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Therefore, a pregnant woman may feed on the following

 Dairy products; e.g. milk, yoghurt

 Legumes; e.g. peas, beans, soybeans and groundnuts.

 Sweet potatoes, cereals

 Eggs

 Broccoli and Dark, Leafy Greens, Fruits

 Lean meat, fish
 Enough water

Breast feeding women and their breast fed children
Breast milk is the only food required for a baby up to four

months.

A breast feeding mother needs to eat foods and drink fluids

that will help baby produce enough milk for her baby

Fluids: to stimulate milk production in her breast e.g clean

boiled water, milk, fruit juices, millet & maize porridge, etc

Calcium: to replace the calcium in her body that the child is

taking in breast milk.

Weaning children

Weaning is the gradual removal of the baby from breast milk

by introduction of other foods. OR Weaning is the gradual in-

troduction of solid foods to a baby other than breast milk

alone.

Weaning is to a custom a child to solid foods other than breast

milk alone.

Solid food should not be started before four months (17
weeks). This is because below 4 months the baby’s digestive

system isn’t ready enough.