Comments for Baby Meals http://www.babymeals.net Recipes, nutritional advice, baby food and baby meals Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:14:48 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on How we learn to breastfeed by Breast Feeding Awareness Week | Baby Meals http://www.babymeals.net/baby-milk/how-to-breast-feed-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Breast Feeding Awareness Week | Baby Meals Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:14:48 +0000 http://babymeals.vm.bytemark.co.uk/?page_id=74#comment-147 [...] How we learn to breastfeed [...] [...] How we learn to breastfeed [...]

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]]> Comment on Nutritional facts: Calcium by 10 MO down to 1 feed a day and not that bothered - what do i do?? http://www.babymeals.net/food-diet-health/nutritional-facts-calcium/comment-page-1/#comment-145 10 MO down to 1 feed a day and not that bothered - what do i do?? Thu, 05 May 2011 15:24:52 +0000 http://www.babymeals.net/?page_id=782#comment-145 [...] calcium/3.5 oz.), broccoli (72 mg./cup) or spinach (56 mg./1 cup cooked). Here is some more info: Nutritional facts: Calcium | Baby Meals How is her weight and general development? Have you spoken to your hv? jeanettex Reply [...] [...] calcium/3.5 oz.), broccoli (72 mg./cup) or spinach (56 mg./1 cup cooked). Here is some more info: Nutritional facts: Calcium | Baby Meals How is her weight and general development? Have you spoken to your hv? jeanettex Reply [...]

]]> Comment on Easter Simnel Cake by Easter isn’t just about chocolate – is it? | Baby Meals http://www.babymeals.net/recipes/snacks/easter-simnel-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Easter isn’t just about chocolate – is it? | Baby Meals Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:11:04 +0000 http://www.babymeals.net/recipes/for-all-ages-from-6-months/easter-simnel-cake/#comment-144 [...] eggs or fluffy chicks. Easter biscuits (see Kirstie Allsop explaining how to make some here). Simnel cake. Whole grain Easter bunnies (see Zoe Ball make these here). And if you’re feeling really [...] [...] eggs or fluffy chicks. Easter biscuits (see Kirstie Allsop explaining how to make some here). Simnel cake. Whole grain Easter bunnies (see Zoe Ball make these here). And if you’re feeling really [...]

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]]> Comment on A-Z of “Super-foods” for kids by Christmas food for thought | Baby Meals http://www.babymeals.net/food-diet-health/a-z-of-super-foods-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Christmas food for thought | Baby Meals Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:54:49 +0000 http://www.babymeals.net/?page_id=517#comment-138 [...] A-Z of “Super-foods” for kids [...] [...] A-Z of “Super-foods” for kids [...]

]]> Comment on Baby Led Weaning by Baby Meals http://www.babymeals.net/blog/baby-led-weaning/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Baby Meals Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:16:09 +0000 http://www.babymeals.net/?p=583#comment-102 Maybe different cultures. I'm largely British but my grandmother was bought up in France... I think I'm going to do some research into what was done decades ago - I'm really curious because I know solid foods were introduced much earlier but younger babies (than 6 months) really can't eat whole foods so how if they weren't mashed?? Interesting. On the constipation front - I don't think it's really anything to do with the amount of saliva (although there's less saliva if there's less liquid being taken in, and less liquid can lead to constipation). Basically chewing is the thing that galvanises their digestive juices which has a knock-on effect on the glands which produce digestive juices further down the digestive tract helping the bowel action, therefore less constipation... So I'm sure there's something in BLW and there being less constipation in BL children. Although my kids have never had a problem with constipation, and a friend who's child has terrible constipation (crying in pain sometimes) has to feed her fruit puree's to keep her system going - she's 3! Again it comes down to individual babies. Maybe different cultures. I’m largely British but my grandmother was bought up in France… I think I’m going to do some research into what was done decades ago – I’m really curious because I know solid foods were introduced much earlier but younger babies (than 6 months) really can’t eat whole foods so how if they weren’t mashed?? Interesting.
On the constipation front – I don’t think it’s really anything to do with the amount of saliva (although there’s less saliva if there’s less liquid being taken in, and less liquid can lead to constipation). Basically chewing is the thing that galvanises their digestive juices which has a knock-on effect on the glands which produce digestive juices further down the digestive tract helping the bowel action, therefore less constipation… So I’m sure there’s something in BLW and there being less constipation in BL children. Although my kids have never had a problem with constipation, and a friend who’s child has terrible constipation (crying in pain sometimes) has to feed her fruit puree’s to keep her system going – she’s 3! Again it comes down to individual babies.

