{"id":4287,"date":"2014-05-23T12:49:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T16:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/?p=4287"},"modified":"2014-05-23T12:49:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T16:49:41","slug":"new-canadian-feeding-guidelines-the-globe-and-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/new-canadian-feeding-guidelines-the-globe-and-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"New Canadian Feeding Guidelines (The Globe and Mail)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in February, when I took Julia for her 6 month well-baby check up, I was happy to hear that science has replaced tradition and fortified cereals are no longer #1 (source:\u00a0Into The Mouths of Babes: What Parents Need to Know About New Canadian Feeding Guidelines from Solids to Sippy Cups &#8211; read the rest of the article\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/health-and-fitness\/health-advisor\/into-the-mouths-of-babes-what-parents-need-to-know-about-new-canadian-feeding-guidelines-from-solids-to-sippy-cups\/article18786160\/\">here<\/a>).\u00a0There are few restrictions when it comes to introducing baby to solids. From about 6 months, offer baby:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iron-rich foods<\/li>\n<li>fruits<\/li>\n<li>veggies<\/li>\n<li>grains<\/li>\n<li>milk products<\/li>\n<li>soft finger foods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Imagine how intense and interesting it must be to try solids after breast milk\/formula for the first 6 months of life. Let baby take the lead and if he doesn&#8217;t like a particular food, try it again in a few days. Search the web for\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a ton<\/span> of yummy baby food recipes &#8211; easy, quick, and nutritious! Start slowly and gradually add in a variety of foods. No sugar\/salt but don&#8217;t be afraid to add seasoning\/spice; bye, bye bland. I like the thorough resource\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.superbabyfood.com\/about-the-book\/\">Super Baby Food<\/a> by Ruth Yaron. Also check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sproutright.com\/store\/book\">Sprout Right<\/a>\u00a0for what to eat if you&#8217;re breastfeeding and excellent feeding advice for babies and toddlers.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4309\" alt=\"blog_babyfoodcrop2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blog_babyfoodcrop2.png\" width=\"900\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blog_babyfoodcrop2.png 900w, https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blog_babyfoodcrop2-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I offered Julia pear first. She was unsure of this new texture and even now, at 9 months old, though she does like most finger foods, she&#8217;s just starting to enjoy lumpier textures. Her favourite food is yogurt and she also loves to share my morning green smoothies with me. What was your baby&#8217;s first food? Did he\/she like it? A friend of mine gave her baby brussel sprouts first and has the photo framed in her kitchen. Talk about a funny photo op!<\/p>\n<div class=\"pp-fb-like-btn-wrap\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/new-canadian-feeding-guidelines-the-globe-and-mail\/\" data-share=\"true\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-width=\"450\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"like\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in February, when I took Julia for her 6 month well-baby check up, I was happy to hear that science has replaced tradition and fortified cereals are no longer #1 (source:\u00a0Into The Mouths of Babes: What Parents Need to Know About New Canadian Feeding Guidelines from Solids to Sippy Cups &#8211; read the rest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-babies","category-food-for-thought","category-news","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4287"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4310,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4287\/revisions\/4310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurareive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}