Nutrients For You When Breastfeeding
Your Nutrition This Month
As breastfeeding mums, your diet and how you nourish your body matter.1 If you are breastfeeding, here are the essential vitamins and minerals you need:
Month 4
First Year
As breastfeeding mums, your diet and how you nourish your body matter.1 If you are breastfeeding, here are the essential vitamins and minerals you need:
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is vital for the formation of red blood cells and producing energy. Where to find Vitamin B12? You can find Vitamin B12 in animal produce such as poultry and eggs.
Iron
Your iron levels may drop during breastfeeding. As such, replenishing your iron levels is important to prevent fatigue or an impaired immune system. Where to find Iron? Iron can usually be found in lean red meat and green leafy vegetables.
Calcium
As you might experience transient bone loss while breastfeeding, taking in calcium helps to build and maintain bone health. Where to find Calcium? Common sources of calcium include nuts and dairy foods such as milk and cheese.
Breastmilk is best for babies. Consult your doctor before deciding to use infant formula or if you have difficulties breastfeeding.
In month four, your baby’s personality has probably grown even more pronounced. By the end of the month, he might be laughing out loud and attempting to carry a conversation. Try imitating his laugh and communicating with him.
Your 4-month-old baby is making sounds for a reason, even if you don’t know what that reason is. One way to help him develop language skills is to imitate his noises, as if the two of you are having an intelligent conversation that only you can understand.
Visits to the paediatrician are probably part of your monthly routine by now. Doctor visits are an opportunity for you to make sure your baby is growing and developing properly, and to ask any questions you may have. It is also the time when your baby will get the immunisations he needs (and make up any that he may have missed).
Regular vaccinations are still the only way to protect your baby – now and for years to come – so be sure to get your child immunised to help keep him healthy.
You’ve probably been told many times that babies should sleep on their backs. But now that your baby is rolling over, you can’t control his sleeping position.
It’s probably OK to let him sleep in whatever position he finds most comfortable. Once a baby can roll over on his own, generally between 4 and 7 months of age, the risk of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) is usually reduced.
Keep thick blankets, comforters, pillows, and large, soft, stuffed toys out of your baby’s crib.
References:
¹ Diet for Breastfeeding Mothers, Abbott Family. Available at https://abbottfamily.com.sg/articles/nutrition/diet-for-breastfeeding-mothers
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