Things I, or people I know, have been told not to feed our babies

[ailbhe]

• Any refined sugar
• Any added salt
• Too much banana
• Too much citrus
• Too much potato
• Peanuts
• Gluten
• Cow's dairy produce except milk
• Cow's dairy produce except live yoghurt
• Live yoghurt
• Soya products
• Pickles
• Especially olives with garlic and chili
• Baby rice
• Adult rice
• Wholegrains
• White / refined grains
• Too much fruit
• Too much meat
• Too much starch

Also, many toddlers have not enough fat in their diets, apparently. And not enough fruit. And not enough meat. And not enough fibre. Just about the only thing everyone agrees on is salt and sugar. Oh, and peanuts. People are pretty sure about peanuts.

Luckily, it's hot enough that babies aren't all that hungry anyway, round these here parts...

Comments

"people are pretty sure about peanuts"

[feetnotes.livejournal.com]

ha! too much of anything is by definition a bad idea - and i don't expect they gave helpfully precise measures for what constitutes "too much" - of any of 'em - at the time, did they?

pretty much any food that nourishes adults that they will accept - and comes in a form they can safely handle (e.g. without risk of choking) is okay - we're omnivores descended from a long line of omnivorous, mostly fruit+vegetarian apes!
indeed, babies can eat some things many adults can't - milk+cheese, for example.
lots of babies'll refuse food that appears anodyne to adults; strawberries, for example, or cucumber: the reason's usually that they contain often fairly mild irritants - and babies haven't had time to get used to them yet. give 'em time...

And...

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Tomatoes.
Strawberries.
Anything from a parent's plate ('sends the wrong message').
Eggs.

Today's intake of food: one mouthful of quiche, half a 'sausage' of cheese. Quite a lot of milk and fruit juice and water and yoghurt drink and anything else liquid he could reach...

Re: And...

[ailbhe]

Linnea is eating a pack of rice-cakes.

I didn't know about the "parents' plate" thing. Round theseyur parts, parents' plates are the main reason I've seen 4-month-olds getting sausages with ketchup, for example.

Parents' plates

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

I've only heard it from two people but one of them, at least, was a person whose judgement in other things I consider very sound. So it was a bit of a surprise, to say the least. :(

Re: Parents' plates

[ailbhe]

And what *is* "the wrong idea", anyway? Was it articulated?

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

/me blesses child who remains un-interested in solids. If he stays that way until 6 months I will be more than happy. Though of course you get all the same advice about breastfeeding anyway.

I've been reliably informed that you can't get a dairy intolerance from organic milk as well. < fx: rolls around floor laughing >

[ailbhe]

You're not still breastfeeding him, are you? Shouldn't he have some rice in his bottle?

It's a blessing that he's uninterested in solids - it was pretty worrying trying to work out what was "safe" to feed Linnea, almost 3 months before I had planned to *attempt* to feed her anything other than my milk.

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

Heh, I am encouraging it :) I was told we should be sitting round the table with him in his highchair (that'd be the one he doesn't have yet) so he started to get the idea. Well, we eat our evening meals after he goes to bed at the moment, especially in this heat and I eat at the table but only because that is where my computer is, DH eats on his lap. When L starts on solids I plan to implement family meals, but not just yet! He does see us eat lunch quite often at least.

[ailbhe]

Linnea started sitting on Rob's lap while we ate because she complained about being left out of things. I can't remember which meals she saw us eating. She only got a highchair when she was taking enough solids that it was too messy to feed her on a lap. It doesn't seem to have stunted her growth any.

Re: Things I, or people I know, have been told not to feed our babies

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

you definitely should feed her the nicely puréed meat of people who tell you what not to feed her!