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| 1.My baby sleeps so long so
I only feed him 4 times a day. Will it be undernourished? (2-month old) |
| If your child gains weight normally, is healthy, and is happy when he is awake, there is no need to worry. It is also no need to wake him up for a feeding. However, if your baby gains weight poorly and always falls asleep, there may be something wrong and you should go to see a doctor. |
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| 2.Do not know if there is a problem with
my milk supply. (3-month old) |
| If your child gains weight normally, is healthy, and is happy when he/she is awake, then there is no need to worry. It is no need to wake him/her up for a feeding. However, if your child gains weight poorly and always falls asleep, there may be something wrong and you should go to see a doctor. |
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| 3.My baby does not
eat well and pushes food out with tongue. (5-month old) |
It is common that a child's rejects solids at first.
Do not give up and try to re-feed 2-3 times. Put food on the tongue,
if he/she still pushes it out, try again tomorrow in the same way.
Next day, you can either feed the same food-hich should be cooked creamier,
or try to introducea new food to the child.
If he/she still rejects to eat, give him/her a break and try again next week. |
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| 4.My baby does not like to eat
rice porridge. (5-month old) |
| Some babies do not like rice porridge at first because
there may be un-mashed rice in the porridge even you think you have
mashed them until very smooth. If your child rejects it at all, try
to use bread or bran dough to make porridge, and they are no nutritional
difference. Children' tastes will change as they grow. They dislike
a food now but may like it someday. Try again when you think it is
good timing. |
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| 5.My baby's stool with visible
bits of undigested vegetables. |
| It is very common because babies' gastrointestinal tract
is immature and his/her digestion and absorption have not fully developed.
Even so, some nutrients must have been digested and absorbed. As the
child grows, the absorption will be well developed. There is no need
to worry about it. |
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| 6.Is it right
that I was told that it is ok to let grandparents chew foods for
my baby? (6-month old) |
| It often had before, but is insanitation. Grandparents
should stop chewing foods for your baby because the bacteria in |
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| 8.Is it good to force my baby
to eat the food he/she dislikes? (6-month old) |
| In many cases around this age, it is not the matter with
your child's dislike but the matters of your cooking method, seasoning,
and food hardness. Do not simply make a conclusion that your child
dislikes the food but keep trying. Changing cooking methods, seasoning,
and food hardness may make a big different. One day, when you sever
it, your child may like it. Moreover, do not force your child to eat
but try your best to make your baby like the food. |
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| 11.How long does the feeding
bottle need to be sterilized? |
| Generally, feeding bottles will need to be sterilized for 3 months. When your child starts to suck thumbs and lick toys, it will be useless to sterilize feeding bottles alone. It is recommended to sterilize feeding bottles for 1 month, later on, wash and dry them after one use, and wash them again in hot water before using. If you still worry and feel unsure, sterilize them until 3-month of age. |
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| 12.My baby's irregular eating
is awful. |
| Just like adults, there are fluctuations in baby's appetite.
Do not force him to eat. Check his life rhythm first to see if you
have given the child too much snacks or juice; if your breast or bottle
feeding is irregular, if there is time for a walk, playing outdoor
or sunbathing etc. If all of them are ok, pay attention for a while.
Children's irregular eating will be gone as they grow. |
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| 13.Soft stools many times a day. (7~9 months
old) |
| Stools are 3-5 times a day, the child has good appetite
and is healthy and active, so there is nothing to worry about. Some
babie's digestive system may be naturally active, the others who eat
more carbohydrates may have stool whenever they are eating. The important
thing is to make a well balanced meal with carbohydrates, proteins,
and vegetables. However, if your child stools 10-20 times a day and
is inactive, go to see a doctor. |
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| 15.My baby has no interest
in eating but playing (8〜12 months old) |
| By this age, babies are interested in many things. It
may take one more hour for a meal. A common scene may be that your
child runs around the room with a handful food or eats one mouth then
back to playing, and you are following and feeding him/her with a spoonful
food. It is recommended that always let your baby sit down for a meal.
Make repeated requests “sit here and eat”. If it does not work, finish
the meal in 30 minutes. Do not give and allow your child to eat between
meals even if he/she is crying for foods. It is important to have a
good mealtime behavior. |
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| 16.How many solids should I feed
my baby? (9~11 months old) |
| There is a long period for children to learn to chew.
How many solids should feed is different during the early period and
later period of learning to chew. During the early period, One meal
may have eighty percent~1 child bowl of grains, 8~2 weaning spoons
of protein foods such as fish, meat or milk products; and 12 weaning
spoons of vegetables. In the later period, one meal may have 1 child
bowl of grain, 12~6 spoons of protein products, 16 spoons of vegetables.
