Apple juice for 4 month old???

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[Post New]11/21/2008 14:33
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Down there doesn't matter where it is since "up here" I've notice a lot of prejudice aganist people from "different" origins (what's funny is that I bet nobody in this forum is purely native American).

we cook the vegetables mash and mix them and feed the children.
fresh fruit we mash just the amount they'll eat since fresh fruits get spoiled easier than cooked veggies.

the food lasts 24 hours if kept refrigerated.


Um, lots of people do this. There are even little freezer containers to store the food in and recipe books! I did this the entire time my child ate baby food and I am from "up here".

Making baby food isn't some super secret concept we kooky Americans do not know about.

Also, baby food does not cause obesity. Feeding your child crap does. Soda, chips, junk food, corn syrup, etc. Get it right.
[Post New]11/21/2008 14:35
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:about the honey, I wonder why I never heard of a child infected with botulism through my entire life there.

maybe it's "pasteurized"

8)
Infants immune systems
sometimes cannot handle the bacteria that cause botulism, and, of course,
those infants became seriously ill. So pediatricians now advise strongly
against using honey for children under a certain age.

Yes, raw honey can contain the temperature resistant spores of Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes botulism. The organism is a strict anaerobe, meaning that it only grows in the absence of molecular oxygen. The problem with infants and honey is that the small, intestinal tract of an infant apparently is sufficiently anaerobic to allow the spores to germinate into actively growing C. botulinum organisms. Essentially, the infant serves the same role as a sealed, airtight, contaminated can of beans as far as the organisms are concerned. There in the infant's body the bacteria secrete the dangerous toxin that causes the symptoms of botulism. There have been quite a few documented infant deaths due to honey. the studies identifying honey as the source were done in the '80s. Most pediatricians recommend no honey for the first year.



[Post New]11/21/2008 15:08
Anonymous
so why down there the docs tell us to feed the baby honey when they're constipated?
our docs are not bad.

mots of the plasti surgeons you see when you want to fix your boobs are from there...
[Post New]11/21/2008 15:11
zumbamama
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studies say honey is GREAT for many things after 12 months.
[Post New]11/21/2008 15:17
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:so why down there the docs tell us to feed the baby honey when they're constipated?
our docs are not bad.

mots of the plasti surgeons you see when you want to fix your boobs are from there...


You must be from Brazil. My nutty ex-mother in law is from there and does all sorts of crazy things. Salts and sugars baby food. Heats up spoons and puts them on baby's bruises. Over dresses baby.

Just because we do things one way does not make them right, but your way may not be right either. There is a medical reason for avoiding honey until the age of one year - it is not some crazy fade American moms came up with.

Maybe those doctors from down there need to talk to the doctors from up here so they can get their advice straight.

And can I assume "down there" there is a 0% rate for child obesity since you all make food as needed and are all 100% natural. Organic too I bet! Your farmers never use chemicals, right?
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