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Guidelines for Healthy Mothers and Babies
Mothers
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During pregnancy and lactation
additional 300 calories and 500 calories are recommended.
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Diet should be rich in protein,
vitamins and minerals specially calcium, iron and vitamins,
especially folic acid.
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For additional iron requirements,
food stuff like green leafy vegetables, whole pulses, eggs,
meat, should be consumed along with vitamin C rich foods for
effective ultilisation of iron.
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Avoid heavily spiced and
flavored foods.
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Intake of milk products,
egg, meat, green vegetables, citrus fruits, yellow fruits and
vegetables is essential to meet the increased energy, protein,
calcium, vitamin, A and C requirements during lactation.
Babies
- Monitor the growth of the child up to 6
years of age.
- A healthy growing infant child should gain
height and weight regularly.
- A healthy growing infant normally doubles
his birth weight in 5-6 months and triples his birth weight
by the time he is10-12 months old. In the first year, there
is an increase of 18-22 cms in babies' length.
- To monitor growth of children after 1 year,
the following height and weight table can be referred:
Height and Weight of Healthy Growing Children
| Age |
Boy's height. Cms |
Boy's weight. Kg |
Girls height.cms |
Girl's weight. Kg |
| 1+ |
80 |
10.5 |
78 |
10 |
| 2+ |
90 |
12.5 |
88 |
12 |
| 3+ |
98 |
15 |
96 |
14 |
| 4+ |
105 |
16 |
104 |
16 |
| 5+ |
114 |
19 |
112 |
19 |
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