BabyCues Bio-logical Weaning Guide Free Chapter - Flipbook - Page 8
my why...
Nurturing your baby onto solid food is, on the whole, an amazing
time as you introduce different tastes and textures, watch the
funny faces they can make with each new food, and soak up the
messy exploration. Of course all of this also happens as you try to
unravel what nutrition and health means to you as a parent. This
may mean you start asking questions like...
Where do I start?
What is the best way to offer food?
Is traditional pureed food best or Baby Led Weaning?
What age is appropriate to start solids?
Should I introduce solids at four or five months to avoid allergies?
Is baby cereal healthy?
How much am I meant to give my baby?
What should they be eating?
How do I make sure they get enough iron?
What does a day with solids even look like?
What is this ingredient? Is it safe?
What effects can/will this food have for my child?
How can I feel confident that I am doing the best for them?
And the questions can go on and on, sometimes delivering even
more confusion within the contradictory responses as you try to
decide what is best. Especially when we consider that a lot of the
information parents currently receive is based on commercial profit
margins as companies, and in some cases national organisations,
try to convince you to spend money, or take paths that aid them.
Now some of you may think, wow. That’s a rather bleak, pessimistic
analysis from me, and I am truly sorry that I am compelled to share
it. But after working in the healthcare sector for almost three
decades, and digging deep within the layers of research that is
then spun out to parents to effect change, I wholeheartedly believe
that commercial profit margins is one of the biggest health issues
that our children face today.
As our lives become busier, as our time to weed out the marketing
hype from the truth begins to diminish, as we possibly feel too
small to question, or to stand up and make noise about what we
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