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Toddler Treatment Protocol: age 2-3 years
Describes the protocol for treatment for toddlers between 2 and 3 years of age.

 

Resources

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A Babysitter's Guide to PKU.
Guidelines and helpful hints for babysitting a child with PKU.

Games That Teach: Learning by Doing for Preschoolers with PKU.
A booklet of activities for children, providing opportunities to learn about appropriate food choices for PKU.

Look-Alike Foods: A solution or a Pandora's box?
Questions to consider when deciding on an appropriate food strategy for your child.

Making the Change: from High Phe to Low Phe. Fink KJ, Trahms CM. University of Washington PKU Clinic, 1993.
A booklet that describes how to change recipes to fit into a low-phe food pattern.

Monitoring Blood Phenylalanine Levels at Home.
A guide for collecting Guthrie filter paper blood samples at home.

PKU Self-Management Timeline.
A guideline of suggested tasks for children to adopt as they progress from infancy to adulthood.

PKU Food Target.
A food target tool, developed by the University of Washington PKU Clinic, to help with food choices for PKU diet management.

Padgett D. Tips for dealing with blood draws at different ages. National PKU News 1991;3:1:4-5.

Sulzbacher S. Living with PKU: dealing with "formula battles".
National PKU News 1993;5:2:4-5.

Trahms CM. Self-management skills: the key to successful PKU treatment, Part I. National PKU News 1992;3:3:4-5.

 

Case Study

Nutrition Management of the Toddler/Young Child
Includes a dietary prescription and sample dietary calculation for a toddler or young child.

 

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