Breastfeeding or not feeding - choice for mother. But it is worthwhile to know that the type of feeding directly affects iron deficiency in a child. The fact is that breast milk contains relatively little iron, so children in exclusive breastfeeding are at increased risk of developing iron deficiency anemia. Especially large is the risk at the age of 4 months to 6 months, when intrauterine iron stores are already depleted, and no complementary feeding has been introduced.
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How to avoid anemia
American Academy of Pediatrics since 2010recommends that those children who are on breast and mixed feeding, give additional iron preparations. The norm of the supplement is 1 milligram per kilogram of weight per day. Begin to give the drug should be from 4 months and continue until a full introduction of prikorma.Adaptirovannye milk formula and so additionally enriched with iron, so children who are fed with such mixtures, no additional drugs are needed - trace elements in their nutrition and so enough. The role played by the duration of the breast feeding. Many mothers are sure that they need to feed longer, so that the baby will be healthier. There is nothing bad about this, but it must be understood that breast milk is not a substitute for lure. Do not assume that breast milk is already "just enough": it is necessary that the baby's diet contains meat or other iron-containing foods. What is the optimal period of breastfeeding? There is no unequivocal answer to it. A woman should breastfeed until she and the child enjoy it. But do not forget about the lure. And to prepare dishes that will compensate for the shortage of this trace element in the child's body. Otherwise, there is a risk that the latent iron deficiency will accumulate and lead to iron deficiency anemia.
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If the baby hurried
Why premature babies are born with a deficitgland? The fact is that the iron reserves in the child are created due to his coming from the mother through the placenta. Most actively it occurs since 28-32th week of pregnancy. The intake of iron gradually increases as the child grows. The total amount of iron in the body is proportional to the mass of the body at birth. If the child hurries to the light, then he simply does not have time to accumulate a sufficient stock of this trace element. Therefore, almost all children born before the term, anemia develops by the half-year. However, there are nuances. A child born before the 32nd week does not have a sufficient supply of iron from his mother, but in a child born after the 32nd week of life, iron stores are already directly dependent on her diet and lifestyle. In addition, the iron level in the child's body affect the frequent fences, rapid growth of the child and other factors. Sometimes the problem is related to how the mother behaved during pregnancy: what she ate, drank, smoked, and so on.
Risk factors
Deficiency of iron in a child can aggravate:• iron deficiency in mother during pregnancy, • mother's smoking during pregnancy, • diabetes maternal, • impaired placental circulation and placental insufficiency, • prematurity, • multiple pregnancy, • fetal blood loss, • intrauterine growth retardation, • other factors . Do you want your baby to be outside the risk group for anemia? Then you need to take care of this before he is born. Pregnant women can be advised to fully eat, watch for sufficient intake of foods with large amounts of iron and, of course, quit smoking. At least for the period of pregnancy. Read on:
