   2:00PM Bottle
   5:30PM Bottle
   7:30PM – veggies and rice cereal
   8:30PM Bottle and off to bed.
   I would start with one feeding for a while and work your way up to two. We did not discontinue any of their bottles as babies up to a year old should be getting most of their nutrients from either breastmilk or formula.
   Hope this helps!
2. I know that you know that all babies are different and Dr guidelines are well to me just a general outline.
   (My daughter started eating cereal off a spoon at 3 months and at 7 1/2 months she is already on graduates and 3rd.)
   I give her a bottle 4 times a day still. 8oz in the morning when she wakes and right before bed. 6oz thru out the day, and cereal for lunch with a 4 oz bottle and a fruit and veggie. At dinner I let her finish her fruit/veggie (around 5-6) followed with that 8oz around 8pm. She is growing great. And she has fruit juice 2 times a day (3oz)
   I dont do the rice, she does not like it… she seems to like the single grain oatmeal (try if the baby wont take to the rice or mix the cereal with some juice)
   When you do start, wait 4-5 days before introducing new foods, to make sure no allergies. But honestly (Im not gonna say dont listen to the Dr) but I noticed my baby stayed hungry from their guides.
   7 1/2 months old 16lbs.
   *at 5 months I introduced a juice sippy*
   Good luck.
3. I would feed my baby as often as he seemed hungry. I actually made sure that I waited until he was able to hold up his head on his own in order to start giving him cereal and stage 1 baby foods in order to make sure he didn’t choke and as soon as I noticed that he was eating so much food and not having any problem swallowing or digesting it (also making sure you notice any changes in the stool/or pee-pee; just incase some specific thing that I was giving him doesn’t cause diarrhea or he could possibly have an allergy to the food I was giving him.
   My baby is now 8 months old and he should be able to eat stage 3 food, but for whatever reason he doesn’t like the chunks within the baby food, but he loves chunks of actual food and whatever he sees us eating he looks at us and almost pouts and opens his mouth like to say “what about me” I am ready to eat too. Kids will usually give you signs and cues that they are ready or not ready for new food/things and also if something causes them either an allergic reaction or makes them sick too.
   I still give my baby bottles to help him go to sleep, but to mix things up, I put a bit of chocolate or strawberry syrup in his bottle of formula, but as soon as he really started showing interest in food, he really started not wanting the bottle and he prefers drinking from an open cup, not a sippy cup (and I bought the best sippy cup, the flexible plastic easy grip gerber sippy cup that is leak proof, but he still prefers an open cup). As for the fruits, what I did for my son and all of my kids (I have 5 children), I took a semi-ripe banana and scraped the banana off onto a soft baby spoon and put it near his mouth and if he was interested, he would open his mouth and that also usually means that the baby’s body/digestive system is also ready to start softer easier to digest things like baby cereal, fruits and vegetables. The only vegetable that should be avoided until a baby until they are at least 6 months are carrots because of the beta carotene, but other than that everything else is fine when your baby is ready.
   I tried to give my baby, baby cereals and all the fancy ones that have yogurt and fruit and cream and such, but my baby (as many of my other children) just didn’t fancy the taste and I just supplement the grain in other fruits, vegetables and foods.
   Kids don’t come with instructions and all are different and if you pretty much listen to your specific baby’s needs and wants (within reason) then you should be just fine. Usually the foods that have known to cause allergies in babies are milk, some grains, soy in some children, peanuts, fish (other seafood) and eggs, therefore, these such foods should be avoided as long as they can be (grain, soy and milk should be fine, unless a baby is like lactose intolerant, soy intolerant, or grain intolerant and their body will let you know; usually too much (excessive vomiting) or diarrhea way too often which can be dangerous in excess because it can cause severe dehydration.
   Well I hope this helped some,,,
   Good luck to you and your angel.