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18/02/2024

10 Easy Starter Foods for Baby Led Weaning. 🙂

18/12/2023

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20/08/2023

Don't feed other peoples' babies without asking.

Many babies do not eat solid foods until after 6 months (which is the healthiest option). And when they do, they may start slowly and not always with the foods that babies 'typically' eat. (Many babies start with foods like avocado, liver, egg yolks, and other meats and not cereals, which is also healthier.)

Babies do not need a taste of frosting.
Babies do not need a sip of soda.
Babies do not need whatever you want to 'treat' them with.

Some babies have food allergies. Some may end up with an upset stomach or trouble sleeping from eating an unaccustomed food.

Even if you don't like it, or don't understand the parents' rules, FOLLOW THEM.

Ask before you feed a baby!

18/10/2022

How to raise a healthy happy eater?

28/09/2022

Food and medicine are different. But every once in a while, there is a food that may be both food and medicine. ⁠
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Broccoli and cruciferous veggies (cauliflower, collards, radishes, cabbage, etc.) have a compound that turns into sulforaphane in the body. This sulforraphane is an antimirobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory. ⁠
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The thing is, there's just not enough in the broccoli to make it into a medicine-ish thing.⁠
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But, researchers learned that broccoli sprouts have 20-50x as much of the compound as broccoli....and this is where researchers have been experimenting with people eating broccoli sprouts as a form of medicine. ⁠
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There's a lot still to learn, and there haven't been many studies done...oh, and often the people in the studies had to eat large amounts of broccoli sprouts — every day for weeks. 😆 ⁠
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Special reminder: this is not medical advice. If you are undergoing medical treatment, you absolutely should speak with your healthcare provider about starting to eat a lot of something like this...because it's an active compound! And you need to make sure it's safe for you. ⁠
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Have you ever tried broccoli sprouts? What do you think?⁠

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23/01/2022

Happy Weekend Everyone. 🤪

16/11/2021

Can kids eat too much fruit? If your child won't eat veggies, make sure and fill in some of the nutritional gaps with fruit (not fruit juice) while they are learning to like veggies. Just because fruit is sweet doesn't mean that it is the same as an added-sugar dessert. Fruit is loaded with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber.
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Also it's important to not stop serving vegetables, just because your child is only eating fruit right now. Because ideally, kids will have the ability to eat vegetables and fruit, and they will need lots of practice being around veggies to learn to like them. 😊 ⁠
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Fruit juice is NOT a whole fruit. I recommend serving water and milk as normal beverages and serving juice only occasionally and trying to delay juice until after the age of 2. If you choose to serve juice regularly, keep it to 4 oz of fruit juice or less per day. ⁠
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10/10/2021

Is sitting still at meals NOT a thing in your house?

Setting the stage for a successful transition away from play or a screen can make all the difference in the world for the behavior you then see at the table!

Which of these tips will you be trying?

📷 Mama Knows Nutrition

09/10/2021

How does your parenting style affect your feeding style?

Ever thought about how your general parenting style affects the way you feed your children?

🌱In general, research tends to agree on 4 broad parenting styles, categorized on the degree of warmth/responsiveness on one axis vs. the degree of limits/boundaries on the other.

🌱 Do you recognize yourself in one of 4 different parenting styles above? Or maybe in more than one?

🌱The thing is that even though these are broad categories, we usually fall into one of them more than the others.

🌱However, when it comes to mealtimes, we might deviate from our usual parenting style because we get triggered by multiple factors at the dinner table: our lack of control combined with our concerns for our children’s eating patterns, their weight, their lack of food courage, etc. This can lead to feeding practices that are not always in sync with the way we want to parent, and that’s when we start to engage in things like; pressure, restrictions, shaming, blaming, or forcing.

🌱 However, studies suggest that feeding practices have a huge impact on our children’s long-term eating patterns and their relationship with food. For instance, restricted or pressured children often have a higher BMI later in life than the ones who weren’t pressured. And in general, when using mealtime pressure, we are robbing our kids of the opportunity to explore food at their own pace – which is crucial when growing into an intuitive eater.

🌱 But it’s not only about avoiding pressure and force at mealtimes – it’s also about being involved and placing authority with our kids. If we’re too lenient, permissive, or uninvolved, we are doing our kids a huge disservice, too and they might end up with no internal mealtime compass.

🌱 Feeding kids is tricky – we know that. But unlocking pickiness is not about the food – it’s about our parenting style and the eating environment we provide.