]]> Comment on Baby Led Weaning by Luschka http://www.babymeals.net/blog/baby-led-weaning/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Luschka Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:57:17 +0000 http://www.babymeals.net/?p=583#comment-101 Agreed. I wouldn't want someone else looking after K to be doing BLW with her - just incase they don't keep an eye on her like I would. We've never had an incident at all but I don't know how I'd feel if she did with someone else. But then I've never left her with anyone else, so not had to cross that bridge yet. Interesting about your grandmother pureeing - perhaps different cultures? My grandmother was telling me recently when she came to visit about how purees only 'came in' in the 7 years between her daughters, so my mom was more BL than Pureed whereas my aunt was all purees. She was shocked I was feeding K whole foods, but after a few days was quite surprised and then sort of 'remembered' what she did with my mom. Agreed that the stores a baby is born with begin depleting, but don't agree that milk can't still be the primary source of nutrition. We shall agree to amically disagree re the 6 month thing,and leave it at that then, i think! Interesting read either way! :) By the way - I'm under the impression that blw babies also have less constipation as there's more saliva involved in the consumption of food, whereas puree babies dont use much saliva so its harder for food to break down, leading to constipation. What are your thoughts on that? Agreed. I wouldn’t want someone else looking after K to be doing BLW with her – just incase they don’t keep an eye on her like I would. We’ve never had an incident at all but I don’t know how I’d feel if she did with someone else. But then I’ve never left her with anyone else, so not had to cross that bridge yet.

Interesting about your grandmother pureeing – perhaps different cultures? My grandmother was telling me recently when she came to visit about how purees only ‘came in’ in the 7 years between her daughters, so my mom was more BL than Pureed whereas my aunt was all purees. She was shocked I was feeding K whole foods, but after a few days was quite surprised and then sort of ‘remembered’ what she did with my mom.

Agreed that the stores a baby is born with begin depleting, but don’t agree that milk can’t still be the primary source of nutrition. We shall agree to amically disagree re the 6 month thing,and leave it at that then, i think!

Interesting read either way! :)

By the way – I’m under the impression that blw babies also have less constipation as there’s more saliva involved in the consumption of food, whereas puree babies dont use much saliva so its harder for food to break down, leading to constipation. What are your thoughts on that?

]]> Comment on Baby Led Weaning by Baby Meals http://www.babymeals.net/blog/baby-led-weaning/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Baby Meals Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:14:11 +0000 http://www.babymeals.net/?p=583#comment-100 It's interesting what you say about our parents pureeing food. You're right, the advice then was to begin weaning at 3 months, therefore foods had to be pureed - and actually seeing as my mother used the moullee (not sure how that's spelt!) from my grandmother, I think they were pureeing and mashing food in that generation and even before that, but perhaps more mashed than pureed. The WHO covers developing countries, so where food is scarce, and water dirty, the best way to feed babies up to 2 years old is to breast feed. There is very little evidence that children get many more benefits and nutrition from breastfeeding beyond 6 months to a year. So hardly a mistake ;) And I think you'll find that every dietitian out there agrees that the nutritional stores babies were born with start to deplete at 6 months, which is why you have to start to move them onto solid food - breastfeeding is not enough on its own at that point. I wasn't aware of the front mouth gag reflex so that's really interesting, and I guess why babies gag more easily. Good, balanced and varied nutrition at the beginning of life can set you up for the rest of your life. I personally believe, to give my babies the best start in life, I needed to combine finger food and mashed food. At 8 months they too were having meals consisting of whole potatoes, broccoli etc but also mashed meals - I just knew I was giving them a better balance of food than they might have had if I'd done BLW. But all babies are individual and what suits one, won't necessarily suit another. Mashing certainly isn't the be all and end all - but neither is BLW. It’s interesting what you say about our parents pureeing food. You’re right, the advice then was to begin weaning at 3 months, therefore foods had to be pureed – and actually seeing as my mother used the moullee (not sure how that’s spelt!) from my grandmother, I think they were pureeing and mashing food in that generation and even before that, but perhaps more mashed than pureed.
The WHO covers developing countries, so where food is scarce, and water dirty, the best way to feed babies up to 2 years old is to breast feed. There is very little evidence that children get many more benefits and nutrition from breastfeeding beyond 6 months to a year. So hardly a mistake ;)
And I think you’ll find that every dietitian out there agrees that the nutritional stores babies were born with start to deplete at 6 months, which is why you have to start to move them onto solid food – breastfeeding is not enough on its own at that point.
I wasn’t aware of the front mouth gag reflex so that’s really interesting, and I guess why babies gag more easily.
Good, balanced and varied nutrition at the beginning of life can set you up for the rest of your life. I personally believe, to give my babies the best start in life, I needed to combine finger food and mashed food. At 8 months they too were having meals consisting of whole potatoes, broccoli etc but also mashed meals – I just knew I was giving them a better balance of food than they might have had if I’d done BLW. But all babies are individual and what suits one, won’t necessarily suit another. Mashing certainly isn’t the be all and end all – but neither is BLW.

