Comments on: Three Ads for Puzzled Fathers of Rather Young Children http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/02/babyfoodads.html A dad's eye view of baby and toddler stuff Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:57:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jen M http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/02/babyfoodads.html/comment-page-1#comment-13670 Jen M Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:18:01 +0000 http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=2253#comment-13670 Yeast = boost in B vitamins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritional_yeast As for the meat heavy baby foods, this was before mass vitamin supplementation of flours and cereals which didn't start until the 1950s? At this point in history, babies were started on cereals and pureed foods really early right? What was the state of baby formula? . . . When was it that science decided babies needed much more iron than they were getting in breastmilk (http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/vitamins/iron.html) which was, of course, really a formula problem (http://www.bibliovault.org/BV.book.epl?BookId=1591)? I think it all makes sense in that context. Anyway, we're raising a little vegetarian here (she can decide for herself later, I'm just not cooking it), with fabulous iron levels, by the way. She hates carrots - don't know why but she will not eat them if they are identifiable in any way. I don't think she's ever had spinach straight. We serve it in smoothies (the only thing we have ever pureed, by the way) and chopped in other things: stirfry and indian food mostly. At 15 months, she eats a pretty wide variety of food, spices too in spite of conventional wisdom of feeding babies bland stuff. Yeast = boost in B vitamins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritional_yeast

As for the meat heavy baby foods, this was before mass vitamin supplementation of flours and cereals which didn’t start until the 1950s? At this point in history, babies were started on cereals and pureed foods really early right? What was the state of baby formula? . . . When was it that science decided babies needed much more iron than they were getting in breastmilk (http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/vitamins/iron.html) which was, of course, really a formula problem (http://www.bibliovault.org/BV.book.epl?BookId=1591)? I think it all makes sense in that context.

Anyway, we’re raising a little vegetarian here (she can decide for herself later, I’m just not cooking it), with fabulous iron levels, by the way. She hates carrots – don’t know why but she will not eat them if they are identifiable in any way. I don’t think she’s ever had spinach straight. We serve it in smoothies (the only thing we have ever pureed, by the way) and chopped in other things: stirfry and indian food mostly. At 15 months, she eats a pretty wide variety of food, spices too in spite of conventional wisdom of feeding babies bland stuff.

]]> By: Tracy http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/02/babyfoodads.html/comment-page-1#comment-13597 Tracy Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:30:02 +0000 http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=2253#comment-13597 We live in Australia and lamb is our national meat. We probably have lamb twice a week. My family also loves liver, but that isn't an Australian thing. It is something I was raised eating and I still like it. Believe it or not my daughter gets excited when she knows we are having liver and onions for dinner. We live in Australia and lamb is our national meat. We probably have lamb twice a week. My family also loves liver, but that isn’t an Australian thing. It is something I was raised eating and I still like it. Believe it or not my daughter gets excited when she knows we are having liver and onions for dinner.

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/02/babyfoodads.html/comment-page-1#comment-13353 Kimberly Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:32:14 +0000 http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=2253#comment-13353 I just want to be clear that my first post was sarcasm. I am in my first trimester of my second pregnancy and I could barely even type that out with out gagging. I am having major meat aversions. I just want to be clear that my first post was sarcasm.

I am in my first trimester of my second pregnancy and I could barely even type that out with out gagging. I am having major meat aversions.

]]> By: Marie http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/02/babyfoodads.html/comment-page-1#comment-13347 Marie Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:06:30 +0000 http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=2253#comment-13347 We fed / feed our daughter lamb as frequently as we can afford it. Like the poster above, I tried to keep the "babyfood" stage as short as possible, and was always sort of skeeved out by "meat" babyfoods. I think we were feeding her minced up table meats of whatever we were eating by 9 or 10 months. I think the food shown are reflective of the cultural change in foods. We don't eat liver or heart, so we don't feed the kids liver or heart. I don't cook tongue, but will order it in a restaurant. We fed / feed our daughter lamb as frequently as we can afford it. Like the poster above, I tried to keep the “babyfood” stage as short as possible, and was always sort of skeeved out by “meat” babyfoods. I think we were feeding her minced up table meats of whatever we were eating by 9 or 10 months.