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08/10/2021

It feels so personal.⁠⁠
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We put so much into making the meal. Time, energy, thought...all after a long day. Then they don't eat it. Or try it.⁠⁠
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We failed at making them respectful, good people...we're the worst parents... in the moment, it feels big.⁠⁠
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Really tho, a kid is the only person who knows whether they are hungry or full. It's an important thing. ⁠⁠
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That doesn't mean we need to get up in the moment and make them their own special meal though. They aren't in charge of the meal, we are. When we both take care of our jobs, we can turn around picky eating, we can turn around mealtime stress, and in the end, everyone can eat better.⁠⁠
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I'm excited to announce that I'll be doing a live with this Friday, October 8th at 12:00pm Eastern. ⁠⁠
If you've got questions about preventing and managing picky eaters, we'll both be there talking about managing the stress of dinner time. We hope you'll leave with at least one thing to go home and try during dinner!⁠⁠

📸 Kids Eat in Color

08/10/2021

How is your baby's progress on BLW so far?

21/09/2021

If you're feeling stressed about your child eating, please know that you're not alone. If you feel like you did all the right things and it's still not going to the way you hoped, you're in good company. ⁠⁠
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We're a community of parents who are taking one day at a time, and not judging each other one the way. Because we know you can do everything right and still have everything go wrong. I'm glad you're here as much for me as for each other. ⁠⁠

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27/08/2021

According to advocates and some research, the potential perks of baby-led weaning include:

👍🏻 Encourages babies to become familiar with a greater variety of textures and flavors. That may make them more likely to develop more varied and healthy food preferences in the long run. A number of studies have shown that babies who eat a variety of foods (including peanut products and fish) may actually be less likely to have food allergies later in life. Just keep in mind that nuts and seafood are some of the most common childhood allergens, so you should always consult your child’s pediatrician about how to best introduce these foods to your baby.

👍🏻 Could reduce the risk for child obesity. With spoon-feeding, the parent is in control (which may make babies eat faster and more than they really need, potentially leading to a habit of ignoring feelings of fullness) — but similar to breastfeeding, baby-led weaning allows baby to self-regulate how much she eats based on her hunger levels. That could result in a lower chance for becoming overweight compared to children who are spoon-fed.

👍🏻 Promotes fine motor skill development. Sticking primarily with finger foods encourages the development of manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination skills.

But no feeding method is perfect, so you do you.

16/08/2021

You may want to try this easy peasy recipe. 😉

26/07/2021

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04/07/2021

Event Successful. The first ever webinar about Baby Led Weaning, Infant CPR, Allergy and etc in the Philippines with our Guest Speaker Doc Den.

Thank You So Much to those who participated to make this happened. Thank You Hungry Amy for sponsoring our raffle prize.

Looking forward for another webtalk. Let us normalized Baby Led Weaning.

20/06/2021

The two most common apprehension of parents and caregivers in starting solids is the risk of choking and allergic reactions. Getting a good start on knowing the true safety issues is a great place to start!

Know the signs and keep your baby safe. Learn how to conduct CPR on a choking baby and toddler including response to an allergic reaction from our guest speaker Dr. Dena Mae Amor N. Desabille-Deblois of Doc Den

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15/06/2021

When it comes to milk there’s a lot of conflicting info. Here are 10 facts:

1️⃣ Babies can have dairy food (yogurt, cheese, etc.) as early as 6 mos of age. Just hold off on cow milk as a drink until closer to 12 mos so it doesn’t displace human milk or formula.

2️⃣ Milk is accounts for 20% of all child food allergies but most kids outgrow it by age 6.

3️⃣ Milk is a common cause of FPIES, a delayed allergy which causes vomiting and diarrhea a few hours after ingestion. FPIES is usually outgrown by 3-5 yrs of age.

4️⃣ Lactose intolerance is uncommon in babies though it tends to become more prevalent as children grow older, affecting 70% of the world’s population.

5️⃣ Too much milk can put a child at risk of iron deficiency anemia. For a guide on how much milk a child can have, see our Milk page in our free food database.

6️⃣ Aim to buy milk fortified with vitamin-D as this important nutrient is only available in a few foods.

7️⃣ Milk from pasture-raised cows has been shown to be higher in omega 3 fats than milk from cows raised on grain.

8️⃣ Your child doesn’t have to drink cow milk at all. Pediatricians love milk because of its nutritional value but if the child gets adequate protein, fat, calcium, zinc, and vit. B12 and D, it’s optional.

