A Very Long, Overdue (not-so-sunday-ish) Sunday Surf
I finally caught up in my Reader so I have a long list today! Here is some of the great stuff I read this week! You can always see what I’m reading at my Google Reader Public Page. Visit Authentic Parenting and Hobo Mama for more Sunday Surfing! There were so many great posts related to breastfeeding! Don’t forget you can help normalize breastfeeding by participating in the Carnival of Nursing in Public. Avent Survey Suggests Half Of New Moms Aren’t Comfortable with breastfeeding in public from A Good Clean Life Kardashian’s Call to Cover Up from Code Name:...
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I thought I’d pop in with an update on the no purees thing. It is really going so naturally that I don’t think about it but I realize it is “weird” so I wanted to update. Aellyn loves to eat. It is a game for her! She doesn’t want me to feed her and that doesn’t bother me. I want her to feel independent and to experience everything about the food herself. She often makes a yucky face and then looks at us and then goes back to eating. I’ve come to learn that her yucky face doesn’t mean she doesn’t like it because we...
Read MoreComplementary Feeding and Baby Led Weaning
I previously talked about the importance of waiting until 6 months to give your baby any solid foods. So, once they hit that milestone, what do you feed them? There are really two topics – 1) how does breastmilk play into the diet of a food-eating baby? and 2) what is the most natural way of eating for babies? The first topic is called complementary feeding – meaning the period between exclusive breasfeeding and complete weaning. The WHO details the nutritional needs of breastfed babies after age 6 months in their document Guiding Principles for Complementary Feeding of the...
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