However, the amount of food intake differs among babies, and some may
only eat half or less than half of the above amounts. It is wise of
you to devise your own weaning plan which will fit for your baby's
natural feeding needs. |
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| 17.I start worrying that my baby
is overweight. (10 months old ~) |
| Babies' plumps are more likely to become tight naturally
around one and half years old. From now on, however, Moms should make
a nutritious and well balanced meal plan for your child. If you worry
about the weight, first check the meal plan; weather the amounts of
protein and starch in the child's diet are well balanced, weather you
have over-used batter or cooking oil, or weather you have given him/her
too many sweets. If so, correct them now. If the child eats well-balanced
diet, there is no need to worry about his/her plump. |
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| 18.My baby eats very little and
is thin. (10 months old ~) |
| Your child does not eat that much and is thin, but is
healthy, he/she may naturally come in that way. This kind of children
won't eat a lot even they are forced to eat more. On the contrary,
if you force your child to eat, it may result in more rejection. Because
your child eats a little and is thin but is healthy and active, he/she
just comes naturally in that way. And, there is no need to add high
caloric foods, fatty or high protein foods to gain weight. It is more
important to have well-balanced diets than forcing the child to eat
more. |
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| 19.My baby does not like solids
but only milk. (9~2 months old) |
| It is common that many children do like solids but only
milk. However, is this in Moms' minds that my baby does not like solids,
but it is ok that he likes milk? If you feed your child with milk instead
of water, he/she will not be hungry at mealtimes so that the weaning
won't go on well. During weaning period, we recommend 400cc milk a
day for a child.
In other ways, has your child learnt to chew foods? Have you tried to
make the solids softer and easier to eat? Try to change your cooking
method first. As your child becomes accustomed the food, try to make
the food harder. Do not forget to praise your baby [you are being good]
even he only ate a little. |
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| 20.What should I prepare for weaning
during going out and traveling with my baby? (9~2 months old) |
| When the baby food is still taken, the travel and going
out all day long, etc. are safe. Please the taste is thick and it thins
and give it though it becomes feeling of giving it a little taking
and dividing an adult amount if it eats in the restaurant if it is
thinned. Because the baby dries up the throat if going out, I do not
forget the preparations of the barley-tea and boiled water, etc. |
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| 21.My baby does not eagerly
eat but waiting for foods with mouth opened. (12-month old) |
| Had you ever shout at your child when he/she was touching
foods with his/her hands and made a mess? If so, this kind of experience
may make your child lose his eagerness to eat because the child may
think " am not allowed to feed myself" Other situations may be
that Moms always feed their child and do not give opportunity to the
child for feeding him/herself, or/and the child comes naturally that
way and does not eagerly eat. At mealtime, try to put some finger foods
in a plate in front of your child, one day your child will like to
grip them. Praise him/her if he/she feeds himself/herself"good, you
are feeding yourself" even if he/she is very messy. Let your child
feed him /herself some while you feed the rest of the meal. |
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| 22.My baby does not chew solids
before swallowing. (9-month old) |
| The chewing and swallowing abilities differ among babies. There is no need to worry about it at 9 month of age. Check if all of the solids you cooked are too soft and no need to chew, or if you have set a time limit for a meal and feed your child in a rush. If so, these may make a good eater (the child) develop a habit of swallowing foods without chewing. When you feed your child, leave an interval between spoons to train him/her to chew foods before swallowing. |
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| 23.How many snakes should I
offer my baby? (12-month old) |
| If your child ate his/her 3 meals that were offered,
he/she can gain enough nourishment, and there is no need to supply
snakes. Maybe it is not a good idea to offer snakes to a baby who is
about 1 year old. However, if you think you like to set a snake-time
to let your child enjoy, set it once a day and even if your child finished
his/her meals. Do not offer snakes whenever your child wants. Setting
up a limited amount and snake-time will not affect your baby's meals,
prevent him from decayed tooth, and help him/her have a good behavior.
Moms should keep this in mind. |
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| 24.My baby cries so badly at night. (8・・0
months old) |
| Human biological clock is 25 hours but the earth rotates
in a cycle of 24 hours. The possible adjustment is sun light in the
morning. Sun light can help us to reset our circadian rhythm to 24
hours a day, but sometimes it does not work well and cause a circadian
rhythm disorder in a baby's who may wake up and cry at night. It is
common at this age. Going for walks and playing outside during the
day may help your child sleep well, but do not make your child too
excited to fall asleep at night. Try to reconsider the schedule for
your baby. Anyway, night-time crying will be gone as your baby grows.
