Mother Needs To Know, Susu Cannot Replace The Main Food Needs Of Children

Illustration of a child drinking milk (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - Susu is a favorite drink for children aged 2 years and under. However, Mother needs years that milk cannot replace the main food so that continuing to give children who do not want to eat with milk is not a solution.

"(Given milk because you don't want to eat) you don't solve the problem. Susu can't replace food, (the child) still needs the main food," said University of Indonesia clinical nutrition specialist Diana Felicia Suganda as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, September 21.

According to Diana, this is the reason why children who don't want to eat are not constantly given milk. He said children tend to choose an easy one so that instead of having to eat, they choose to drink milk.

"Yes, it's more than being bothered by chewing, it's difficult to eat, you have to chew, your child is lazy. The more he will get used to it (wanted the easy one, namely just drinking milk)," he said.

Diana advised children to get sufficient or not excessive milk intake to avoid excessive weight conditions and obesity.

Children aged 0-6 months who should get general breast milk with a total of 600-800 ml per day. Then children aged 6 months-1 years usually because they have started eating so that the amount of milk intake begins to decrease to 400-600 ml per day.

"Usia 1-2 years is getting less and less because the child has eaten more and more, (the need) 300-400 ml per day. Children aged 2 years are getting lower again 200-300 ml, because mainly from food," Diana said, emphasizing the importance of adjusting breastfeeding to the age of the child.

He stressed that milk is only an addition while eating is the main thing and when children start eating, the amount of milk should be reduced.

"Finally, if you drink more than that amount, for example, children over 2 years old, up to six bottles per day, one bottle is 150 ml, 900 ml has not yet been from food, finally overweight," he said.