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Energy boosting during baby's first yearEEnergy boosting during baby's first yearEnergy boosting during baby's first yearEnglishNutritionNewborn (0-28 days);Baby (1-12 months)BodyDigestive systemNon-drug treatmentCaregivers Adult (19+)NA2009-11-06T05:00:00Z6.6000000000000072.4000000000000557.000000000000Health (A-Z) - ProcedureHealth A-Z<p>Sometimes infants do not gain weight at the rate they are supposed to. Find out ways to increase your baby's caloric intake in a healthy manner. </p><h2>What is energy boosting?</h2> <p>Babies who are not eating well, or who need a lot of calories, may have problems such as the following:</p> <ul> <li>getting tired more easily </li> <li>having trouble gaining weight normally </li> <li>losing weight </li> </ul> <p>To gain weight and have more energy, these babies need to get more calories from what they eat and drink. It can be hard to get a baby to eat more. But you can increase the amount of calories in the food your baby does eat. This is called energy boosting. </p><h2>Key points</h2> <ul> <li>Energy boosting is when you increase the amount of calories in the food your baby eats so that they can gain weight and have more energy.</li> <li>Offer your baby foods that are highest in calories first and lowest in calories last. You can also add extra calories to your baby's foods.</li> <li>Do not give your baby low-calorie drinks such as water.</li> </ul><h2>Two ways to get your baby to eat more calories</h2><p>Dietitians have two general strategies to increase a baby's calories:</p><ul><li>Offer your baby foods that are highest in calories first. Offer the lowest in calories last.</li><li>Add extra calories to your baby's foods.</li></ul><h2>High-calorie foods first</h2><p>Your baby can only eat or drink a certain amount at any one feeding time. The best thing to do is to begin feeding times with foods that are the highest in calories. If your child is still hungry after that, then you can offer foods that are lower in calories.</p><p>Here are foods that babies typically eat in their first year of life, rated by calories:</p><h3>Highest calorie foods</h3><ul><li>breast milk or formula</li><li>infant cereals</li><li>strained meats</li></ul><p>Baby foods labelled "meat with vegetables" have fewer calories than meat alone.</p><p>Baby foods labelled "vegetables with meat" have fewer calories than "meat with vegetables."</p><h3>Lower calorie foods</h3><ul><li>custards</li><li>pureed or mashed fruits</li></ul><p>Strained desserts, yogurts and custards have more calories than strained fruits alone.</p><h3>Lowest calorie foods</h3><ul><li>pureed or mashed vegetables</li></ul><h2>Adding extra calories to your baby's foods</h2> <figure><img src="https://assets.aboutkidshealth.ca/akhassets/Baby_food_energy_boosting_EQUIP_ILL_EN.jpg" alt="Scale of lowest calorie foods to highest calorie foods from pureed or mashed vegetables to breast milk" /> </figure> <p>Here are some ways you can add extra calories to your baby's food:</p><h3>With cereal</h3><p>Mix infant cereal with expressed breast milk or formula instead of water.</p><h3>With meat and vegetables</h3><p>Add 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) of margarine or oil to every 1/4 cup (60 ml or 2 oz) of meat and vegetable baby food.</p><h3>With fruit and desserts</h3><p>Add 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) of table cream to each 1/4 cup (60 ml or 2 oz) of pureed or mashed fruit baby food. Table cream will have the words 18% m.f. on the carton.</p><h2>Do not give your baby low-calorie drinks</h2><p>Drinks such as water, tea and coffee do not have any calories, so do not give them to your baby.</p><p>Juice does have calories, but it does not have as many as the foods listed above. Juice may fill up your baby's tummy and make them less hungry. Try not to give your baby juice unless your baby is still hungry after eating high-calorie foods.</p>
