CE220 Unit 4: Overview of Healthy Childhood Nutrition Instructor Name: CE220-

Thought for the day…. “We can whenever we choose successfully teach all children… We already know more than we need to know in order to do that!” Ron Edmonds

Weekly Reminders Read Web Resources Complete Learning Activities Posting on Discussion Board: Post detailed responses to discussion question (100 words or more) Share detailed feedback with at least 2 classmates Post response to Seminar Option 2 IF you do not attend seminar Complete Graded Content Review Complete missing work/add details to previous

Good nutrition from the start! Newborns feel the effects of our eating habits even before they are born! Implications? The rate of growth and development during the first year of life are more rapid than any other period in life (Allen & Marotz, 2007) Implications?

ECP’s Role in Infant Feeding Bottle feedings (whether breast milk or formula) preparations Schedule Amounts Positioning and Social interaction – Field Trip Solids (what and when to introduce) – Field Trip Developmental and physiological readiness Follow instructions from family (and pediatrician) Pay attention to their cues for hunger and satiety! (Marotz, p )

ECP’s Role in Toddler & Young Children’s Feeding Make it fun and nutritious! Use Food Guide Pyramid Read labels Have a schedule for eating Get them involved Do Food Guide Pyramid activities Do baking/cooking activities Set a good example!

Seminar DQ #1: Your own health habits 1.Are you physically active? 2.What are your most frequent food choices? 3.How could you improve your eating habits? 4.Which of your behaviors are the young children in your care modeling? 5.How can you make your influence most positive?

Seminar Case Study Missy T. is the mother of six-week-old Hayden. Hayden is Missy’s first child. Missy’s mother lives nearby and is happy to help with Hayden’s care. Missy complains of being tired and mentions to her mother that Hayden had awakened several times during the night acting hungry. Her mother advises her to add cereal to his bedtime bottle in order to “fill him up so he will sleep through the night.” She also advises cutting larger holes in the nipple so the cereal won’t clog it.

Case Study Cont’d Think/Pair/Share Should Missy follow her mother’s advice? What are the dangers, if any, of feeding a six-week-old baby cereal from the bottle? What are possible short-term and long-term problems? How would you respond if you were the teacher and a parent requested that you feed an infant in this matter?

Wrap-up “The teacher is one who made two ideas grow where only one grew before.” -Unknown

References Marotz, Lynn (2009). Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child. Clifton Park: Thomson Delmar Learning.