What are the consequences of overfeeding?
The infant who was fed on demand with this problem almost never faces. The mother-baby is self-regulating, that is, the child sucks as much milk as he needs. Another thing kid iskusstvennikh: his food and portions need to strictly count. The reason of excess weight often lies in the fact that food baby on the amount and composition does not correspond to the physiological possibilities of the gastrointestinal tract. That is, the child systematically overfeed or give him the wrong age food. Many mothers trying to raise a hero, forget about the basic rules of feeding. Preparing the child of the mixture, break ratio ("thicker" and "fatter"), can not stand the time of introduction of lures ("what, a month earlier porridge gave"), reduce the intervals between feedings.
Overweight in infants referred to as "paratope". It describes not only the excess body weight, but also the change of its composition - some looseness, reduced tissue turgor (resistance to pressure), the tendency to edema. Bright cheeks such a baby often painfully peel. These kids are more pronounced tendency to the development of inflammatory responses, Diatto, allergies. Children with paratopia sick heavier than their peers. Even a minor cold can cause severe swelling of the tissues in the nose, trachea and bronchi, which impairs the health and status of the baby. As a result, even a slight ARD proceeds as a serious malaise.
To avoid overfeeding, try to adhere to the following rules:
Milk formula should not be very sweet taste. Dilute the mixture should be strictly in accordance with the directions on the label.
Do not exceed the recommended daily amount of the mixture
How much should suck from a bottle baby for one feeding - the question is incredibly important. Your pediatrician will help you to calculate the required amount of the mixture on one day. For this purpose there are special formula, which takes into account the weight of the baby at birth and his age. Remember that the appetite of the baby is not always the same. Usually in the morning, the demand for food is higher. Then it makes sense to dilute the mixture a little more. If all signs the child ate happily Goulet plays, not insist that the kid ate his portion. He'll get in next time. Even if you think that the baby eats less than I would like, the only objective criterion of adequacy is a normal weight gain.
Choose the right nipple
If a mixture of nipples "flowing", the kid does not feel saturation, and the additional amount of food only causes the intestines to work harder. Ideally, the contents of the bottle must dribble around the frequency of the cardiac pulse. If the mixture is properly selected, prepared in accordance with the recommendations on the label proposed in the bottle with the right nipple, likely to overeat at baby-iskusstvennikh as much of the infant receiving the milk from the mother, i.e., all defines its own digestive needs of the baby.
Do not rush with the introduction of complementary foods
The world health organization does not recommend complementary feeding before 6 months. And there are pretty good reasons. Modern adapted formulas are close in composition to breast milk and contain all necessary for normal development of the child the nutrients. So, if your baby is putting on weight is normal, it is enough of this food. The amount of power in the age of 4-5 months already reaches liter (as the one-year crumbs), and the ability to expend energy is still limited. In contrast to the mixture of vegetable puree or porridge much more calories. And if in this period, to enter lures, extra calories can easily lead to excessive increases weight. That's when the baby will start to roll over, sit, crawl, i.e. the flow of its energy will increase, and then the right foods! Experienced moms know that complementary foods be introduced in 6-7 months easier than 4-5 months.
Do not exceed the recommended amount of foods
Parents should remember that vegetable purees and cereals consist primarily of carbohydrates - the main source of energy. If the crumbs do not use all this energy will occur carbohydrate overfeeding. The extra calories otlojitsa reserve. And, of course, unacceptable to replace all feed mixtures on the porridge - it will affect the body composition and will develop paratopia. Some parents do not take quantity and quality. Realizing that in the porridge and vegetables, nothing is overvalued, mom and dad try to enter more cheese, meat, eggs. It often becomes a cause of protein overfeeding. His symptoms - bloating, constipation and white clay chair with a putrid odor. If this happens, the amount of protein products should be reduced.
Does not show his grief to the fact that half of you have prepared food left on the plate
This is your reaction gives the possibility hitrec to manipulate you, defiantly refusing food. In addition, insisting on eating and demonstrating its concern, you develop the baby fear that, doev not, he will cause it significant damage. This can create a fear of the appearance of even light starvation and will create preconditions for the emergence of habits have in reserve for future use.
Do not force your baby to eat the entire "finger" portion, if he refuses
If the pipsqueak ate and turns away, complaining, when you put a spoonful of porridge into his mouth, do not insist - it is enough. Undoubtedly, guided by the best of intentions, you can easily stisnite the remaining 3 tablespoons of cereal, and baby, thinking that mom is better not to argue, obediently swallows them. But who will win? The most innocent consequence of your "victory" - paratopia. But this is not the worst thing. Paratopia quickly leave the body composition will be restored if to ensure proper nutrition and to give the child normally move. Much more dangerous than the other when forced feeding lost a reasonable mechanism for the regulation of satiety and you receive the habit of eating a lot of. From here it is just one step before the formation of the stereotype of overeating, which will occur at an older age together with excess weight. Associated with the excessive power of the disease can appear very early. Already in adolescence, disorders of metabolism and heart disease are not uncommon. It is known that overweight in many cases leads to early (at the age of 10 years) puberty in girls. As a result, their growth stops, and a child's body proportions are preserved, in particular short compared to your torso legs.
Today, there is no problem "to eat". It was replaced by another - both in terms of abundance of food to maintain health. But the formation of food stereotypes begins in early childhood, therefore, depends primarily from you, the parents.
Author:
Zhemenik O.
Source:
Women2Women
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