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10.08.10
The Historic Columbia Foundation and Glory Foods are seeking contestants for the Jubilee: Festival of Heritage Yam Cook-Off . Contestants are asked to make a dish using Glory Foods yams or sweet potato products as the main ingredient. Judges will select winners based on taste, creativity, texture and presentation in three categories including Overall, Best Presentation and Healthiest Dish. Entry fee is $10; entry deadline is Friday. Cook-off event is 6-8 p.m. Aug. 27 at the Big Apple, 1000 Hampton St. Winners will be announced Aug. 28 at the Jubilee: Festival of Heritage, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Mann-Simons Cottage, 1403 Richland St. For more information and entry form, HistoricColumbia.org or (803) 252-1770, ext. 33.
Start rattling those pots and pans, the Dream Dinners Recipe Contest is back. Dream Dinners, a chain of meal assembly locations located within select grocery stores (including Piggly Wiggly on Forest Drive), is looking for new recipes to add to their line-up of dishes. Contestants can choose to enter recipes in categories of steak, chicken or pasta (one recipe per person per category). Winners in each category will receive a $500 gift certificate, and recipes will be featured in a future Dream Dinners Monthly Dinner Feature. Information and entry form: dreamdinners.com. Deadline is Aug. 31.
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Lactation Managment Unit
Neel was admitted to the Lactation Management Unit (LMU) at CINI with his mother, Maitun, at 2 months of age. His weight was just 3.6kg and had been dropping steadily. Maitun brought Neel to the outpatient clinic, as she was concerned he was not growing properly. Maitun is 20 years old and Neel is her first baby. She began breastfeeding her son from the first day of his life but after 15 days her mother-in-law decided that Maitun had insufficient milk to feed Neel and therefore should start using other milk substitutes in addition to her breast milk. Neel was fed a diet of breast milk and wheat flour mixed with cow’s milk, sugar and water during the first two months of his life.
Following Maitun’s admission to the LMU with her son, she was given advice on how to initiate relactation. CINI health care workers spent time with her, providing explanations of the technique and timings of breastfeeding, as well as physical and emotional support. Maitun told me that her confidence has greatly improved in just one week. She says CINI has helped her greatly, as she now has a lot of milk and her son is feeding well and it clear to all of us that she is far more relaxed and confident.
The World Health Organisation advises that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life in developing countries. Exclusive breastfeeding not only improves maternal and child health, but also reduces the risk of malnutrition, infection and other health problems in children. Children who are fed formula feed are at risk of infection, as the water used to make up the formula is not clean; and of malnutrition, as parents may not be able to afford the formula and often use a packet sufficient for only 1 month over...
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