From the monthly archives:

April 2010

Pumpkin and Date Scones

April 28, 2010

I’ve been so preoccupied lately, reading as much as I can about introducing solids that last night I decided that I was going to put down the books and get into the kitchen (to make something other than dinner!). A cousin of mine had been raving about how good her pumpkin scones were that I [...]

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Is my baby ready for solids?

April 23, 2010

photo credit: Fimb This has to be one of the most common questions high on every parent’s list of concerns when raising a baby. How will I know when my baby is ready for solid foods? Unfortunately there is no set date or time that a baby is ready to commence eating foods in addition [...]

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Early Introduction of Solids

April 20, 2010

photo credit: ordinaryfool The current recommendation by the World Health Organisation and the American Academy of Pediatrics is that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life. Their current stance is that at around 6 months of age, infants can start to be fed complementary foods, with continued breastfeeding to one [...]

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Baby Led Weaning

April 14, 2010

photo credit: S0MEBODY 3LSE Here is an interesting article from The Guardian in the UK titled, “What, no purees?“. The article discusses the recent trend in the way solids foods are being introduced to infants. According to the trend, it is out with the purees and let the babies lead the way. The idea of [...]

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Nature’s wonderfood: Breastmilk

April 11, 2010

photo credit: ODHD The current recommendations by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life, with a combination of breastfeeding and complementary foods until 12 months of age. From 12 months on, continued breastfeeding is encouraged to [...]

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