All Entries in the "Feeding & Nutrition" Category
When Should You Include Solids in Baby Nutrition?
One of the aspects of baby nutrition is that your child may at some point of time require switching to solid foods. It is usually the time when their first tooth comes out. Another requirement before solid food is incorporated into baby diet is to have a powerful shoulder belt and ability to move the [...]
How to Feed Babies Until They Are 3 Months Old
To understand how to feed a baby, you need to do some research work. Babies require different things when their feeding time comes. This means that you need to acquaint yourself with the baby before starting to feed them so that when time comes, you are able to do the right thing. Without knowing how [...]
The Newborn Feeding Schedule – What It Can Depend On
For a new parent, the newborn feeding schedule is likely to be a matter of prime concern – how much does baby need, how often, for how long; and so on. All of this can be confusing and baffling for new parents to say the least. What is a newborn feeding schedule supposed to be? [...]
Baby Feeding Bottles – Things to Keep in Mind
Whether you decide to bottle feed exclusively or whether you have to do so for any reason; or whether you decide to supplement breast feed by bottle feeding, here are some things that you should keep in mind about baby feeding bottles – The features of baby feeding bottles and materials used The feeding bottle [...]
How to Tell if your Baby Is Thriving
The best way to know that your baby is progressing as she should be; that she is the thriving infant that she should be, is to monitor her growth and weight gain. If the child is not progressing as per expectations, this is known as “failure to thrive” by health care providers. While some babies [...]
Baby Nutrition Rules: The 4 Days Wait
What is the ‘4 Day Wait Rule’ and should you really keep it in mind? A lot of mothers are following this rule because this is the easiest way to see the baby’s reaction to the new kinds of food and also to see whether the little one has any allergies or other sensitivities. Keep [...]
What is Placenta Therapy?
If you are particularly squeamish then may we suggest you do not read this post – it is about a therapy that most could call bizarre; a way to banish baby blues and keep a new mother fighting fit. Now the placenta may invoke a lot of reactions from a new mother; from indifference to [...]
Is Your Baby Eating Enough? How to Tell
Whether you made the choice to breast feed or bottle feed your baby, one of the concerns you are likely to have is whether the baby is getting enough to eat and whether he or she is thriving as they should. This is one of the aspects where bottle feeding beats breastfeeding – with bottle [...]
