February 21, 2012
So, it’s the Official Release Day for my new book The Wholesome Baby Food Guide. Kindle, Nook and IBook copies should be appearing now if you have pre-ordered a copy. I hope you will love the book! I’m posting the Acknowledgement page from the book. After running the WBF website for almost 9 years [...]
February 13, 2012
CONGRATULATIONS to Brandy L – comment #79! She is the lucky winner of the fabulous new products from Fit&Fresh – the Fresh Starts Baby Food Make & Take gadgets (love them!!) as well as a copy of my new book The Wholesome Baby Food Guide. It has been quite a long time [...]
February 6, 2012
The Wholesome Baby Food Guide is shipping and I’m going to be helping Vitamin Angels! More on this later. Let’s talk about Vitamin A, Vitamin Angels and foods for your baby. Don’t forget to check out the sweet potato recipe below! Below you will find a table of foods that are commonly introduced to babies [...]
December 31, 2011
It’s New Year’s Eve and 2011 is about to be a part of our past (here on the East Coast U.S. that is) and many of you are already ringing in the New Year! The tradition of making a New Year’s resolution is one that I find rather silly and high-pressured. Most of the typical [...]
December 31, 2011
You probably already know that it’s not a good idea to introduce salt into a baby’s diet. I am a firm believer in allowing children to enjoy the natural tastes of foods free from salt and sugary additives. Herbs and spices are a healthier, more flavorful choice when deciding to enhance foods for children of [...]
November 22, 2011
In November of 2010, Dr. Alan Green, a widely respected and renowned pediatrician, began a campaign called “White Out ”. The goal of this campaign is to get white rice cereal out of the diets of infants and to “Let every child’s first food be a real food” Hooray to this! White rice cereal [...]
November 16, 2011
As the shorter days of winter begin to set in, many of us in northern climes begin to spend less and less time outdoors. Spending more time inside and less time outside, might be a contributing factor to Vitamin D deficiency and obtaining enough Vitamin D is very important for babies, children and adults. While [...]
May 29, 2009
“Children with higher-quality weaning diets including fruits, vegetables and home-prepared foods had a greater lean mass at four years of age,” said Dr Sian Robinson of the University of Southampton, who led the study.” We knew all along that the benefits of making your baby fresh homemade baby food were many. We have always believed [...]
December 31, 2008
Amanda wrote us awhile ago asking about the large amounts of solid food needed for her daughter to meet iron requirements. Amanda was not supplementing nor was she using fortified cereal. She was concerned about adequate iron for her litle one. “I make my own baby cereal out of bulk organic oat bran at the [...]
August 27, 2008
We wanted to bring this article to your attention. While many babies do just fine with adequate exposure to sunlight, vitamin D deficiencies may be rising in those that live in areas with less sunlight exposure and those who are African American, Latino or otherwise have darker skin pigmentation. We’ve provided a good excerpt from [...]
April 24, 2008
There is evidence that early nutrition can influence later mental performance, cognitive development and behaviour. The idea that the diet of mothers, infants and children could have an influence on long-term mental performance has major implications for public health practice and policy development, as well as for food product development and economic progress. As we [...]