Help with Infant Nutrition

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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