Re: Help with Infant Nutrition

[Guest guest]

> The Weston Price foundation, Sally Fallon, Enig, Dr. Mercola,

> etc. have all laid out great principles and bits and pieces of a

> good infant eating plan, but I've seen nothing that's an integrated,

> holistic, A-Z plan that parents can follow.

Marc,

Have you seen thispage on Dr. Cowan's site?

http://www.fourfoldhealing.com/Feeding_Our_Children.htm

B.

[Guest guest]

Marc, by that age in our family, the nursling was eating family

food. We never did the baby food thing. One of the kids didn't want

any table food until almost 9 months. Another was grabbing food out

of my hands at 5 months. Go figure.

That meant that all our food was cooked " plain " and then the adults

could add things like salt, intense flavors, and stuff like that.

It didn't seem an imposition at all; I mean, for breakfast, some

scrambled egg and oatmeal. Lunch, peas & carrots and chicken pieces

or whatever. dinner, ditto. Fruits and cheese in between. Oh maybe

we had evil Cheerios too, it was a long time ago. <smile> We used

LLL's " whole foods for whole families " and that can easily be

tweaked for WAPF.

I just loved going from nursing to table food. SOOOO easy. Also we

live in an organic-rich area so good quality ingredients were handy.

That would make a big difference.

Connie

--- In , " mwstockman " <marc@s...>

wrote:

>

> Hello Everyone,

>

> Was hoping one of you could help me out with something.

>

> I a follower of Weston Price eating habits as described in

Nutrition

> and Physical Degeneration; however, I am having problems

translating

> that into a healthy diet for my 8-month old.

>

> I already follow most of the principles outlined at

> http://www.westonaprice.org/children/feeding.html including:

>

> 1) We are still breastfeeding

> 2) Supplementing w/1 egg yolk/day for the last couple of months

> 3) Daily supplement of cod liver oil

> 4) Daily supplement of high-vitamin butter oil

>

> I feel pretty good about these 4 things, but here's what bothers

me:

> we are beginning to add other foods in the form of organic baby

> foods, all of which is in jars. Things like blueberries, bananas,

> carrots, apples, etc.

>

> The problem is that my gut tells me that these foods aren't all

that

> helpful, because they are a) low in healthy fats and high in

> sugars, albeit natural ones. And on top of that, my gut also says

> that he's just not getting enough food, even though he is still

> breastfeeding and his mother has a good diet.

>

> And so I've started searching for what other types of foods to

feed

> my 8-month old, but haven't found any resource yet that lays it

out

> in detail.

>

> Question on my mind include:

>

> 1) Can we start feeding him meats this early, such as salmon,

> chicken and beef? And if so, what's the best way to prepare that?

>

> 2) Should we go to two egg yolks per day?

>

> 3) Can we find something convenient that's pre-made or will we

need

> to make it all ourselves?

>

> The Weston Price foundation, Sally Fallon, Enig, Dr. Mercola,

> etc. have all laid out great principles and bits and pieces of a

> good infant eating plan, but I've seen nothing that's an

integrated,

> holistic, A-Z plan that parents can follow.

>

> Any help you guys could give would be very much appreciated.

>

> Thanks.

>

> Marc

>

[Guest guest]

Connie,

I too used Whole Foods for the Whole Family from LLL!

Marc,

I also fed my little ones chicken livers - just steamed - soft, full

of iron and protein and good stuff. Eventually they stopped liking

them, but at this age they really did. But every kid is different.

And there are those baby food grinders you just put regular table

food into and grind if you (and I do mean the parent!) need to feed

ground up stuff. The babies do just fine with " at baby's will "

breastfeeding and snacks from the big people table.

Connie Hampton

> >

> > Hello Everyone,

> >

> > Was hoping one of you could help me out with something.

> >

> > I a follower of Weston Price eating habits as described in

> Nutrition

> > and Physical Degeneration; however, I am having problems

> translating

> > that into a healthy diet for my 8-month old.

> >

> > I already follow most of the principles outlined at

> > http://www.westonaprice.org/children/feeding.html including:

> >

> > 1) We are still breastfeeding

> > 2) Supplementing w/1 egg yolk/day for the last couple of months

> > 3) Daily supplement of cod liver oil

> > 4) Daily supplement of high-vitamin butter oil

> >

> > I feel pretty good about these 4 things, but here's what bothers

> me:

> > we are beginning to add other foods in the form of organic baby

> > foods, all of which is in jars. Things like blueberries,

bananas,

> > carrots, apples, etc.

> >

> > The problem is that my gut tells me that these foods aren't all

> that

> > helpful, because they are a) low in healthy fats and high in

> > sugars, albeit natural ones. And on top of that, my gut also

says

> > that he's just not getting enough food, even though he is still

> > breastfeeding and his mother has a good diet.

> >

> > And so I've started searching for what other types of foods to

> feed

> > my 8-month old, but haven't found any resource yet that lays it

> out

> > in detail.

> >

> > Question on my mind include:

> >

> > 1) Can we start feeding him meats this early, such as salmon,

> > chicken and beef? And if so, what's the best way to prepare

that?

> >

> > 2) Should we go to two egg yolks per day?

> >

> > 3) Can we find something convenient that's pre-made or will we

> need

> > to make it all ourselves?

> >

> > The Weston Price foundation, Sally Fallon, Enig, Dr.

Mercola,

> > etc. have all laid out great principles and bits and pieces of a

> > good infant eating plan, but I've seen nothing that's an

> integrated,

> > holistic, A-Z plan that parents can follow.

> >

> > Any help you guys could give would be very much appreciated.

> >

> > Thanks.

> >

> > Marc

> >

>