Re: Feeding Babies

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>. I'd love to give her (and baby Lily) a present for Xmas of a book. Any

suggestions.

You could get her a little food grinder. We got this little one that is

basically

for tomatoes, stick some tomatoes in and turn the crank and out comes

tomato mush, no skins. Man did it make easy baby food. Take whatever you

are eating at the table, grind it up, feed it to the kid. (I.e. things like

stewed

plums, cooked vegies -- no bread please, and nothing too spicy). The kids

seem to like it better than canned food (who wouldn't?) and it is easy

and cheap, and not hard to " swallow " in terms of social acceptance. Lately

we bought a tiny handheld grinder that is kind of like a 1-cup Cuisinart, and

that would work well too.

Chicken soup seems to be the favorite, ground up ...

-- Heidi

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Great idea Heidi, wish I'd know you when my three were beginning to eat.

Blessings

Joann

Re: Feeding Babies

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> >. I'd love to give her (and baby Lily) a present for Xmas of a book.

Any suggestions.

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> You could get her a little food grinder. We got this little one that is

basically

> for tomatoes, stick some tomatoes in and turn the crank and out comes

> tomato mush, no skins. Man did it make easy baby food. Take whatever you

> are eating at the table, grind it up, feed it to the kid. (I.e. things

like stewed

> plums, cooked vegies -- no bread please, and nothing too spicy). The kids

> seem to like it better than canned food (who wouldn't?) and it is easy

> and cheap, and not hard to " swallow " in terms of social acceptance. Lately

> we bought a tiny handheld grinder that is kind of like a 1-cup Cuisinart,

and

> that would work well too.

>

> Chicken soup seems to be the favorite, ground up ...

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> -- Heidi

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[Guest guest]

Hi Magda!

My daughter is 14 months and I can relate to where you're at with

. In fact, I remember posting a very similar message to this

forum ten months ago. The advice I got (and that I followed) is to

follow the baby's cues. That's what I had been hoping I'd hear since

I was and still am someone who watches her child's cues and then

acts on them. I still nurse on demand and wouldn't have it any other

way.

Isadora showed interest in solids at around 5 months. I tried the

egg yolk and while she seemed to enjoy it, she only ate a tiny

amount and I didn't force it. She seemed to be more fascinated by

the *idea* of eating than actually eating, if you know what I mean.

I tried again two weeks later and then two weeks after that. At

around 6 months I introduced some apple sauce, squash, avocado,

banana and kefir. She enjoyed it all (except for the avocado and

apples, believe it or not!) but still only ate a tiny quantity.

Actually, at 14 months she still primarily nurses and does not eat

meals per se.

I was never strict about her NOT eating meat - in fact, it was and

still is her absolute favorite. I just made a whole pot of buffalo

chili last week and I don't think I've ever seen her open her mouth

so big when the spoon was coming her way!

The only thing I had been strict about when she was smaller was

grains. She didn't have any grains until she was about 10 months and

then it was sprouted bread.

I really like the advice of Jack Newman, who you might know from his

breastfeeding books. When it comes to introducing solids he

recommends following cues and holding little ones in your lap while

you eat - this allows them to watch and learn and eventually take

things off of your plate to try themselves.

Anyhow, good luck. Just watch little and follow his cues. Don't

worry if he's not into it right away. Each kid is an individual and

as long as he's getting lots of good nursies, he'll be just fine!

As for your mom - oy vey. I can empathize, although my mom has

learned to keep her thoughts to herself when it comes to nursing:-)

Just remember that when our moms were new moms they were advised to

introduce solids at 2 weeks!!! Just goes to show you how long we've

come...

Love,

a

>

> is turning 4 months tomorrow and I'd like to start feeding

him

> his egg yolk. Has anyone here actually fed their babies egg yolk?

> How long should I continue doing this? Anyone tried adding liver

to

> it?

> I plan to continue breastfeeding exclusively until at least 6

months

> and then I'd like to start adding some foods to ' diet. So far

> I've come up with banana, avocado, sweet potato. I'm not sure

what's

> next. What are some good candidates for a 6 month old? How often

and

> how much? I'd like to start with veggies, meat, then maybe dairy

and

> fruit. How should I introduce yoghurt or buttermilk?

>

> Thanks for your expertise. I'd really like to have some good ideas

> because my mom's comments are driving me mad. You know " Maybe you

> should give him something to drink to fill up his tummy? " , " How

> about some nice grits? " , " Glucose water? " .. YUCK

>

> Magda