ALL ABOUT BABIES...
A Public Service of the
National Baby Care Council
BANANAS, A SOLID FOOD —
By L. M. Drennan, M.D.
Chiriqui, Panama
Physicians today often recom
mend bananas as baby’s first solid
food. That this fruit is easy to di
gest and of high nutritional value,
has been proved in numerous
clinical studies.
Prominent among these investi
gations was a long-range study car
ried out at the New York Found
ling Hospital. Bananas were given
routinely to all infants as their first
solid food. The age of the infants
ranged from six weeks to eight
months. Each baby averaged half
a ripe mashed banana a day.
Seven years later, results were
evaluated in 444 case records.
Weight gain proved to be normal,
with the most rapid increases evi
dent in babies who were more than
15 per cent underweight. The low
incidence of stomach upsets in the
series is noteworthy, considering
the number of ill and undernour
ished infants studied.
The study showed that ripe,
mashed banana, when substituted
for less digestible nonfruit carbo
hydrates in the formula, is readily
assimilated by normal and mal
nurished infants. In sum, banana
was regarded as an ideal, easily
digested, first solid to offer infants.
These results have been corro
borated in many other studies. In
fants fed ripe bananas within the
first days or weeks of birth have
responded well. They are happier
and more content, with fewer feed
ing problems.
One advantage of early banana
feeding is that banana supplies
vital vitamins and minerals, to an
extent that supplemental addition
of these essentials can be appre
ciably decreased.
Bananas supply an easy digesta
ble carbohydrate, which in turn,
through the calorie content sup
plies the needed energy along with
milk and other foods in the baby’s
diet. The daily caloric requirement
of babies varies with their age and
weight. Therefore, it is wise to dis
cuss the quantity of daily banana
feedings with your doctor.
When feeding banana to your
baby, be sure it is fully ripe —
yellow peel, flecked with brown —
and, until the baby is able to chew
solid foods properly the banana
should be mashed with a fork or
spoon. Babies take banana well and
show evidence of taste enjoyment.
CG Academy
Seeks Applicants
The annual examination for ad
mission to the U. S. Coast Guard
Academy, at New London, Conn.,
will be held Feb. 19 and 20 in 120
cities of the U. S., its possessions
and selected cities abroad.
Appointments to cadetships at
the Academy are made solely on
the basis of competitive examina
tion and prospective adaptability
to military life. There are no Con
gressional appointments or geo
graphical quotas.
An applicant must be a high
school senior or graduate, who has
reached his 17th but not his 22nd
birthday on July, 1, 1962.
An information booklet and ap
plication forms for entering the
Coast Guard Academy may be ob
tained by writing to the Com
mander, 17th Oast Guard District,
P.0. Box 2631, Juneau, Alaska. The
completed application forms must
be received by Coast Guard Head
quarters in Washington, D. C., not
later than Jan. 10, 1962.
Cub Pack 213~
To Meet Saturday
Cub Pack 213 will hold its
monthly Pack meeting Saturday,
Sept. 30.
The meeting will be held in the
auditorium of the new school, and
will begin at 7:30 p. m.
If you have something to sell
try a classified ad in the Mirror.
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