milk production, since milk is a fluid tissue. Water and beverages such as juices, soups, buttermilk and milk, all add to the fluid necessary to produce milk. A lactating mother should take - litres of fluid per day. Human milk boost a baby’s immune system big time helping baby fight viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections including respiratory tract infections, ear infections, bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, infant diarrhoea, common cold and flu.
. . Dietary guidelines • “ Galactogogue” or lactogogue act by increasing the prolactin secretion which in turn increases milk production. They also work psychologically and have a marginal effect on milk production.
Sucking is the best lactogogue. The diet can include lactogogues, which stimulate the production of milk. Garlic, milk, almonds, and garden cress seeds are considered to increase the milk production in certain regions of India. • Weight gain beyond that desirable for body size, should be avoided.
When the baby is weaned, the mother must reduce her food intake in order that obesity may be avoided. • It is better to control constipation by inclusion in the diet of raw and cooked fruits and vegetables, whole grains and an adequate amount of water than by use of laxatives. UNIT. - - Nutrition in pregnancy, lactation and infancy e) Caffeine Caffeine taken during lactation may make a breastfed infant irritable and wakeful.
During pregnancy caffeine consumption should be moderate say - cups of coffee a day. Larger doses of coffee may interfere with the availability of iron from the milk and impair the infant iron status. . Growth and development during infancy month months months months months months months months months months months months Fig .
Stages of growth of an infant Next to foetal period, the infants 1st year is the time of most rapid growth. According to WHO figures the average weight of most healthy new-born babies is around . kg. Healthy child doubles birth weight by six months.
His weight becomes times by the time the child