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Feeding your Baby
By Dirk Steinert, MD |
One of the most enjoyable, and sometimes most challenging, responsibilities of new parents is feeding your baby. Follow these 10 guidelines and you can be confident you are helping your child get a great start in life.
1. Breastfeeding is ideal in most cases ...
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Join Drs. Dirk Steinert and Anne Lent, registered dietitian Brenda Kalchbrenner and chefs Bridget Nagorsen and Laura Steele from Shully’s Cuisine and Events for Prepared with Love: Feeding Your Baby, From Newborn to Toddler, May 14, 7-8 pm.
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Answer to last issue’s question
Q: What Radio Station do you listen to most often?
A: Mom e-news listeners are a diverse bunch. 30% listen to KISS-FM, while WMYX and 88.9 Radio Milwaukee tied for second place with 20% each. There was a three-way tie for third place among WKLH, WMIL and WUWM. Thanks to everyone who voted. |
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Soothing music for babies and parents
By Ann Grauer, LCCE, FACCE, CD(DONA)
Columbia Center Doula Services/Family Education & Support
This month we’re recommending the newest CD by Diana Krall, "Quiet Nights." While not a children's music selection per se, the tunes will soothe babies, children and their parents. Think of it as food for the soul on those restless nights when you are hoping for sleep.
Remember, the music you introduce to your children today will be the music you’ll be listening to for the next several years—so choose what you like, too. Krall’s latest will be sure to gently rock your stress away and give everyone a little peace.
Order Quiet Nights by Diane Krall |
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What parents need to know about allergies
By Anne Lent, MD
We’ve all heard the scary tales of children having severe allergic reactions to food. Yet what is a true allergy? Should you withhold certain foods from your child to avoid such severe reactions? Will my child ever outgrow the allergy? Is there anything that I can do to prevent my child from developing a food allergy? What are the signs of a food allergy? To answer these questions, it is important to first understand the difference between a food “allergy” and a food “intolerance.”
An allergy is an immune response to a particular substance (ie., to a pollen, an animal, and, in this case, to a food). Symptoms of “allergic” reactions to food range from mild to severe and include shortness of breath, swelling of the lips, tongue and throat, and skin manifestations such as hives. Occasionally an allergic reaction can reek havic on the gastrointestinal tract causing abdominal pain, diarrhea or nausea. True “allergic” reactions occur quickly, generally within 30 minutes of the ingestion.
On the other hand, a food intolerance is not a true immune response.
An intolerance occurs when a particular food irritates or is unable to be properly digested or “broken down” by the body. Signs of food intolerence are generally limited to the gastrointestinal tract (nausea, vomitting, and abdominal pain) ...
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Homemade Baby Food
By Diane Oakland, ICCE, IBCLC
Family Education & Support Coordinator
Want to insure your baby is getting nutritious food without preservatives and other additives? Why not prepare it yourself?
Some parents prepare and freeze baby food meals weekly. Others puree food items from the family meal for their babies. Either way, many parents appreciate the opportunity to provide their babies with healthy, tasty food.
See recipes:
www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com
www.wholesomebabyfood.com
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News
Learn more about feeding your baby
Calling all chefs and non-chefs! We’re hosting Prepared with Love: Feeding Your Baby, From Newborn to Toddler, May 14, 7 – 8 p.m. Pediatrician and internist Dirk Steinert, MD, will moderate a discussion on feeding your baby with allergist Anne Lent, MD, and registered dietitian Brenda Kalchbrenner. Chefs Bridget Nagorsen and Laura Steele from Shully’s Cuisine and Events will demonstrate how to make your own food for your baby! Learn more.
We want you
Moms and dads whose babies were born at Columbia Center are invited to participate on our Parent Advisory Council. Join other Columbia Center parents at four dinner meetings a year to share ideas that will help us enhance the birth experiences of others. Contact us for more information.
Among the best
Columbia Center's patient satisfaction rates are among the best for area hospitals. Read more.
Columbia Center on Twitter
You now can follow Columbia Center on Twitter:
twitter.com/ColumbiaCenter
Here it comes
Keep an eye out next month for the new and improved Columbia Center website. With more tips and links to resources for parents. |
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