Infant digestion and feeding: a practical guide for thoughtful caregivers
This book offers a scientific, accessible look at how newborns digest milk, metals, and carbs, and how these processes shape feeding choices from the first days onward. It also covers artificial feeding, adjustments in later months, and common digestive problems, helping readers make informed, realistic decisions.
The text frames what drives infant nutrition, from the workings of saliva, gastric juice, and enzymes to how volumes, intervals, and formula modifications affect growth and comfort. It provides historical and practical context for selecting feeding methods, when to add water or other foods, and how to balance breast-metting with formula needs."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book thoroughly examines the practice and theory of infant feeding in the early 1900s, including the composition of breast milk and cows milk, and the best ways to transition babies to artificial feeding, or to wean them. The author discusses the digestive process in babies, protein metabolism, fat metabolism, and the metabolism of salts, carbohydrates, and other dietary components. Modern pediatricians and parents with an interest in historical feeding practices will find this text an insightful study of how caregivers approached infant feeding in the early 20th century. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781332143757_0
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Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # LW-9781332143757
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # LW-9781332143757
Quantity: 15 available