Apport énergétique accru au cours de la première année du bébéAApport énergétique accru au cours de la première année du bébéEnergy boosting during baby's first yearFrenchNutritionNewborn (0-28 days);Baby (1-12 months)BodyDigestive systemNon-drug treatmentCaregivers Adult (19+)NA2009-11-06T05:00:00Z7.0000000000000070.0000000000000471.000000000000Health (A-Z) - ProcedureHealth A-Z<p>Parfois les nourrissons ne prennent pas de poids comme ils le devraient. Apprenez comment augmenter de façon saine l’apport calorique chez votre bébé.</p><h2>Qu’est-ce qu’un apport énergétique accru?</h2> <p>Les bébés qui ne s’alimentent pas bien ou qui ont besoin de beaucoup de calories peuvent éprouver les problèmes suivants :</p> <ul> <li>ils se fatiguent vite,</li> <li>ils ont du mal à prendre du poids normalement,</li> <li>ils perdent du poids.</li> </ul> <p>Pour prendre du poids et avoir plus d’énergie, il faut augmenter la quantité de calories présentes dans ce que ces bébés mangent ou boivent. Et comme il peut être difficile d’augmenter la quantité de nourriture qu’un bébé peut absorber, vous pouvez augmenter la teneur calorique des aliments qu’il mange. On appelle cela un apport énergétique accru.</p><h2>​À retenir</h2> <ul> <li>Un apport énergétique accru se produit quand vous augmentez la quantité de calories dans les aliments que votre bébé mange afin qu’il gagne du poids et qu’il ait plus d’énergie.</li> <li>Offrez-lui d’abord des aliments à haute teneur calorique, puis ceux dont la teneur est plus faible. Vous pouvez aussi ajouter des calories supplémentaires à ses aliments.</li> <li>Ne donnez pas de boissons à faible teneur calorique à votre bébé, comme de l’eau.</li> </ul><h2>Deux façons d’augmenter la quantité de calories absorbées par votre bébé</h2><p>Les diététistes (diététiciens) recommandent deux stratégies générales pour augmenter les calories absorbées par un bébé :</p><ul><li>Offrez-lui d’abord des aliments à haute teneur calorique, et ensuite ceux à plus faible teneur calorique.</li><li>Ajoutez des calories aux aliments de votre bébé.</li></ul><h2>Commencez par les aliments à haute teneur calorique</h2><p>Votre bébé ne peut manger ou boire qu’une certaine quantité à chacun de ses repas. Il vaut alors mieux commencer par lui offrir des aliments à haute teneur calorique et, s’il a encore faim, lui proposer ensuite des aliments à plus faible teneur calorique.</p><p>Voici les aliments que les bébés mangent habituellement au cours de leur première année, classés selon leur apport calorique :</p><h3>Aliments à teneur calorique élevée</h3><ul><li>Lait maternel ou lait maternisé</li><li>Céréales pour bébé</li><li>Purées de viandes</li></ul><p>Les aliments pour bébés étiquetés « viande et légumes » contiennent moins de calories que ceux qui contiennent uniquement de la viande.</p><p>Les aliments pour bébés étiquetés « légumes et viande » contiennent moins de calories que ceux étiquetés « viande et légumes ».</p><h3>Aliments à faible teneur calorique</h3><ul><li>custards (flans)</li><li>purées et compotes de fruits</li></ul><p>Les desserts faits à base de purées, les yogourts et les custards contiennent plus de calories que ceux faits uniquement à base de purées de fruits.</p><h3>Aliments ayant la plus faible teneur calorique</h3><ul><li>purées de légumes</li></ul><h2>Ajoutez des calories aux aliments de votre bébé</h2> <figure><img src="https://assets.aboutkidshealth.ca/akhassets/Baby_food_energy_boosting_EQUIP_ILL_FR.jpg" alt="Échelle des aliments à plus faible apport calorique aux aliments à plus fort apport calorique" /> </figure> <p>Voici des manières d’ajouter des calories aux aliments de votre bébé :</p><h3>Céréales</h3><p>Mélangez les céréales avec du lait maternel que vous avez tiré ou du lait maternisé plutôt que de l’eau.</p><h3>Viande et légumes</h3><p>Ajoutez ½ cuillérée à café (2,5 ml) de margarine ou d’huile pour chaque ¼ tasse (60 ml ou 2 oz) d’aliments pour bébés à base de viande et de légumes.</p><h3>Fruits et desserts</h3><p>Ajoutez ½ cuillérée à café (2,5 ml) de crème liquide à 18 % de matière grasse (M.G.) pour chaque ¼ tasse (60 ml ou 2 oz) de purée de fruits pour bébés.</p><h2>Ne donnez pas à votre bébé de boissons à faible teneur calorique</h2><p>Des boissons comme l’eau, le thé et le café n’ont peu ou pas de calories, alors n’en donnez pas à votre bébé.</p><p>Les jus ont des calories, mais pas autant que les aliments indiqués précédemment. Les jus risquent de remplir le ventre de votre bébé et il aura moins faim. Ne donnez pas de jus à votre bébé à moins qu’il ait encore faim après avoir mangé des aliments à haute teneur calorique. </p>

