USDAs New Food Pyramid – My Plate – Misses the Mark
Have you seen the USDA’s new take on the Food Pyramid, called My Plate? I certainly think it is better than the pyramid (below top) and the recent sideways pyramid (below bottom) that was indescribably confusing. The plate in particular is such a good way to visualize healthy eating as it can be implemented easily at the dinner table. HOWEVER, Dairy? It just doesn’t fit. Dairy is not a nutrient category like protein, grains (carbs), fruits and veggies. It seems like maybe the Dairy industry had some pull? I’m not anti dairy or anything but Dairy is primarily...
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If your toddler is like mine she has a steady rotation of only a few foods over and over and over! And chocolate? Watch out! She could eat a pound of it. So I wanted to make a chocolate cookie that she would want to eat that had some hidden goodness in it. I came up with this recipie that I call Carrot Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Some of the secret goodies in these: Prunes – prunes are the highest fruit in antioxidant level and a good source of fiber. They add a sweetness but also a stickiness that replaces fat in the recipe. It makes shortening or butter uneccessary...
Read MoreA 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:...
Read MoreUpdate on Baby Led Weaning: AKA Self-feeding for infants
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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