Comments on: Feeding The Bonzai Baby, An Introduction

By: Sayward

Sayward — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:03:44 +0000

@ Darciefaro – A couple of reasons! Firstly, because cereals have very little nutrients, relatively speaking – especially the ones targeted at babies. Other than iron, rice cereal is basically empty calories. So they fill the belly but offer little in the way of nutrients. I’d rather fill the belly with breast milk!

Also, there’s some evidence that babies lack the enzymes necessary to degest grains, and that feeding them grains could be deleterious. Since there was no compelling reason *to* feed grains, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to wait. =)

By: natashia

natashia — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:33:51 +0000

Abby – I am shocked at the price! It’s a little +- 150 pg paperback! I can’t help but wonder if they haven’t made a HUGE mistake! My next best suggestion is to contact your local chapter of La Leche League (www.llli.org) and see if you can’t get a copy via them. I think the effort would be well worth it, I can’t recommend this book highly enough!

By: Abby

Abby — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:53:11 +0000

@Natashia, that book sounds great – but it’s $120 or so on amazon.com and not available on amazon.ca. Alas, sounds really great – I’ll keep an eye out as it sounds interesting (and b/c I often get frustrated at meal times).

By: Darciefaro

Darciefaro — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:30:20 +0000

Is the reason for no cereal because it’s processed/not whole? Or too full of carbs?

By: Sayward

Sayward — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:52:58 +0000

@ sj – Until I had a baby of my own, I knew NOTHING. I had held like, 4 babies in my life. It’s totally learn-as-you-go. =)

@ Charlotte – We do the same thing! I simplified version of what we’re eating, sans salt of course.

@ natashia – Thanks for the book rec, I’ll totally check that out. I do worry about that, especially because I’m so into food and nutrition. I don’t want to give him a complex! It’s such a difficult balance to strike though . . . like so many things in parenting.

@ Rea – Awesome! I wasn’t even thinking along the lines of fiction, but duh – of course!

@ Lauren – We do probiotics in a powder as well as in food. I know this can be tough stuff, especially with older and pickier eaters. Don’t be too hard on yourself! And I hope you like the rest of the series. =)

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Thanks for the feedback everyone!

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:50:49 +0000

WAITS HAS TEETH!!! How do they grow so fast?!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:24:57 +0000

This post came at the perfect time. I’ve been stressing out trying to feed my vegetarian toddler a healthy variety of food. We don’t eat dairy products, so I love reading vegan recipes… but we do eat some fish and eggs so we can’t call ourselves vegan. He’s at the stage where he prefers finger foods instead of being spoon-fed by me. I end up feeding him processed cereal for snacks because it’s so easy, but I want to move away from that and toward more whole foods. He loves all fruits and some veggies (avocados and tomatoes), but I can’t get him to eat things like spinach or green beans in any form! Do you take probiotic supplements, or do you try to get all of your probiotics in food? I wanted to let you know that I appreciate your alt milk article because I’m afraid I’ve been giving my son too much soy milk. I’m going to try making my own almond milk this week. I can’t wait to read the rest of this series!

By: eternitysojourner

eternitysojourner — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:15:30 +0000

greetings!
i really enjoyed your galadarling interview and that’s how i found you here. hubby and i are new parents and are definitely hoping that our parenting will flow naturally from our consciousness. your blog is definitely helping thus far! our sweet pea is only 2 and a half months but i will enjoy gleaning some ideas from you. blessings!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:16:46 +0000

Thanks so much for posting this. I have a 1 year old and I am desperately trying to figure out a way to transition my daughter to a more humane diet. I look forward to reading more about this from you.

By: Rea

Rea — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:52:30 +0000

@Sayward Oh, just a little something that includes a super-vegan crunchy mom who’s super awesome and all that jazz. I may be super-vegan and crunchy, but a mum I am not, so your words on motherhood and the two have provided thoughtful insight. :)