Playgroup Food and Nutrition Scheme of work for Creche (0 – 2 Years). Breastfeeding and Complimentary Feeding. harmful food taboos.
FOOD AND NUTRITION: (BREASTFEEDING AND COMPLIMENTARY FEEDING)
S/N 1
ISSUES
BEAST FEEDING (Exclusively breast feeding 0-6months)
PARENT & CAREGIVER
- Discuss benefits of exclusive beast-feeding
- practice exclusive breast- feeding (EBF) in the first 6-months of life
- discuss the importance of colostrums
- Discuss wrong breast – feeding practices and the problems of breast- feeding e.g. cracked and sore nipple (s) etc.
- The appropriate positioning of child during breastfeeding
- extraction and preservation of breast milk
- breast feeding in special cases e.g. HIV/AIDs positive mothers
CHILD
CARING /LEARNING MATERIALS
- cups
- spoons
- TV clips
- soap
- water
- towel
- basin
- roster/Picture showing proper ways of breast feeding
S/N 2
ISSUES
Complimentary feeding (7-36 Months)
PARENT & CAREGIVER
i. Child should continue to accept breast- feeding
ii. discuss the meaning and examples of complimentary foods, such as
- soft foods
- enriched pap
- semi-solid
- family food
iii. discuss the importance of complimentary foods to the mother
iv. Process different food items suitable as complementary foods
v. produce nutritious foods from local sources
vi. Identify and provide supplements appropriate for the children e.g. vitamin A.
vii. Identify signs of malnutrition in children.
viii. Identify signs of food allergies.
ix. Discuss some food preparation/processing methods e.g. heat treatment soaking /cooking/fermentation drying etc.
x. Stages of feeding children with suitable complementary foods in the following order start with very soft food e.g. enriched pap
– semi soli
– family food
-start with very soft food e.g. enriched pap
-semi solid
-family food
Practice the use of spoon and cup for feeding
Xi practice with complimentary food e.g. – child’s refusal to accept complimentary food
-mishandling processes
-malnutrition
-reaction to food allergy
-indigestion
CHILD
CARING /LEARNING MATERIALS
Various complimentary foods;
- pap enriched with e.g. ground dried fish crayfish groundnut soya milk
- vegetables e.g. Ewedu
- cooked and mashed beans
- mashed yam with oil
- rice
- cups
- plates
- spoons
- water
- charts
- posters of food items
- picture s of healthy /malnourished child
- soap
- edible green leaves
- carrot –animal protein, egg milk and fish
Playgroup Food and Nutrition Scheme of work for Creche (0 – 2 Years). Breastfeeding and Complimentary Feeding. harmful food taboos.
S/N 3
ISSUES
FOOD TABOOS/HARM-FUL FEEDING PRACTICES
- identify harmful food taboos and practices within the community
- discuss reasons why mothers should not discard the first yellowish breast milk (colostrums)
- list the effects of harmful feeding practices related to children e.g. not giving meat or egg to children while eating
- Discuss the effects of some harmful traditional food taboos e.g. night blindness, kwashiorkor, rickets, obesity etc.
- discourage an discuss t the effect of giving pre-lacteals and administration of local concoction to children
PARENT & CAREGIVER
- Say when he/she is ill
- Continue to accept breast feeding/feedings during illness
- Ask for what he/she likes to eat.
- Accept ORT solution when ill
S/N 4
ISSUES
FEEDING DURING ILLNESS
PARENT & CAREGIVER
i. identify different childhood feeding illness
ii. identify problems associated with feeding a sick child
iii. encourage child to accept food during illnesses give small portion at a time
iv identify the importance of liquid food to a sick child
v. Prepare and administer ORT/SS Solution for the sick child where needs be
iv maintain hygienic conditions when preparing food and feeding the sick child