All Entries in the "Feeding & Nutrition" Category
The Milk Powder Controversy
Though the authorities are busy issuing clarification upon clarification, parents are concerned about the latest Chinese milk powder controversy; about newborn babies in China growing breasts from drinking milk powder that was adulterated with hormones.
The growth hormone and the hormones to assist in milk production that cows and other dairy cattle are routinely injected with [...]
Top 5 Ingredients In Making Baby Food
Good eating habits begin during one’s childhood, especially if a baby is able to appreciate the importance of food. From infanthood onwards, baby food is a crucial element of their growth and development.
Apart from the many varieties available, making baby food at home is easy and will save you money. This way you can also [...]
It’s World Breastfeeding Week
For the past 19 years, the first week of August is celebrated as World Breast Feeding Week under a worldwide UNICEF initiative that seeks to acquaint women with the benefits and ways of breastfeeding their newborn babies.
Super model Gisele Bundchen is in favor of breastfeeding that she thinks there should be a law requiring women [...]
An Argument In Favor Of On Demand Feeding
We have spoken before about the reasons why it’s a good idea to feed baby on demand, and here are some more reasons why scheduled feeding isn’t as much of a good idea as on demand feeding.
Quite simply put, you really don’t know what your little new born baby’s needs are and it would be [...]
Top 5 Newborn Feeding Techniques For New Moms
When you are a new mother proud of bringing your baby into this world, there must be quite a number of questions running through your head.
One of those questions you probably have is how you are going to feed your baby. Having these in your thoughts are normal, considering you are a new mother. The [...]
Breast Milk Passes Drugs To Newborn Baby, Warn Researchers
It is of course recommended that pregnant women completely avoid smoking, drug use and if possible all alcohol during pregnancy; however it is advisable also that breastfeeding mothers avoid all drug abuse while feeding their baby.
There is a lot that passes on to a baby by way of breast milk from the mother, such as [...]
How To Make Sure Your Baby Gets Sufficient Vitamin D?
One of the (very few) drawbacks of a baby being purely breastfed for the first six months of life is that the baby could become deficient in Vitamin D.
Breast milk is not rich in Vitamin D which is necessary for proper calcium absorption in the gut and to prevent childhood diseases like rickets.
Vitamin D is [...]
What Foods Should You Avoid When Breastfeeding?
There are two schools of thought here: some mothers will swear that they ate everything under the sun when breastfeeding and their babies suffered no adverse effects.
In fact they claim that having a variety of foods when breastfeeding made the baby more amenable to a variety of solids and made the baby a non fussy [...]
