I chose to read, Baby-led Weaning: the essential guide to introducing solid foods and helping your baby to grow up a happy and confident eater by Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett for my parenting book report. Baby-led weaning (BLW) is essentially giving the baby the control to choose when, how, and what they want to eat. According to the authors BLW has many benefits that include: its enjoyable for both parents and babies, its natural, babies learn about foods, learn how to eat safely, learning about the world, reaching their potential with hand eye coordination, gives babies confidence to make their own decisions, trusting food, allows babies to be apart of family meals, helps with appetite control, better nutrition, long-term health, learning …show more content…
They find that this makes it unclear of when we should move solid foods into their mouths, because no parent would actively prevent their child from walking why should they prevent or push their child into learning to eat solid foods quicker or later. The authors suggest that parents give children the freedom to try solid foods as they would give them the freedom to try walking, talking, crawl, etc. The book gives tips on how to give them food, such as in long pieces, food from all food groups, many varieties of food, giving them time to explore, and encourage the exploration even if it is a little messy. The authors predict that babies will start the process around 6 months. However, it is important to remember every child is different, some will be ready sooner and some will be ready later than others. Through studies the babies eventually moved from playing with the food to eating the food near 9months, in which they had a wide range of foods they would eat. The authors find that babies will equip themselves with the skills they need to feed themselves with solid foods at the right …show more content…
First of all, I think it could be difficult to have babies eat with the whole family because the focus it is not on the baby. This could be good in that the baby is not always getting attention or learning they will get all the attention whenever they want it, but also could be dangerous if the baby does decide to swallow food before they figure out chewing first. Time could be an issue as well, most families are busy and do not have the time to sit and wait for their babies to play with their food. Infants are starting to explore their sensorimotor skills and need the time to do so. According to Piaget’s six sub stages of sensorimotor development, from the 1to 4 months’ babies are in the first habits and primary circular reactions stage in which they repeat a body sensation that was first experienced by chance. The stage babies will start BLW is secondary circular reactions. In this stage the infant becomes more object-oriented, moving beyond self-preoccupation, and the repeated actions bring the infants fascinating or satisfying results. The BLW seems to promote this stage of sensorimotor development through exploration of different
During the second stage, from around 8 months, we can then plan to introduce the child to more of finger foods to develop the taste even further. It is at this stage when we could also allow the child to 'take charge' and 'play' with food. We would need to consult with the main care giver in order to establish a positive connection between the child and food and keep meal times interesting and stress free for parent and baby. At this stage it is important that we reduce the use of bottles and instead provide foods from all the food
A key problem for John, the 10 year old child, is that he does not like eating sandwiches. Taste preferences cannot be controlled completely. However, John may benefit from being in a positive environment while he eats and has a bit of control over what he eats so that he may learn to listen to what his body wants and what his body needs. The younger sibling, Jamie, poses no problems or issues with regards to nutrition. Jennifer, has the issue of keeping up her nutrition as she needs to maintain an optimal nutritional diet in order to have her baby developed healthily and maintain proper growth. Furthermore, once her child is born, it may be wise to follow the idea that using food as a reward or punishment, as well as encouraging could lead to negative effects on the child’s nutritional eating patterns and over/under-eating as well as a picky eater, which
When working in a nursery you have to be aware that all the children’s nutritional requirements as well as making sure that these are being met. What this means is that we should always ensure that we are providing them with a balanced and diverse diet which meets the governments guidelines. We should provide children with a diet that is based around the Eat Well Plate this consists on Carbohydrates such as bread, pasta, rice etc. Dairy, like Cheese, Milk, Butter, Protein such as Chicken, Beef, Turkey, etc. Fruit and Vegetables and finally Fats the portion size for fat is much more smaller then all of the other areas on the plate as there not that good for our bodies and they don’t really of offer many nutritional benefits and they can sometimes
E. About the age of 14-15 month mothers start introducing their kids to “heavy foods and meat. First by giving them young chicken because it is viewed as “not as heavy” and then by giving them “heavier” foods.
