| 1. | The adequate intake of calories and nutrients is measured by the _______ of the infant. (Weight) |
| 2. | True or False: An infant usually doubles his birth weight within four months. (True) |
| 3. | The age at which solid food is typically introduced to the infant. (4 to 6 months) |
| 4. | The food most often introduced as a solid food first because it rarely causes allergies. (Rice cereal, followed by oat and barley cereal) |
| 5. | List 3 of the 8 foods the curriculum notes as being most often associated with food allergies in infants. (Eggs, cow's milk, wheat, corn, beef, peanut butte, potatoes and oranges) |
| 6. | True or False: Age should be the most important criterion used to judge when to begin an infant on solid foods. (False. Stage of growth or developmental readiness) |
| 7. | List 2 of the three ways that you can tell a baby is ready for solid food. (Sit upright while eating, control neck and head, use lips and tongue to move the food from the spoon to the back of the mouth) |
| 8. | Describe three ways to identify a possible allergic reaction to a food that has recently been introduced to an infant. (Rash, diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, gas, and irritability) |
| 9. | The rate at which new foods should be introduced. (one new food every three days) |
| 10. | List three things that should not be added to a baby's food. (Sugar, salt, fat, honey) |
| 11. | The age at which juice should be introduced into the baby's diet. (At about 6 to 8 months) |
| 12. | True or False: Juice can be given in a bottle. (False) |
| 13. | The amount of juice that should be given to a baby each day. (2 to 3 ounces) |
| 14. | Give two reasons why only 2 to 3 ounces of juice should be given each day. (More might give diarrhea or stomach aches. Juice could spoil their appetites for other foods they need.) |
| 15. | Name the only two foods that should be fed to the baby with a bottle. (Iron-fortified infant formula and breast milk) |
| 16. | Name two things that putting your baby to bed with a bottle can cause. (Nursing bottle mouth and ear infections) |
| 17. | The best way to warm a bottle. (Place it in warm, not boiling, water for about 5 minutes) |
| 18. | A baby should be completely weaned from the bottle by what age? (15 to 16 months) |
| 19. | If the local health department recommends that a mother boil the water with which she is going to make infant formula, how long should the water be boiled? (No longer than 5 minutes because boiling water for longer than that can cause the impurities in the water to concentrate.) |
| 20. | Once iron-fortified formula has been opened and/or made up, how long should it stay in the refrigerator? (No longer than 24 hours) |
| 21. | How long can breast milk be stored in the refrigerator? (Up to 2 days) |
| 22. | True or False: Breast milk can be frozen, but iron-fortified formula cannot. (True) |
| 23. | How long can expressed milk or iron-fortified formula sit out at room temperature? (No more than 2 hours) |
| 24. | Name the food that can contain the spore that can cause infant botulism. (Honey) |
| 25. | True or False: You can make baby food from leftovers. (False) |
| 26. | If you purchase baby food, why would you buy plain meat rather than meat combined with vegetables? (Get more meat for your money, more nutritious) |
| 27. | Explain why serving food from a dish is better than serving the infant from the jar. (The baby's saliva, when transferred from the spoon to the food in the jar, can cause contamination from bacteria and digestive juices. It can also cause the food to start being digested. If the baby does not finish the food and it is returned to the refrigerator for storage, the saliva left in the food will begin digesting it. The partially digested food will appear "watery" when you want to serve it the next time.) |
| 28. | Finger foods can be given at approximately what age? (At about 8 months) |
| 29. | Name 4 of the 7 foods that your curriculum lists as those most often associated with causing an infant to choke. (Hot dogs, grapes, cherries, popcorn, nuts, carrots, raisins, chips, large pieces of bologna, lumps of peanut butter) |
| 30. | Age at which an infant can be switched to whole milk. (1 year) |
| 31. | Age at which an infant can be switched to 2% milk. (2 years) |
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