March 9, 2008
National Nutrition Month® is a nutrition education and information campaign sponsored annually by the American Dietetic Association. The campaign is designed to focus attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. Visit EatRight.org to find a vast array of nutrition information and resources. Take the ADA’s Nutrition [...]
March 8, 2008
From HealthDay News– The mix of bacteria in a baby’s gut may predict whether that infant will become overweight or obese later in life, a new study suggests. Babies with high numbers of bifidobacteria and low numbers of Staphylococcus aureus may be protected from excess weight gain, according to a team of researchers from the University [...]
February 24, 2008
Flax is a wonderful addition to your diet and may also be a wonderful addition to baby’s diet. Flax is rich in three essential components that are wonderful for our bodies: Omega-3 oils – You may recognize them as “alpha-linolenic acid” or ALA Lignans Fiber, both soluble and insoluble The only draw back to flax [...]
February 24, 2008
Here’s an easy and yummy baby food recipe for apple custard. Full of Iron and Protein and Vitamin C too, this healthy apple recipe will surely please your little one! Cut it up and offer it as a finger food meal, drizzle with some yogurt and sprinkle on wheat germ for extra nutrition! 1/2 cup of [...]
February 21, 2008
As many worry that introducing sweet potatoes before green beans will make baby grow-up with a monsterous sweet tooth, we posted a snippet from a study that shows the order of solid foods that baby is introduced to really doesn’t matter (keeping in mind potential allergens and age appropriateness that is). Today we were looking [...]
February 12, 2008
There must be a lot of little 6 month old babies out there who will be getting some yummy homemade baby foods soon. We have had quite a few emails about the “proper” order to introduce solid foods in the last week. The truth is, there is no “proper” order at all. Some say introduce the [...]
February 10, 2008
Fish burps It just makes me laugh to say and write it! What are fish burps and what if your baby has fish burps? Fish burps happen when you take Fish Oil supplements in the form of capsules or the actual oil itself. The Fish Burps occur because the fish oil hangs out in the [...]
February 7, 2008
Sam wrote to us last week asking how much formula she should use to make her baby food purees. She also wondered about freezing the purees if they had formula in them. We thought we would share our reply here on the blog: The amount of formula you would add to your baby food purees would depend [...]
February 7, 2008
This morning we received an email from Melissa. Melissa had read our Newsletter and was wondering about a tip from one of our visitors. Melissa wrote to us regarding our “Great Tips from our Visitors”. She questioned the use of Yogurt for our Forum visitor’s baby who is “technically 5 months old”. We include her [...]
January 31, 2008
Many parents wonder if making homemade baby food will give their litle ones more nutrients than commercial baby food. We have done a s a small breakdown of the nutritional values for Sweet Potatoes; jarred vs. home baked. We used the USDA Nutrient Analysis Database for our calculations.The measurement of both is per 14 grams. The [...]