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What are the disadvantages of complementary feeding to infants before the appropriate age?

Highlight the disadvantages of complementary feeding to infants before the appropriate age.

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Maurice
(i) It may displace breast milk.

(ii) Food might not be in the right temperature.

(iii) The bonding between the mother and the child is at stake.

(iv) Risk of diarrhea because complementary foods may not be as clean as breast milk.

(v) Insufficient/ inadequate/ may not be easy to provide all food nutrients which leads to protein deficiency/ malnutrition/ increased risk of anaemia.

(vi) Foods given do not contain protective antibodies that provide immunity for human babies.

(vii) Risk of infants developing food allergies.

(viii) Children become prone to stomach/ intestinal disorders.

(ix) It increases the risk of the mother conceiving if she breast feeds less frequently hence less attention to the infant.

(x) Risk of diarrhea because complementary foods may not be as clean as breast milk.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 26, 2017 at 09:17

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