At what age should solid foods should be introduced?
100
Most babies start off with this texture before they ease into finger foods.
What is pureed texture/foods?
100
Eating from the four food groups
What are Vegetables & Fruit, Grain Products, Milk & Alternatives, Meat & Alternatives?
100
To monitor for food allergies, this is the best time to introduce the food.
What is early in the day (i.e. morning)?
100
Babies can drink water from a cup at 6 months.
FACT. Babies don't need sippy cups or bottles to transition to cup drinking. They can start with open cups when solids are being given!
200
Three developmental signs that baby is ready for solid foods
Can baby sit with little support/indepedently? Have good head and neck control? Can control food in mouth? Can grasp objects with his/her hands?
200
When baby moves head towards the spoon, reaches for food, gets excited when food is presented to him/her.
What is baby's hunger cues?
200
Your child needs 400 IU of this nutrient everyday for AT LEAST their first year of life.
What is vitamin D?
200
Signs of a food allergy.
What are any of these: rash, hives, tummy ache, diarrhea, vomiting, runny or stuffy nose, trouble breathing, trouble growing, blood in stools.
200
Meat are not good first foods for baby because of its texture and taste
MYTH. All meats that are thoroughly cooked, then blended with water or breast milk or formula is GREAT first food for baby.
300
One of the ways I can help my baby do well in school and minimize behaviour problems, _____-rich solid foods are what I can give to my baby first
What is iron-rich foods?
300
Baby turns his/her head away, seals his/her lips, tries to shove your hand away, or gets distracted
What is baby's fullness cues?
300
Non-meat iron food sources.
What are: baby cereal, lentils, beans, green leafy vegetables, eggs, tofu
300
Recommended time frame to test a food for allergies.
What is introducing the same food by itself for at least 2 days?
300
Cow's milk can be introduced when baby is 9 months old.
FACT. Babies should be given 3.25% or homogenized milk starting at 9 months.
400
Difference between baby he is coughing, eyes watering, tongue sticking out VERSUS open mouth but cannot cough, cry, or gasp, face could be turning blue.
What is gagging versus choking?
400
Until my baby tells me or shows me they are full.
How much solid food should I give my baby at meal time?
400
Constipation can be expected with introducing solid foods. These are ways you can minimize/help with constipation.
What is: sips of water on top of breast/formula, high fibre solid foods - beans, lentils, baby cereal, vegetables, fruit
400
TRUE/FALSE. If an immediate family member has a food allergy. We should wait until baby is older to introduce that food to him/her.
FALSE. There is no need to delay giving a potential allergy food to baby. Some studies show later introduction can increase the risk of an allergy! Be extra observant when giving the allergy food.
400
I can add baby cereal to baby's bottle at night because it will make them more full so they will fuss less at night.
MYTH. Baby cereal in a bottle is NOT recommended. It can harm baby's fullness cues and is a CHOKING hazard.
500
An ideal environment for meal times
When baby's relaxed, not starving, in a high chair, and having fun means baby is ready for?
500
Turns their head away, lips are sealed shut, getting distracted.
How do babies tell you they're full?
500
This nutrient helps the body absorb more iron from iron-rich foods.
What are vitamin C-rich foods?
500
The amount of time it takes to see allergy symptoms
What is a few minutes to 48 hours?
500
If baby is 9 months and cannot take cow's milk, he/she can have goat's milk instead.
MYTH. Goat's milk is NOT a substitute for cow's milk for chidlren under 2 years old. Goat's milk does not have the same nutrition and lacks the calories that homogenized cow's milk has that your child needs.