Friday, October 7, 2011

Observe Choice Milk For Toddlers

After the children aged 1 year, Mother's Milk only meet 30% of the nutritional needs of children. The main food is the food the child is now solid. After a year of age, milk is the only additional food for your child must be careful about the choice of milk for infants in order to benefit optimally.

   1. Fitting portion. Not to give too much milk in infants although milk is a nearly perfect source of nutrition for children because the milk contains fat, protein, carbohydrates, minerals (calcium, phosphorus) and vitamins (A, D, E and K).
Consumption of 500-600 cc or two glasses of milk a day sufficient to meet nutritional needs at this time.
   2. Infant formula or fresh milk? Formula milk powder for children ages 1 years and above are known as growth and development of formula milk. This milk comes from fresh milk, either with or without recombination of other substances (such as fat and protein), which is dried by spray drying (spray drying). Composition and nutrient content of milk refers to milk formula, though will never be the same as breastmilk. Pasteurized milk and UHT milk. Milk is pasteurized fresh milk heat treated (63-72 º C) for 15 seconds with the intent to kill bacterial pathogens (disease causing). While milk UHT (Ultra High Temperature) is the fresh milk that is processed using high heat (135-145 º C) and in a short time (2-5 seconds) so that it can kill all microorganisms. Nutritional content of both types of milk are still largely the same as the original content, namely cow's milk or other dairy animals.

    3. Tips for choosing, buying, and storing.
Consider the packaging of milk, do not forget to read the label and store properly.
    4. Making careful. Adhere to the way it presents the correct formula milk with the right dose.
    5.
Mutually brand. For a general formula milk, you can just keep changing the brand. Importantly, toddler-like basanya regarding the taste, aroma, and others-, no adverse effects such as diarrhea, bloating, vomiting or allergies, and gained weight as expected. Note the dissolution of rules, because there are rules for the use of a measuring spoon 30 ml of water and 1 tsp water to 60 ml. For infant formulas designed for specific purposes according to the conditions of children, eg children with cow milk allergy, lactose intolerance, or a child with congenital metabolic disorders, it must be at the instigation and under the supervision of a physician.
    6. When problems arise. Cow's milk allergy, the immune system response to allergens (allergens).
In reaction to food allergies, the body produces antibodies known as immunoglobulin E. This substance will react with the proteins in cow's milk and other dairy products. Symptoms, among others, bloody diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, eczema and skin rashes. If by chance the child has this condition, he may need to be given a hypoallergenic formula milk, ie milk-based dairy cow's milk proteins have been 'broken' extensively, making it easier to digest and less chance of causing an allergic reaction. Consult your pediatrician. Lactose intolerance. This condition is a gastrointestinal problem due to lack an enzyme that digests lactose (the sugar in milk), the enzyme lactase. Causes include viral infection that causes inflammation of the stomach and intestines. The characteristics of children who have lactose intolerance include diarrhea with watery stools and foam characteristics, bloating, and abdominal cramps, gas and issued about 30 minutes to 2 hours after drinking milk. If by chance the child has lactose intolerance, the suggestion of doctors is to replace milk with formula-based milk products soy milk, or milk-based formulas are cow's milk is low levels of lactose, lactose-free even. The use of both milk is preferably under doctor's monitoring.

Alternative Source of Calcium

 
o Fish dried anchovies or fresh fish and rebon.
o Vegetables such as spinach, mustard greens and broccoli.
o Nuts and processed products such as tofu and tempeh.
o Cereals like oatmeal and jali.

See also: PresentingTips Infant Formula

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