If Moms could not sleep well at night and feel tired during a day,
take a nap together with your baby at noon, or let Dad take care of
the child so that Mom can have a rest. |
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| 25.My baby does not fall asleep at night
(9~2 months old) |
| First, try to get up early and fix the child's morning
wake up time. During the day, going for walks outside, let your child
run around the room, or play actively. Taking a nap in the morning
and afternoon, or only in afternoon. Try to wake your child up before
3pm, otherwise, it may not be easy to fall asleep at night. Try to
put your child to bed around 9pm. Going to bed early and getting up
early can set the rhythms of life. |
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| 26.Constipation? (7~2 months old) |
| You may think "is it constipation?" if your child does
not loose stools in 2-3 days. If your child does eliminate himself
/ herself and there is no hard stools come out, it is not constipation.
Constipation is when the stools are hard to pass, your child seems
in distress, and there is a slight tearing in the anus etc. It is very
difficult if the constipation happened before your baby can chew foods
because what you can choose for your baby's diet is very limited. If
you have started weaning your child, first check the meal plan. If
vegetables are not enough, feed more ground high-fiber vegetables such
as spinach, cabbage, and sweet potato etc. It is effective to use eaweeds
such as wakame and agar, and beans such as natto and soybean flour.
Yogurts and citrus fruits can soft stools; it is also effective to
use white sauce, stir- frying, batter and cooking oils into the diet.
Considering of baby's months of age, the constipation can also occur
if there is less amount of breast milk, less weaning solids, or irregular
mealtimes. Try to make a regular life rhythm including meal plan.
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| 27.My baby does not take fluids. (7-month
old) |
| During the weaning stage, fluids containing in solids may be enough for your child. The individual needs for fluids differ among babies. There is no need to force him to drink if he does not want. As the weather turns hot and when your child looks being thirsty, try to feed him more fluids and he may take them. |
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| 29.My baby merrily throws foods
on the floor.(15-month old) |
| Likes and dislikes occur as children's taste develop.A
child may throw the food he/she does not like. Try to simply teach
your child "do not throw foods, have it!" At family meal time, let
your child join and share the moods as you all enjoy foods. Praise
your child if he/she ate some foods "you did not throw foods, you are
being good" |
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| 30.My child acts like a little baby. |
| It is important to understand the child and satisfy his/her
feelings. If the child can get your attention when he/she needs, he/she
may get confidence that Mom still loves me even my sister (brother)
was born. If the child is eager for "hug" hug him/her firmly because
this may give him/her a sense of security. Confidence and security
are very important for a child. Try to spend more time with the big
one except feeding your little one. Give him/her opportunities to help.
Remember to praise him/her whenever he/she helps you, and talk to him/her
with a smile. |
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| 31.I want to remove my baby's diaper earlier.
(1 yr old) |
The right time for toilet training depends on your child's
development but not parents. By this age, he/she may be not able to
tell he'd /she'd dpee/poop or he/she wants to get to toilet. In the
beginning of toilet training, he/she may not pee or poop even you have
him/her sit on a potty or toile. However, as the toilet training is
going on, your child will be well on the way to using toilet. The followings
three are the readiness signals to start toilet training.
1.can walk-get himself/herself to toilet.
2.understand
words.
3.｢keep a diaper dry for 2-3 hours. |
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| 32.Toilet training is not well established. |
Have your child sit on the potty or toilet
1.after your
child wakes up being in good mood.
2. keep a diaper dry for 2-3 hours.
3.suddenly stopping an activity when he is playing.
Do not make your
child sit on the potty or toilet if he/she is not willing. Your forcing
may make your child escape whenever you call him/her for potty or toilet.
Toilet training is often a frustrating task for Moms, but there is
no need to hurry, sooner or later your baby will use toilet. |
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| 35.Should I use baby powder? |
| Before, baby powder is used in heat rashes. As overusing can block the sweat glands and cause the opposite results, it is no longer recommended now. |
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| 36.My baby begins to cry 1-2 hours
after my breast feeding. Do I produce enough milk? (11/2 months old) |
| Have you fed your baby whenever he is crying? If so,
the feeding interval may be irregular, and your child may be not fed
on demand from one feeding. Feeding interval in the first month may
be irregular, but now it is time to make a regular feeding schedule
for your child. (a 3 hours interval for a 3-month old, 3-4 hours interval
and 5-6 times a day for a 3-4 month old.) If your child gains weight
regularly, there is no need to worry about your milk supply. |
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