Spice it Up! (Part 2)

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In my last posting of Spice it Up!, I shared with you that my son comes from a culturally diverse background.  We have really tried to introduce all types of foods and flavors to my son, and we started when he was 8 months old by adding spices and herbs into his homemade baby food.  [...]

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Spice It Up with Mush Homemade Baby Food

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My son comes from a culturally diverse background, my background is Swedish and Italian, and my husband’s is Indian.  So needless to say, eating bland, tasteless food is just not an option!  I have been adding herbs and spices to his food since he was 8 months old, which is the current recommendation from most [...]

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Mush Homemade Baby Food: Great Grains

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When I introduced my son to solid food at 6 months, I used commercial instant baby rice cereal.  To be honest, at the time, I didn’t even realize that preparing baby rice cereal from scratch was an option.  I just assumed that it had to come from a box!  The more I read, and the [...]

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Not Your Average Baby Food

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Thank you for joining us in this mini-series. This is the last of the baby food posts (at least for the summer), but come join us tomorrow for the Cloth Diapering 101 segment by a special guest. ******************* Whether you puree or not, make your own or buy at the store, one thing is almost [...]

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Starting Solids the Baby-Led Way

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So you want to know what all the fuss is about in Rapley’s Baby-led weaning?   In a nutshell, with Baby-led weaning, you offer the baby real food (not pureed) and allow him to feed himself spoon-less (while resisting the urge to interfere).  While most babies won’t choke, this approach (as I gather) is not for the faint [...]

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Make Your Own Baby Food and the Infamous Super Porridge

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You can’t really argue with the fact that making your own baby food costs less.  But did you know that it is also more nutritious?  Don’t get me wrong, I won’t be a stickler and only allow my baby to eat homemade foods (I will definitely use HappyBaby Organic foods as the alternative), but I [...]

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