9️⃣ Almond milk isn’t great for toddlers as it is low in fat, calories and protein—critical nutrients growing children need.

🔟The best plant-based milks for toddlers are fortified soy, pea protein and oat milk.

Citations: solidstarts.com/foods/milk

Picture ID: A pitcher of milk with the words 10 Surprising Facts about Milk for Babies & Toddlers.

Reviewed by:
▪️J. Truppi, MSN, CNS
▪️V. Kalami, MNSP, RD
▪️K. Grenawitzke, OTD, OTR/L, SCFES, IBCLC, CNT
▪️Dr. S. Bajowala, allergist & immunologist
▪️Dr. R. Ruiz, pediatrician & gastroenterologist
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10/06/2021

Because Natural is the best. No Buts!

The end of infant rice cereal is near…

This week Beech-Nut issued a recall of its stage 1 rice cereal for containing elevated levels of arsenic. The company also announced that it would no longer be making single grain infant rice cereal.
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This is big.

Background: Congress recently conducted an analysis of baby food and found that many baby foods, including organic brands, have levels of arsenic (and other metals) that exceed the FDA limits.

While heavy metals exist in our soil and even organically grown foods contain them, rice as a plant sucks arsenic up and stores it more effectively than other plants.

But before you freak out about rice, simmer on this: cultures where rice is a staple food tend to cook it with a high water-to-rice cooking ratio, which reduces metal content significantly. For details on how to cook rice to reduce arsenic, see our Rice page in our free food database. (link in bio, search “rice”).
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬: 𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝—𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐡—𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥.
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Sweet potatoes have cadmium, spinach has nitrates, fish has mercury, and many fruits a high glycemic load. Most babies are not going to eat a handful of raw spinach but can suck down a spinach pouch easily. Which is why condensing food into purées and smoothies for babies can backfire. Too much of anything is not good.

If you are serving rice cereal and worried, don’t panic. Your child would have to eat a lot of rice cereal for a long time to be affected and there are generations that grew up on it. But just because it’s what we always fed babies doesn’t mean it’s the best thing today.
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Picture ID: a vintage box of Clapps infant rice cereal with the phrase “Sample, with compliments of your doctor.”

02/06/2021

Sometimes babies can eat a lot. Because they triple in size in the first year of life! Toddlers, however, may eat very tiny amounts of food. Less than babies, even. Because they aren't growing as much.⁣⁠
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This is why the most powerful thing you can do with your little one is to let them decide whether to eat and how much. Don't push them to eat. Just watch them decide how much to eat.⁣⁠
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Maybe your little one eats the plate on the left some days. That's okay. It's also okay if your child eats two bites at a meal and is done. It's normal. It's normal. It's normal.⁣⁠

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01/06/2021

My top 10 tips for introducing new foods to fussy eaters. Practical steps that you can take to help improve their eating with minimal stress!

05/05/2021

A few years ago, one of my kids choked on a whole nut in the car. It was terrifying even though it ended up okay. I've been vigilant ever since! Here's a little food choking prevention 101 for ages 1-4 to give us all a refresher! Top things to keep in mind:⁣⠀⁠⁠
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- MODIFY hard or round foods until age 4⁣⠀⁠⁠
- Eat SITTING at a table⁣ with supervision⠀⁠⁠
- AVOID some foods until 4 (below)⁣⠀⁠⁠
- Be PREPARED if choking does happen. ⁠⁠
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🔪How to modify⁣⠀⁠⁠
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Cook things that are hard, to make them softer - like raw apples or veggies.⠀⁠⁠
Also cut foods lengthwise to make a long skinny piece. Here's the rule of thumb I use, but always go conservative when you think about what your child needs:⁣⠀⁠⁠
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1️⃣Cut in 1/8s (and grind seeds & nuts) for age 1. Think 1/2 a pinky finger size.⁣⠀⁠⁠
2️⃣Quarter (and smash seeds & nuts) for age 2⁣⠀⁠⁠
3️⃣Half (or slivered nut pieces) for age 3⁣⠀⁠⁠
4️⃣Most kids are fine to eat unmodified food at or after age 4⁣⠀⁠⁠
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🚫Some foods to avoid until 4 (partial list)⁣:⁣⠀⁠⁠
- spoonfuls of nut or seed butter⁣⠀⁠⁠
- popcorn⁣⠀⁠⁠
- chewy candy, hard candy, or gum⁣⠀⁠⁠
- tortilla chips⁣⠀⁠⁠
- marshmallows⁣⠀⁠⁠
- whole hot dogs, whole nuts, whole grapes or cherry tomatoes, raw whole carrots, whole apples, whole cheese sticks, large chunks of cheese, other whole round or hard foods⁣⠀⁠⁠
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27/04/2021

