Zero To Three: National Center for Infants,
Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/
ZERO TO THREE is a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains,
and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to
improve the lives of infants and toddlers. The mission is to promote the health
and development of infants and toddlers. http://www.zerotothree.org/
The newsletter of the podcast that caught my eye was the feeding of young children. I recently had a child age of 2 that was enrolled into my class because she was consider as a failure to thrive baby. The first time I observe the child eating I thought she was doing a wonderful job for her size. She is a Asian which I think is the reason of her side but I thought it was informative information for me to listen to the podcast to get more information about feeding and why and how babies chose to eat certain foods.
I learned many different things from when it comes to feeding children and the most important is the parent and child relationship from birth. It’s important for us to interact with the children while they are eating and model positive feeding habits. Most of these things are known but making sure that as a teacher we need to make sure we are doing these things.
Shovonne,
ReplyDeleteAs we have learned in all of the courses that we have taken so far in this program, the physical and mental health, and total well- being of the mother during prenatal care and following birth, are critical to the healthy development of an infant. Feeding is a very important issue because it helps promotes secure bonding during infancy and creates a bond between the mother and the child.
Thanks for sharing. I have been learning alot about caretakers forming bonds with infants through touch. The key role is the eye contact between the mother and child that forms the bond. I did not breast feed my daughter but it makes me wonder if our bond would have beem any greater than it is now. My daughter is 10yrs old and follows me into every room of the house, not to mention even the bathroom!
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