What is Complementary Feeding? Breastfeeding alone is enough for the first 6 months of a baby’s life. After that, it’s essential to start complementary feeding along with breast milk to support your child’s growth and development. Complementary feeding means introducing…
As your baby grows, their nutritional needs evolve. While exclusive breastfeeding provides all the nourishment a baby needs for the first six months of life, it’s essential to introduce complementary feeding once they reach this milestone. Complementary feeding, also known…
Choosing the Right Foods: When starting complementary feeding, it’s important to choose foods that are easily available, affordable, and culturally acceptable. Use ingredients that are clean, safe, and easy to prepare. Whenever possible, introduce your baby to the regular family…
Improving Nutritional Value: To enhance the nutritional value of your baby’s meals, focus on adding ingredients that boost energy and protein content. Add ghee, vegetable oils, or butter to increase energy density. Combine cereals with pulses to provide essential proteins.…
Junk food comprises foods high in dietary fats, sugar, salt, or those that are nutritionally inappropriate. Most of the ultra-processed foods (foods that are commercially prepared by mixing several ingredients and adding additives such as sugars, flavours, and colours) are…
Some areas and objects in the house are more likely to cause injuries to children. Be aware of such possibilities to avoid accidents. Locks: All locks should be above the level of 4 feet so that a child does not…
Stuttering, also known as stammering, is a speech fluency disorder in which there is disruption in the flow of speech. Commonly, these disruptions may be noticed by parents as: Stuttering does not include any problems with understanding language, reading, or…
Sleep is an essential, active, and dynamic physiologic process that has a critical impact on health, development, and daytime function. During sleep, our body conserves energy, restores its normal processes, and promotes physical growth and development. Sleep improves mood and…