I think the food shown are reflective of the cultural change in foods. We don’t eat liver or heart, so we don’t feed the kids liver or heart. I don’t cook tongue, but will order it in a restaurant.

]]> By: June http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/02/babyfoodads.html/comment-page-1#comment-13340 June Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:23:49 +0000 http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=2253#comment-13340 Well, as a veggie family, we eat nutritional yeast often (mostly in a garlic sauce), and it is super yummy AND very nutritious. So if that's what it's referring to, then I understand it. Of course we didn't feed it to our daughter when she was a baby, but then, she really didn't eat much besides breastmilk (and an occasional slice of fruit or veggie) before she was a year old. Well, as a veggie family, we eat nutritional yeast often (mostly in a garlic sauce), and it is super yummy AND very nutritious. So if that’s what it’s referring to, then I understand it. Of course we didn’t feed it to our daughter when she was a baby, but then, she really didn’t eat much besides breastmilk (and an occasional slice of fruit or veggie) before she was a year old.

]]> By: Pippin http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/02/babyfoodads.html/comment-page-1#comment-13339 Pippin Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:21:41 +0000 http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=2253#comment-13339 Liver and Bacon?????? Those poor children. Is it any wonder they started a cultural revolution in the late 60s? Liver and Bacon??????

Those poor children. Is it any wonder they started a cultural revolution in the late 60s?

]]> By: anastasiav http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/02/babyfoodads.html/comment-page-1#comment-13338 anastasiav Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:03:17 +0000 http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=2253#comment-13338 I don't get the yeast thing either. Potatoes, Tomato, Rice, chicken, wheat germ, Lamb (my son loves lamb), carrots, spinach (wouldn't touch it), Pineapple, Rice, prunes, Apples and figs are all things I at least attempted to feed my son while he was in the baby-food stage. I make a good desert that has apples, figs, and dates in it, but its a little too .. seedy .. for baby food. Very sweet, though. I don’t get the yeast thing either.

Potatoes, Tomato, Rice, chicken, wheat germ, Lamb (my son loves lamb), carrots, spinach (wouldn’t touch it), Pineapple, Rice, prunes, Apples and figs are all things I at least attempted to feed my son while he was in the baby-food stage. I make a good desert that has apples, figs, and dates in it, but its a little too .. seedy .. for baby food. Very sweet, though.

]]> By: KGS http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/02/babyfoodads.html/comment-page-1#comment-13335 KGS Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:19:05 +0000 http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=2253#comment-13335 We tried to switch from separate baby foods to finely minced bits of whatever we were eating as quickly as possible, so our daughter did have things like lamb, beef tongue, and chicken curry pretty early in life. I can't say a canned version sounds very appealing, though-- meat baby food always sounded gross to me for some reason, so we never bought any. In case anyone was wondering, despite our best efforts this early exposure to adult food has not stopped her from getting a wicked hot dog and mac n' cheese addiction at age 3. Sigh. We tried to switch from separate baby foods to finely minced bits of whatever we were eating as quickly as possible, so our daughter did have things like lamb, beef tongue, and chicken curry pretty early in life. I can’t say a canned version sounds very appealing, though– meat baby food always sounded gross to me for some reason, so we never bought any.

In case anyone was wondering, despite our best efforts this early exposure to adult food has not stopped her from getting a wicked hot dog and mac n’ cheese addiction at age 3. Sigh.

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/02/babyfoodads.html/comment-page-1#comment-13334 Kimberly Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:00:54 +0000 http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=2253#comment-13334 We are beef heart family all the way! Yum. Maybe I'll whipped some up for breakfast! We are beef heart family all the way! Yum. Maybe I’ll whipped some up for breakfast!

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