Show r. r V Ii Is Your Child T Iron Most parents would be bc shocked if they thought their mild was anemic However iron deficiency is so comma 11 in infants from about to six months that it was considered normal for this age I I Iby by doctors for many Years i THIS SITUATION is different differ differ- ent today because most babies begin eating solid foods by the time they are three months month old Most of the changes art arE 1 due to the excellent prepared baby food In spite of all these advances ad ad- vances in the availability of iron iron containing foods many i modern modem infants develop op a r considerable degree of anemia One of two things are usually usually ally found responsible Either the child does not eat wellor well wellor wellor or some infection is caus causing trouble A SICK child will not eat enough food to meet the extra extra ex ex- tra body needs created by illness A vicious circle is u often created as a result A poorly nourished child or or infant in in- fant is less able to cor co combat ba bat t infections He will have one cold or ear infection after another thus he continues to 1 eat poorly His blood iron I I level gets lower and lower a aIt It is true that premature infants and twins are more apt to be anemic than full I term or single birth children Children born to mothers who did not take extra iron during dur duro ing pregnancy y or who were 1 anemic during that period 1 from other causes are apt I to be low low on on blood iron also j i OFTEN ALL that is needed is to persuade your child that there are other foods in m 1 addition to milk Keep in mind that as imp important t a food as I milk is it is not a source of iron Your child needs minerals he can get from 1 meat eggs vegetables and I cereals if he is to be well i w 23 1 ci ha happy I I |