All mothers:

• Continue breastfeeding until two years (if not HIV+).
• Provide child with frequent small feeds throughout the day because young children have small stomachs.
• Increase frequency as the child gets older (2-3 times per day at 6-8 months and 3-4 times a day after 9 months with additional snacks offered between meals).
• Increase the amount of food as the child gets older.
• Use a separate bowl for each child.
• Improve the energy content of the foods and offer a variety.
• Increase the density of food as the child gets older (from soft porridge and mashed food at 6-8 months to finely chopped or mashed family food after 9 months). [ view consistency of porridge ]
• Increase the variety of food as the child gets older (cereal/starchy roots plus animal foods/legumes/nuts plus fruit and strong colored vegetables).
• Interact with the child during feeding (active feeding)
• Prepare and store the food safely.

• All mothers/caregivers bring their child for monthly weighing up to the age of 24 months.
• All mothers bring their child to the clinic immediately if they see that the child is not gaining weight or is losing weight.

1. Child Iron Deficiency Anaemia (IDA) control:

All mothers/caregivers:

• Bring their children between 1-5 years for bi-annual de-worming
• Ensure that all family members sleep under an ITN
• Apply correct hygiene practices:
  
  1) Wash hands with soap or ash after the toilet, before eating, before preparing food and feeding their child;
  2) Keep nails shorts;
  3) Wear slippers or shoes and
  4) Wash/peel fruits before eating.
• Help the child to apply correct hygiene practices:
  1) Wash hands after using the toilet and before eating;
  2) Keep nails short;
  3) Wear slippers or shoes and
  4) Wash fruits before eating.

• All mothers/caregivers bring the child to receive one 100,000 IU dose of Vitamin A starting from 6 months to 1 year and one 200,000 IU dose of Vitamin A from1 to 5 years.