RE: [pronut-hiv] Assessment of infant feeding practices (3)

["Quick, Timothy C (GH/OHA/TLR)" <TQuick@usaid.gov>]

I have to wonder whether this "snake" that causes infants to cry is
actually the high digestibility of breast milk compared to formula and
other foods.  This, of course, is actually a good thing about breast
milk nutritionally, but it does mean infants become hungry sooner/more
often.  It's not uncommon here in the U.S. for mothers to give
breastfed-infants some formula before they put them down at night so
that they will sleep longer before "demanding" to be fed again -- good
for the moms, not so good for the infants (especially in settings where
there are significant risk associated with mixed feeding). 

Tim Quick, PhD, MS
Senior Technical Advisor for HIV/AIDS & Nutrition
Co-Chair, PEPFAR Food & Nutrition Technical Working Group
USAID Office of HIV/AIDS, 5.10.20
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20523
1-202-712-0974 (office)
1-301-275-6652 (cell)
1-202-216-3015 (fax)
tquick@usaid.gov
 
 

-----M.T.H. Matla wrote:

Hi Jeff
I have seen culture or rather practices on how to feed a child
especially below 3 months is different race by race. Please try not to
ommit questions about it.  In some black cultures they say a child must
be given soft porridge or at least water  because they have some sort of
a snake (in N.Sotho they name it nowana). The S. Sesotho they name it
diferrently (kokwana). They say it makes the child to cry a lot
especially at night  therefore it must find something thicker than milk
or breastmilk to eat. They believe the child will stop crying. 


Matla, M.T.H (DIETICIAN)
South Africa

----- "Jeff Kalalu" wrote:

We currently planning to carry out an assessment of infant feeding
practices in one of the pastoral region in sub sahara Africa. Milk or
other fluids are currently being given to younger children even for
those below 3 months. Is there anybody out there who can assist us in
the development of guidelines and survey questionnaire? What crucial
point should not be ommitted and if you do have experience (context)
 
Jeff Kalalu
Nutrition cordinator
Concern South sudan
Aweil