]]> Comment on Baby Led Weaning by Luschka http://www.babymeals.net/blog/baby-led-weaning/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Luschka Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:54:21 +0000 http://www.babymeals.net/?p=583#comment-99 Firstly, it's categorically untrue that breastmilk no longer provides the right nutrition after 6 months - the world health organisation recommends 2 years of feeding, not something they would do if there was no nutritional value. Doctors used to say six months, but that has long since been refuted. So, accepting that as the first mistake, you'll find that it no longer becomes so important to feed babies purees. Think about it - in thousands of years of evolution, we didn't have pureed food. Babies drank milk until they were able to eat. And a baby will mash things with their gums if they want - they don't need teeth. Purees are an invention of our parents generation. Our grandmothers didn't mash food. (and if they did, theirs certainly didnt) We practice baby led weaning, and we have many friends that do too - I was with a friend yesterday who's 8 month old was eating potato, broccoli and ham on her own, in their original form. Until they're one, babies don't need any solid food. In fact, I've heard the slogan "food is fun till one" more than once. By then they should be getting more of their food from solids. My daughter has what she wants from my plate, (on her highchair of course, not literally off my plate)and then tops up with breastmilk when she's had enough. I disagree that you go through a lot more food too. K just has bits off my plate - a mushroom, some pasta, and a bit of bacon last night, and once that's gone, she got more. I'm also a first time mum and K has never been puree fed. I just did my research and learnt that babies gag reflex is in the front of their mouth, so they gag a lot sooner than they would choke. Whereas we gag/choke around the same time, they dont. We love baby led weaning - my daugher eats everything except peas she didn't like (which it's possible she's allergic to as my grandmother is!) Her favourites at the moment are salmon and asparagus. She's definitely not a malnourished child. Hope that helps clear up some of the misconceptions! Fire away if you have any questions Firstly, it’s categorically untrue that breastmilk no longer provides the right nutrition after 6 months – the world health organisation recommends 2 years of feeding, not something they would do if there was no nutritional value. Doctors used to say six months, but that has long since been refuted.

So, accepting that as the first mistake, you’ll find that it no longer becomes so important to feed babies purees. Think about it – in thousands of years of evolution, we didn’t have pureed food. Babies drank milk until they were able to eat. And a baby will mash things with their gums if they want – they don’t need teeth. Purees are an invention of our parents generation. Our grandmothers didn’t mash food. (and if they did, theirs certainly didnt)

We practice baby led weaning, and we have many friends that do too – I was with a friend yesterday who’s 8 month old was eating potato, broccoli and ham on her own, in their original form.

Until they’re one, babies don’t need any solid food. In fact, I’ve heard the slogan “food is fun till one” more than once. By then they should be getting more of their food from solids.

My daughter has what she wants from my plate, (on
her highchair of course, not literally off my plate)and then tops up with breastmilk when she’s had enough.

I disagree that you go through a lot more food too. K just has bits off my plate – a mushroom, some pasta, and a bit of bacon last night, and once that’s gone, she got more.

I’m also a first time mum and K has never been puree fed. I just did my research and learnt that babies gag reflex is in the front of their mouth, so they gag a lot sooner than they would choke. Whereas we gag/choke around the same time, they dont.

We love baby led weaning – my daugher eats everything except peas she didn’t like (which it’s possible she’s allergic to as my grandmother is!) Her favourites at the moment are salmon and asparagus. She’s definitely not a malnourished child.

Hope that helps clear up some of the misconceptions!

Fire away if you have any questions

]]> Comment on The great breastfeeding debate by Luschka http://www.babymeals.net/blog/the-great-breast-feeding-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Luschka Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:41:13 +0000 http://www.babymeals.net/?p=624#comment-98 Totally agree with you. It's irresponsible media and I wouldn't be surprised if it was done to draw attention to the publication. I'm sure they've never been spoken about as much ever before Totally agree with you. It’s irresponsible media and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was done to draw attention to the publication. I’m sure they’ve never been spoken about as much ever before

]]> Comment on Baby Led Weaning by Baby Meals http://www.babymeals.net/blog/baby-led-weaning/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Baby Meals Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:50:33 +0000 http://www.babymeals.net/?p=583#comment-90 I think that might have been why I was more comfortable giving L finger foods - I did my first aid course after O was weaned. You definitely need to feel a bit confidant so not sure it's best thing for first time mums, without a first aid course under their belts! I think that might have been why I was more comfortable giving L finger foods – I did my first aid course after O was weaned. You definitely need to feel a bit confidant so not sure it’s best thing for first time mums, without a first aid course under their belts!

