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. 412-418)

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’dThink/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.