It's easy to get caught up in "official" portion sizes. For vegetables, the "official" size is 1 Tbs per year of age for kids 1-3. But since when has any toddler anywhere followed the "official" recommendations? Certainly not mine. 🙄⠀⁠⁠
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I like to think of the "official" portion size as a good starting place. But watch your kid. Is it too much or not enough for them? For foods they never eat, put a "disgusted" serving size on their plate. For that food they pound (strawberries, anyone?), load them up. It's okay for kids to eat as much as they want at every meal and snack. It's okay if they eat almost nothing. It's okay if they eat as much as you.⠀⁠⁠
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FYI, the official recommendation is 2-3 servings of fruits and 2-3 servings of veggies per day. But as we know - they may not eat veggies for 2 days and then eat as much as you on day 3. It's okay. And it's okay to sub fruit for veg if they are going through a rough patch.⁠ ⁠⁠
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24/03/2021

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24/03/2021

Why do I not tell my kids "this is healthy" very often? ⁠⁠
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"Healthy" to describe foods, is a vague and weak word.⁠⁠
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To the child who eats everything, whole wheat bread can be healthy.⁠⁠
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To the child who has celiac disease, whole wheat bread is unhealthy.⁠⁠
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To the child who only has 5 foods they can eat due to avoidant restrictive feeding intake disorder, whole wheat bread is unhealthy. ⁠⁠
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We can play this game with every food... sure, we know fruits and veggies and purple foods are great (for most people). We know our kids will be healthy eating a variety of foods (and our kids MAY be healthy even if they don't). ⁠⁠
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Health is complicated. I love to simplify this and call foods by their names. "This is a carrot." "This is bread." "This is a potato." There's so much beautiful simplicity out there. ⁠⁠
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Yes, food may have meaning, power, and health FOR ME, but in an of itself, it's just a food.

16/03/2021

Sometimes babies can eat a lot. Because they triple in size in the first year of life! Toddlers, however, may eat very tiny amounts of food. Less than babies, even. Because they aren't growing as much.⁣⁠⁠
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This is why the most powerful thing you can do with your little one is to let them decide whether to eat and how much. Don't push them to eat. Just watch them decide how much to eat.⁣⁠⁠
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Maybe your little one eats the plate on the left some days. That's okay. It's also okay if your child eats two bites at a meal and is done. It's normal. It's normal. It's normal.⁣⁠⁠⁣⁠⁠
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12/03/2021

Sharing a healthy recipe for everyone.

03/03/2021

Butter is in our Caution List but it can be included in your healthy meals in moderation.

If you must, make sure you use REAL BUTTER. If you can find grass-fed ones, then that is much better.

Don’t get fooled.

Remember, if the name has extras on it other than butter, like buttercream, butterlicious, buttermilk, butter compound, butter blend, etc - IT IS NOT REAL BUTTER! That’s just margarine made from toxic vegetable oil pretending to be one. 😊

The low cost of MARGARINE is not worth the inflammation and damage it can do to your system.

Those are the kinds of processed, hydrogenated, toxic fats that can clog your arteries, not because of their fatty consistency per se, but the INFLAMMATION it induces and the injury that follows after.

Stay LOWCARB, stay SAFE. 🥑

ADDENDUM:
1. These are NOT the only ones in the market. Other brands are REAL BUTTER too. Kindly double check the labels when buying next time.
2. If BUTTER is too expensive, then don’t buy it. You can use coconut oil as alternative or none at all.
3. It has 1:1.5 ratio with Omega 6:Omega 3, so you are not just actually eating yummy but getting your daily dose of essential fats too.
4. Afraid of butter? So, dont eat it. Get your healthy fats from fish instead. ☺️
5. THIS IS NOT A PAID ADVERTISEMENT. 🤣

©️ Dr. Josephine Grace Rojo

23/02/2021

Are your worried your child isn't eating enough protein?

Kids may eat more or less than this - especially if they dont like it! Make it a point to serve a protein food of some variety at every meal and snack.⁣ This helps them stay full to the next meal.⁣ It also makes sure they have plenty of protein accessible to them so that they can eat what they need.
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Does your little one like protein foods?