]]> Comment on Baby Led Weaning by zoenwlondon http://www.babymeals.net/blog/baby-led-weaning/comment-page-1/#comment-89 zoenwlondon Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:48:10 +0000 http://www.babymeals.net/?p=583#comment-89 i tried BLW, as my son refused to let me feed him. he did choke a bit, but as i'd done a baby first aid course i was relatively relaxed about it. the only thing is that you do go through a lot more food as it ends up on the floor or all over them. so i've ended up combining the two in order to reduce the wastage. i tried BLW, as my son refused to let me feed him. he did choke a bit, but as i’d done a baby first aid course i was relatively relaxed about it. the only thing is that you do go through a lot more food as it ends up on the floor or all over them. so i’ve ended up combining the two in order to reduce the wastage.

]]> Comment on Milk intolerance and Soya formula by Charley http://www.babymeals.net/blog/milk-intolerance-and-soya-formula/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Charley Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:01:25 +0000 http://www.babymeals.net/?p=475#comment-77 That's really interesting. Thank you. I'm still giving Luc cow's milk in his cereal and it seems OK - but little fromage frais aren't great and he doesn't seem to like proper yogurt. I haven't given him cheese for a while but I'll try today. I think the cooking thing makes sense. He's never reacted to things like fish pie etc. It's just the milk drinks. Not sure what to do now - he's one and I'm not sure if I should try him on a drink of cow's milk. A friends kid was intolerant to formula milk but was actually OK with cow's milk. Seems strange but maybe.... And thought about trying goats and sheep milk but apparently they have pretty much the same compounds as cow's milk so probably make much difference. Has Jasper put on anymore weight? I know you were looking for high calorie allergy recipes. Have been looking out for them! That’s really interesting. Thank you. I’m still giving Luc cow’s milk in his cereal and it seems OK – but little fromage frais aren’t great and he doesn’t seem to like proper yogurt. I haven’t given him cheese for a while but I’ll try today. I think the cooking thing makes sense. He’s never reacted to things like fish pie etc. It’s just the milk drinks. Not sure what to do now – he’s one and I’m not sure if I should try him on a drink of cow’s milk. A friends kid was intolerant to formula milk but was actually OK with cow’s milk. Seems strange but maybe…. And thought about trying goats and sheep milk but apparently they have pretty much the same compounds as cow’s milk so probably make much difference. Has Jasper put on anymore weight? I know you were looking for high calorie allergy recipes. Have been looking out for them!

]]> Comment on Milk intolerance and Soya formula by squeezypeasey http://www.babymeals.net/blog/milk-intolerance-and-soya-formula/comment-page-1/#comment-76 squeezypeasey Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:11:28 +0000 http://www.babymeals.net/?p=475#comment-76 One of my medic friends commented that cheese and yogurt ought to be a bit easier for babies with intolerance to digest as many of the proteins (which are probably causing the problem rather than lactose intolerance which is actually pretty rare), are already somewhat denatured in the process of making cheese or yogurt. Having said that I'm still waiting until Jasper is a year old to try him on cow's milk products (about another month), but then he was vomiting up formula in large quantities before he was prescribed Neocate (a completely artificial formula with no soya either - it's yuck!). He also had the opposite problem to Luc - he was horribly constipated! Interestingly this idea is similar to what the paediatrician told me about eggs. If you think your child has an allergy feed them cooked eggs in cake or the like first rather than boiled/scrambled/omelette, as they're less likely to have a bad reaction. One of my medic friends commented that cheese and yogurt ought to be a bit easier for babies with intolerance to digest as many of the proteins (which are probably causing the problem rather than lactose intolerance which is actually pretty rare), are already somewhat denatured in the process of making cheese or yogurt.

Having said that I’m still waiting until Jasper is a year old to try him on cow’s milk products (about another month), but then he was vomiting up formula in large quantities before he was prescribed Neocate (a completely artificial formula with no soya either – it’s yuck!). He also had the opposite problem to Luc – he was horribly constipated!

Interestingly this idea is similar to what the paediatrician told me about eggs. If you think your child has an allergy feed them cooked eggs in cake or the like first rather than boiled/scrambled/omelette, as they’re less likely to have a bad reaction.

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