Each child is a unique individual in the environment that shapes the course of his or her life. Woven into daily life are aspects of food and nutrition to supplement all that you need to feed your child with multivitamins in order that there is no sufficient amount of nutrients to the body.
What childhood memories of food do you have?
Are these memories healthy or unhealthy?
Did multivitamins play an important role?
All the above questions have just answered that food and in many cases, children fuss a lot so multivitamins play a very helpful role and keep your child healthy.
Foods and their nutrients are essential to life. In the beginning years of life, an infant’s nutritional health depends on the family they grow up. Parents must have knowledge of the changing food needs of the child and must also have sufficient resources to provide food, shelter, and clothing for the family. Equally important, parents create the cultural and psychological environment that influences the development of food habits, setting the patterns for later years.
Infants vary widely in their growth patterns, so it would be unwise to compare one infant with another. Yet there is value in being familiar with typical patterns of growth and development. Vitamin and Mineral Needs-all infants should receive vitamins. (fat-soluble/water-soluble vitamin) Vitamin A, D, E, & K plays key roles in growth, cellular differentiation, and immune system integrity during infancy. Vitamin C, B6, Folate, B12, & Thiamin, also contributes greatly to optimal infant growth. Too many vitamins can be harmful to infants and small children resulting in diseases affecting that of which is susceptible. Iron is the element requiring special attention during the first year. Full-term infants are born with adequate iron stores for the first to six months. Milk or formulas supply the recommended allowances for calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and other minerals.
Breastfeeding is a form of feeding where the child, through the mothers breast receives sufficient energy and nutrients which helps with growth and development of the infant. Formulas are available in several forms and concentrations: single strength, ready to feed, in quart cans, or 4 oz or 8 oz disposable ready to feed bottles; concentrated liquid, which is measured into sterilized bottles and diluted with boiled or clean tap water; and powdered formula, to be diluted with water or added to other formulations as a nutrient/energy booster.
