Following Anatomy - A Guide to Infant Nutrition
There is great confusion on how exactly babies should be fed. From formula companies telling us that their products are as good as breast milk to being told that we should feed 3-4 servings a day of cows milk to our 1 year olds, disaster is sneaking in and childhood diabetes is on the rise. If we simply step back and look at the body and it's development we can understand when the body is ready to move to the next step. First let's jump on a few issues.
1. Yes sugar "tastes" good, but it is NOT good for your children and they WILL eat things that don't have sugar in them if that's all you give them.
2. Cows milk is for cows, human milk is for humans. This is a "hormonal delivery system" and cows hormones do not belong in a babies body (neither does pus, mucus, dioxins, salmonella, e coli, mycobacterium paratuberculosis, red blood cells, white blood cells, growth hormones, antibiotics, and a host of other things found in cows milk). In fact, most other nations pediatric associations say that babies should NOT consume dairy until they are at least 2 years old because the majority of children are allergic to dairy.
3. A child should have a balanced diet. Fruits, vegetables, grains, fats, and protein. Breast milk gives the perfect balance.
Now, here's how to "Follow Anatomy"
1. From the day the baby is born until teeth break through, breastmilk should be the only thing the baby consumes and is more than sufficient for proper balanced nutrition IF mom is eating all the things that baby should eat and does not eat the things baby should not eat.
2. The first teeth to break through are typically the "cutters" or incisors. These are the teeth used for cutting through foods like fruits and vegetables. That means it is ok to start moving into these with some grains as well but make sure they are puried to start as baby is not able to grind the food without molars. Let them start to experiment with small pieces of whole soft foods like fruits.
3. A sign most moms understand that it is time to wean off breastmilk is when baby starts to bite! But keep in mind protein will be more difficult to come by so you will need to make sure protein is being added (puried fish, beans, and nuts are a few options).
4. Typically the molars will start to come in next which are used to grind food. It is now ok to start moving into increasingly more solid foods as baby learns to chew. Again, stick to the same fundamental diet that we should stay with our entire lives.
5. When the canines come in, these are used for tearing meat so you can start to add meats into the diet such as fish and chicken (natural/organic of course). Our bodies are designed to consume meat so a vegetarian diet, though it has it's benefits, is not anatomically based.
This guide does not address all food allergies/sensitivities. You will have to find what these sensitivities are and then it is possible to work on reducing these sensitivities.
1. Yes sugar "tastes" good, but it is NOT good for your children and they WILL eat things that don't have sugar in them if that's all you give them.
2. Cows milk is for cows, human milk is for humans. This is a "hormonal delivery system" and cows hormones do not belong in a babies body (neither does pus, mucus, dioxins, salmonella, e coli, mycobacterium paratuberculosis, red blood cells, white blood cells, growth hormones, antibiotics, and a host of other things found in cows milk). In fact, most other nations pediatric associations say that babies should NOT consume dairy until they are at least 2 years old because the majority of children are allergic to dairy.
3. A child should have a balanced diet. Fruits, vegetables, grains, fats, and protein. Breast milk gives the perfect balance.
Now, here's how to "Follow Anatomy"
1. From the day the baby is born until teeth break through, breastmilk should be the only thing the baby consumes and is more than sufficient for proper balanced nutrition IF mom is eating all the things that baby should eat and does not eat the things baby should not eat.
2. The first teeth to break through are typically the "cutters" or incisors. These are the teeth used for cutting through foods like fruits and vegetables. That means it is ok to start moving into these with some grains as well but make sure they are puried to start as baby is not able to grind the food without molars. Let them start to experiment with small pieces of whole soft foods like fruits.
3. A sign most moms understand that it is time to wean off breastmilk is when baby starts to bite! But keep in mind protein will be more difficult to come by so you will need to make sure protein is being added (puried fish, beans, and nuts are a few options).
4. Typically the molars will start to come in next which are used to grind food. It is now ok to start moving into increasingly more solid foods as baby learns to chew. Again, stick to the same fundamental diet that we should stay with our entire lives.
5. When the canines come in, these are used for tearing meat so you can start to add meats into the diet such as fish and chicken (natural/organic of course). Our bodies are designed to consume meat so a vegetarian diet, though it has it's benefits, is not anatomically based.
This guide does not address all food allergies/sensitivities. You will have to find what these sensitivities are and then it is possible to work on reducing these sensitivities.
posted by Dr. Bucknell at 9:25 AM
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