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The role of iron
🎗 Iron is used to make haemoglobin molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body.
🎗 So, when there’s not sufficient iron in the body, there’s not enough haemoglobin and therefore not enough oxygen.
🎗This makes the red blood cells pale and small, resulting in iron-deficiency anaemia.
Research indicates that iron deficiency in infancy can result in long term issues. So, it’s a good idea to set infants up to maintain adequate iron stores throughout all stages of childhood.
Iron at different stages
Babies are born with a reserve of iron, which comes from their mother’s blood while they are in the womb.
For the first six months of life, babies will get all of the iron they need from breastmilk or iron-fortified infant formula.
But that iron starts to run out or the stores tend to dissipate as we approach the six month Mark.
So the weaning foods that we're introducing as your baby's learning, how to eat, those are the foods that should contain iron.
Between breast milk, infant formula, and iron-rich foods, babies can continue to meet their iron needs as they begin to wean.
A baby-led approach to complementary feeding does not appear to increase the risk of iron deficiency in infants when the babies are offered ‘high-iron’ foods at each meal.
🎗 Iron is used to make haemoglobin molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body.
🎗 So, when there’s not sufficient iron in the body, there’s not enough haemoglobin and therefore not enough oxygen.
🎗This makes the red blood cells pale and small, resulting in iron-deficiency anaemia.
Research indicates that iron deficiency in infancy can result in long term issues. So, it’s a good idea to set infants up to maintain adequate iron stores throughout all stages of childhood.
Iron at different stages
Babies are born with a reserve of iron, which comes from their mother’s blood while they are in the womb.
For the first six months of life, babies will get all of the iron they need from breastmilk or iron-fortified infant formula.
But that iron starts to run out or the stores tend to dissipate as we approach the six month Mark.
So the weaning foods that we're introducing as your baby's learning, how to eat, those are the foods that should contain iron.
Between breast milk, infant formula, and iron-rich foods, babies can continue to meet their iron needs as they begin to wean.
A baby-led approach to complementary feeding does not appear to increase the risk of iron deficiency in infants when the babies are offered ‘high-iron’ foods at each meal.