Infant Feeding Related Articles & Blog Posts
Go Gourmet Baby!
Studies are revealing that children who are fed diets of bland, tasteless food are more likely to have issues with weight. Unlike the jarred foods, homemade baby food is full of delicious fresh, wholesome flavor and adding herbs and spices is a great way to enhance this flavor.
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Appliance Choices for Making Baby Food
When you start making baby food, you’ll need an appliance that will puree your baby’s food into a smooth, pudding-like texture. Here are the top three choices in pureeing appliances and some helpful advice choosing which one is right for you.
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Time Saving Tips for Making Baby Food
The simplest and most convenient system for making baby food is to make large batches of food purees and freeze it in single serving cubes. Once you get started, it will take about 30 minutes per week. Here is some time saving advice that will help you out.
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Baby food: home-made or from a jar?
Different parents have different opinions on what is better, home-made baby food or bottled baby food. What’s your suggestion? Do you cook for your kids? What’s their favorite food?
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Adjusting to Solids
My son is 9 1/2 months old. While he loves to feed himself Cheerios and other hard foods (crackers, pretzels), he doesn’t do too well with other foods, such as peas, carrots, pasta, etc. He’s okay with thick mashed…
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Formula and Diarrhea
I’d like to supplement my breastfed 3-month-old with formula, but it seems to be giving her diarrhea. Is she allergic? What can I use as a supplement?
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Stool Consistency
My 7-month-old had diarrhea for a week, so the doctor changed her formula from Similac to Isomil. Now her stools are too thick and she is having trouble passing them. I’m afraid she will get hemorrhoids.
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Feeding a Baby Honey
Is there ever a time to wait beyond a year for giving a child honey? What about cereals that contain honey, such as Honey Nut Cheerios?
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Food Allergies
Related concepts: Food hypersensitivity, Oral allergy syndrome, Allergic proctocolitis Introduction to food allergies: Many parents of infants and toddlers are told that food allergies don’t happen that young, or that they are very rare. We’ve learned that food allergies certainly do happen and that they are common – affecting about 1 in 18 children before [...]
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Are DHA and ARA Important in Baby Formula?
Does anyone know about the enfamil lipil formula. Is that the one that is best?
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