Baby led feeding is an approach to solid food introduction that allows baby to explore and discover whole food on their own with parental supervision. With baby-led feeding you give baby whole foods or foods cut into hand size spears or slices so that baby learns what is a comfortable and manageable bit size for [...]
As many of you know I was expecting my second child and planning to encapsulate my own placenta, I didn’t get to with my first as I didn’t know about placenta encapsulation or the benefits of the placenta to mom postpartum then. Well, we ended up having a hospital natural VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean, [...]
The placenta has LONG been revered in many cultures as sacred, and honored in many different ways. One of the oldest traditions of use of the placenta postpartum is in the Chinese culture. In Traditional Chinese Medicine the placenta is viewed as being a very sacred and vital life force that hold healing properties in [...]
Stem cells could be the secret reason why breast is best Scientist says mother’s milk may play vital role in helping children ‘fulfil their genetic destiny’ By Susie Mesure From: The Independent Sunday, 22 November 2009 Breast milk, long revered for the nutritional advantages it gives a newborn, could be just as vital in terms [...]
Some babies can become iron deficient. It is important that if this baby is still being breastfed that mom take whole food supplements and foods necessary to increase iron content in her breastmilk. If baby is eating solids some great foods to help increase iron are, baked sweet potato, fortified with Brewer’s Yeast and/or blackstrap [...]
Baby led feeding is an approach to solid food introduction that allows baby to explore and discover food on their own with parental supervision. With baby-led feeding you give baby whole foods or foods cut into hand size spears or slices so that baby learns what is a comfortable and manageable bit size for them. [...]
There are a lot of things to consider when looking into starting solids with your baby. First is to realize that their biochemistry is different than an older child’s and even an adult’s. So, one must take into consideration a baby’s biochemistry and their physical and neurological developmental nutritional needs. Pancreatic amylase enzyme is needed [...]
NOTE: The guidelines below are NOT vegan or vegetarian friendly. However, both personally and professionally, I am well experienced with vegetarian, vegan, and raw vegan diets and their application in maternal and pediatric nutrition. These guidelines below are for OPTIMAL nutrition. Meaning everything that we, as humans, need for optimal wellness via nutrition. I do [...]