Posts Tagged ‘baby-led solids/weaning’
18
Dec
Posted by alivingfamily in baby-led solids/weaning, breastfeeding, Stream of Consciousness. Tagged: baby-led solids/weaning, breastfeeding, Stream of Consciousness. Leave a Comment
Inspired by the Aums “stream-of-consciousness Sundays” here is what I wrote in a spare 15 minutes: Chicken McNuggets in their “natural” state (ETA: pre-2003 when McD’s started using all white meat chicken) I grew up eating pretty SAD. This is the acronym for “Standard American Diet” and it does make me sad. It makes me [...]
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14
Sep
Posted by alivingfamily in attachment parenting, baby-led solids/weaning, development, family, health, learning, Uncategorized, Wordless Wednesday. Tagged: attachment parenting, baby-led solids/weaning, development, family, health, learning, wordless wednesday. Leave a Comment
Having fun in the kitchen lately, cooking toddler style–much pride, joy, concentration and tasting! Made two little movies. (Well, I guess they’re longish at 5 min but the far away grandparents love every picture they can get.) Making Smoothies Making Pancakes Green Smoothie Recipes: Bring Birth Home – supercharged Stay at Home Papa – simple Ours (day of [...]
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2
Sep
Posted by alivingfamily in baby-led solids/weaning, development, health, Uncategorized. Tagged: baby-led solids/weaning, development, health. 2 Comments
My daughter’s second birthday is rolling around faster than I expect it. Plus, there are a number of almost one-year olds with fall birthdays. I thought it might be a good time to get out some good birthday cake recipes. Unfortunately, I had compiled a ton of links in my old bookmark bar. Alas, they [...]
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16
Jan
Posted by alivingfamily in baby-led solids/weaning, development, Uncategorized. Tagged: baby-led solids/weaning, development. Leave a Comment
In addition to learning to use a spoon and bowl, our little one has begun to dip things into sauces. She watches her dad eat Indian food all the time with his hands, but she just started intentionally dipping something solid into a liquid-y thing so she can eat the thing that is runny.
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27
Dec
Posted by alivingfamily in attachment parenting, baby-led solids/weaning, development, parenting, Uncategorized. Tagged: attachment parenting, baby-led solids/weaning, development, parenting. Leave a Comment
I forgot to post updates on the Snack Station developments. Here, from the baby’s mouth, are some (month-old) updates from Uma’s Blog: Life and Times of Uma Pai, written from Uma’s perspective.
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27
Dec
Posted by alivingfamily in baby-led solids/weaning, development, parenting, Uncategorized. Tagged: baby-led solids/weaning, development, parenting. 2 Comments
Recently my stay at home daddy/husband gave my daughter a bowl and spoon a few times to try her hand (ha!) at eating. Over this weekend, while my in laws watched on Skype, my daughter showed that she can independently used a spoon to eat her meal out of a bowl. Since there have been times [...]
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11
Dec
Posted by alivingfamily in attachment parenting, baby-led solids/weaning, health, parenting, Uncategorized. Tagged: attachment parenting, baby-led solids/weaning, health, parenting. 2 Comments
REMINDER: To Trust Your Child You Must Know YOUR Child. You can read every book and study out there by this and that expert with years of experience and lists of degrees, and still no one will know your child like you do. Letting your child do the most possible while observing your child and [...]
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11
Dec
Posted by alivingfamily in attachment parenting, baby-led solids/weaning, breastfeeding, Elimination Communication, family, health, parenting, Uncategorized. Tagged: attachment parenting, baby-led solids/weaning, breastfeeding, Elimination Communication, family, health, parenting. 1 Comment
This post gives an overview of Dos and Don’ts for child-led introduction of solids. Other posts include information on choking, a photo gallery of skill development, and a reflection of my own experience. See all posts on this topic here. ********************************* “Baby-led Solids is an exercise in Trust.” This statement is at the top of [...]
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11
Dec
Posted by alivingfamily in attachment parenting, baby-led solids/weaning, breastfeeding, family, grandparents, health, parenting, society, Uncategorized. Tagged: attachment parenting, baby-led solids/weaning, breastfeeding, family, grandparents, health, parenting, society. 6 Comments
I said in an earlier post that Baby-led Solids and Weaning feels like a key piece in my attachment parenting. Certainly, it feels key in raising an independent child. Converse to the sentiment expressed in the name, my attachment parenting is about raising a child that is able to detach herself from me — the [...]
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