At 8 months approximately babies are able to eat better as the tongue can move the food around in the mouth, they can drink better form a cup by using the lips better. They can pick up small objects
Being knowledgeable with infant nutrition is important, it just simply means that you’re on board with making sure your baby is getting enough nutrients during his first year of life. These nutrients are calories that are made up of protein, fats, vitamins, and minerals. Making sure your baby has good nutrition can help him stay healthy and protect him against risk of any diseases. Although, every infant is different, your baby may need more or less of the items in each food group as he continues to grow and develop. For instance, did you know that the only recommended nourishment an infant should be receiving at the age of 0-3 months old and until they are 4-6 months old is through breast milk or infant formula? This is important to know because anything other than breast milk or formula at this infant age can hinder their development and growth. Once an infant reaches 4-6 months old, rice infant cereal should be the only grain suggested and introduced, along with pureed fruit, at approximately 1/4-1/2 cup per serving. In addition, giving an infant extra water for hydrating purposes is not necessary during the ages 0-5 months; because most infants get the water they need from breast milk, formula, or juices. However, it is recommended that an infant at 6-9 months of age, and as he/she is more active and able to sit up on his/her own, should begin to decrease the amount in formula and
Young baby food supplies a good source of energy and calories need development for their growth.
To start around 6-9 months give soft finger foods include chopped banana, softly cooked carrot sticks, softly cooked pasta pieces or fingers of soft toast. When baby is 9-12 months you can also offer chopped foods in bite-sized pieces and harder pieces of finger food that your baby can pick up and feed himself. Good foods to try are rice, peas, avocado, green beans and chicken.
Dr Robert Buckham who is the co-author of Babywise believes that the purpose of parent-controlled feeding is to get the children to think that there is order to everything. He also goes on to saying that infants who are fed right when they want usually get used to the gratification and then become more demanding and eventually “brats”. Dr. Buckham and Hobbes have the same views, because he thinks children are selfish. Babywise just wants to instill the idea that they are not in charge, and not
Hi Amelia feeding toddlers is the hardest from my experience, because toddlers interest more at games than eating food. Moreover the food they like is not healthy such as candy, gum and chocolate. Therefore this can slow down their growth and interest at food. I do not think forcing toddlers to eat food can be a solution however; motivating them to eat healthy prepared food at home is preferred. When they eat food you can reward them by buying candy or gum instead of buying regularly sweet foods. Toddlers cannot choose the right food so I suggest if parent can choose the nutrient dense food for them. Generally toddlers have the worst eating habit because they usually forget to have regular breakfast, lunch and dinner. When they are extremely
When the child first starts to eat, she tends to become unsocialized because she focuses very hard on her bowl of pasta with a spoon. She is still in training to use spoon to eat food. She also tries not to answer the parents when the parent asks her a question to see if she likes the food. However, she is also very socialized after a few minutes. For instance, she eats on the table, talks, sings and moves her body while chewing the food. She also show how happy she was by look up at her mother and said, "tummy". Tummy, she referred to as "yummy in my tummy". It is a term I use when we eat something and we enjoy it. The child imitates almost everything the parent does, such as eating by using a spoon and do not use fingers to eat. Furthermore,
Children, unlike adults are willing to try anything if given the chance and so allowing a child to taste test food is an ideal way to introduce new and healthy foods. Food and meal times can provide children with many learning opportunities, particularly by allowing a child to participate at meal times. However, food can also be a source of frustration and a cause of arguments between to food provider and the child. Building on positive experiences with food will help reduce such
Discuss research that has investigated effects of parental feeding practices on the development of children 's eating behaviour
Foods and their nutrients are essential to life. In the beginning years of life an infant’s nutritional health depends on the family unit. Parents must have knowledge of the changing food needs of the child and must also have sufficient resources to provide food, shelter, and clothing for the family. Equally important, parents create the cultural and psychological environment that influences the
Babies eating, sleeping, motor developmental, and health development patterns rely heavily on the biological process. Children’s survival is completely dependent on his or her parents (Santrock, 2016, p.11). According to the oral stage in Freud’s Psychosexual stages, infancy is related to pleasure centers on the mouth (Santrock, 2016, p. 18). One of the most important developmental steps infants take is learning to suck on their mother’s breast for food and as their teeth grow in, learning how to eat. Jean Piaget’s theory having to do with the sensorimotor stage involves infants motor developmental and cognitive developmental growth (Santrock, 2016, p.20).