 

 

 

 

Energy boosting during baby's first year1197.00000000000Energy boosting during baby's first yearEnergy boosting during baby's first yearEEnglishNutritionNewborn (0-28 days);Baby (1-12 months)BodyDigestive systemNon-drug treatmentCaregivers Adult (19+)NA2009-11-06T05:00:00Z6.6000000000000072.4000000000000557.000000000000Health (A-Z) - ProcedureHealth A-Z<p>Sometimes infants do not gain weight at the rate they are supposed to. Find out ways to increase your baby's caloric intake in a healthy manner. </p><h2>What is energy boosting?</h2> <p>Babies who are not eating well, or who need a lot of calories, may have problems such as the following:</p> <ul> <li>getting tired more easily </li> <li>having trouble gaining weight normally </li> <li>losing weight </li> </ul> <p>To gain weight and have more energy, these babies need to get more calories from what they eat and drink. It can be hard to get a baby to eat more. But you can increase the amount of calories in the food your baby does eat. This is called energy boosting. </p><h2>Key points</h2> <ul> <li>Energy boosting is when you increase the amount of calories in the food your baby eats so that they can gain weight and have more energy.</li> <li>Offer your baby foods that are highest in calories first and lowest in calories last. You can also add extra calories to your baby's foods.</li> <li>Do not give your baby low-calorie drinks such as water.</li> </ul><h2>Two ways to get your baby to eat more calories</h2><p>Dietitians have two general strategies to increase a baby's calories:</p><ul><li>Offer your baby foods that are highest in calories first. Offer the lowest in calories last.</li><li>Add extra calories to your baby's foods.</li></ul><h2>High-calorie foods first</h2><p>Your baby can only eat or drink a certain amount at any one feeding time. The best thing to do is to begin feeding times with foods that are the highest in calories. If your child is still hungry after that, then you can offer foods that are lower in calories.</p><p>Here are foods that babies typically eat in their first year of life, rated by calories:</p><h3>Highest calorie foods</h3><ul><li>breast milk or formula</li><li>infant cereals</li><li>strained meats</li></ul><p>Baby foods labelled "meat with vegetables" have fewer calories than meat alone.</p><p>Baby foods labelled "vegetables with meat" have fewer calories than "meat with vegetables."</p><h3>Lower calorie foods</h3><ul><li>custards</li><li>pureed or mashed fruits</li></ul><p>Strained desserts, yogurts and custards have more calories than strained fruits alone.</p><h3>Lowest calorie foods</h3><ul><li>pureed or mashed vegetables</li></ul><h2>Adding extra calories to your baby's foods</h2> <figure><img src="https://assets.aboutkidshealth.ca/akhassets/Baby_food_energy_boosting_EQUIP_ILL_EN.jpg" alt="Scale of lowest calorie foods to highest calorie foods from pureed or mashed vegetables to breast milk" /> </figure> <p>Here are some ways you can add extra calories to your baby's food:</p><h3>With cereal</h3><p>Mix infant cereal with expressed breast milk or formula instead of water.</p><h3>With meat and vegetables</h3><p>Add 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) of margarine or oil to every 1/4 cup (60 ml or 2 oz) of meat and vegetable baby food.</p><h3>With fruit and desserts</h3><p>Add 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) of table cream to each 1/4 cup (60 ml or 2 oz) of pureed or mashed fruit baby food. Table cream will have the words 18% m.f. on the carton.</p><h2>Do not give your baby low-calorie drinks</h2><p>Drinks such as water, tea and coffee do not have any calories, so do not give them to your baby.</p><p>Juice does have calories, but it does not have as many as the foods listed above. Juice may fill up your baby's tummy and make them less hungry. Try not to give your baby juice unless your baby is still hungry after eating high-calorie foods.</p><h2>Other tips and suggestions</h2> <p>Write down any other ideas you have here:</p> <p> </p> <p>Your dietitian also recommends:</p> <p> </p> <p>Cautions:</p> <p> </p> <h3>Call your dietitian if you have any questions:</h3> <p>Name:</p> <p> </p> <p>Number:</p> <p> </p>babyenergyboostinghttps://assets.aboutkidshealth.ca/akhassets/Baby_food_energy_boosting_EQUIP_ILL_EN.jpgEnergy boosting during baby's first yearFalse

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