Guest guest Posted August 31, 2001 Report Share Posted August 31, 2001 Hello, I am wondering if anyone can give some tips on feeding a Vegan baby. My baby, Alistar is about to turn 6 months and we have already started giving him mashed banana. I'm very confused because I got this info from Pregnancy, Children & the Vegan Diet. My other sources...New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook & Simply Vegan say to start out with rice cereal and do fruit later. So, does it matter what I do first? Also, does anyone know how to properly make rice cereal? I don't want to buy the stuff from the store, because it has sugar in it. I ground up the rice in the blender before cooking it and mixed in some breastmilk to thin it out. It still seemed sorta lumpy. Katrina ___________ BUST Magazine: For Women with Something to Get Off Their Chests Subscribe at http://www.bust.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2001 Report Share Posted August 31, 2001 In a message dated 8/31/2001 12:12:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, scarletflux writes: > If your baby is breastfed then she might not be ready for solids, if she really is, then smashed avocado is a really good starter food. I used to steam sweet potatoes, I would do about six of them, then smash them and freeze it. Sara Colin's Ap Mama A baby will only spoil if you leave it on the shelf. Come see us at <A HREF= " http://www.sos.state.mi.us/election/elecadmin/2000web/index.html " > </A>h<A HREF= " http://members.tripod.com/colinsapmama/ " >ttp://members.tripod.com/colinsap\ mama/</A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2001 Report Share Posted August 31, 2001 Katrina, I have a WONDERFUL book recommendation for you. It is called Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron. It was/is my bible (I have a 4 year old and a 20 month old dd) Ruth goes into detail about how to make porridge from rice grains, and it is quite simple and yummy. My dd's first foods were avocado and banana, per author's recommendation. It is the ultimate book about feeding vegetarian children (it is not vegan, it is lacto/ovo, but it does go into vegan options). I can't say enough good things about this book. Good luck and good health, Bonnie - Katrina Bruback Thursday, August 30, 2001 9:49 PM Baby's 1st foods? Hello, I am wondering if anyone can give some tips on feeding a Vegan baby. My baby, Alistar is about to turn 6 months and we have already started giving him mashed banana. I'm very confused because I got this info from Pregnancy, Children & the Vegan Diet. My other sources...New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook & Simply Vegan say to start out with rice cereal and do fruit later. So, does it matter what I do first? Also, does anyone know how to properly make rice cereal? I don't want to buy the stuff from the store, because it has sugar in it. I ground up the rice in the blender before cooking it and mixed in some breastmilk to thin it out. It still seemed sorta lumpy. Katrina ___________ BUST Magazine: For Women with Something to Get Off Their Chests Subscribe at http://www.bust.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2001 Report Share Posted September 1, 2001 Katrina, The idea behind giving store-bought rice cereals is that they are fortified with iron. If you buy brands like Earth's Best from a health food store, they're free of sugar and other junk, and they only use organic, GMO free brown rice or oatmeal. When my baby was 5 months old, she started showing interest in solids, so I started giving her package rice cereal and then oatmeal, again Earth's Best, made for babies. I mix it with pumped breast milk, since it's important that in the first year, most nutrition come from breast milk (or formula, if you're not nursing.) I'm going to do organic cooked and mashed veggies next, like squash, greens, peas, sweet potatoes, carrots, and fruits later, because in my thinking, i'd rather not let her get accustomed to sweeter foods like fruits. That's just my theory though. Leena Katrina Bruback wrote: > Hello, > > I am wondering if anyone can give some tips on feeding a Vegan baby. My baby, Alistar is about to turn 6 months and we have already started giving him mashed banana. I'm very confused because I got this info from Pregnancy, Children & the Vegan Diet. My other sources...New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook & Simply Vegan say to start out with rice cereal and do fruit later. So, does it matter what I do first? > > Also, does anyone know how to properly make rice cereal? I don't want to buy the stuff from the store, because it has sugar in it. I ground up the rice in the blender before cooking it and mixed in some breastmilk to thin it out. It still seemed sorta lumpy. > > Katrina > > ___________ > BUST Magazine: For > Women with Something to Get Off Their Chests > Subscribe at http://www.bust.com > > > For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2001 Report Share Posted September 1, 2001 > I am wondering if anyone can give some tips on feeding a Vegan baby. My > baby, Alistar is about to turn 6 months and we have already started giving > him mashed banana. I'm very confused because I got this info from > Pregnancy, Children & the Vegan Diet. My other sources...New Farm > Vegetarian Cookbook & Simply Vegan say to start out with rice cereal and do > Katrina, My son is 5 now, and very healthy. Our pediatrician has a wholistic practice and is also a nutritionist. With her guidance and lots of my own research, I came up with some guidlines for food for little ones. The first thing that you might want to keep in mind is that my Dr. mentioned to me that she saw constipation in people that were fed grains too early. That means rice cereal as well. So, best to start with veggies first. Things like carrots, sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, squash. We did start with fruit in the begining and switched to veggies. There is no hard and fast to it. I thought less sweet cravings if started with veggies. Give the food for several days to see if any allergies develop before moving to the next food. After all the fruits and veggies, then move to grains, then beans/legumes. Leave out corn, and wheat, and soy till the very last. They are most allergenic. Remember sea veggies are great to include. And leave nuts till much later. Peanuts last. Hope this helps. Peace, Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2001 Report Share Posted September 1, 2001 My son is now 8 months old and we gave him a baby rice cereal called " Healthy Choice " . I bought it in our local whole/organic food store. The only ingredient in it is organic brown rice. It seems almost the same consistency as rice flour so I'm not sure how you would grind regular rice up more unless you have a flour grinder or somthing you could put the rice through before you cook it? Even so, at 6mos Evan wasn't ready for the rice cereal (he got bad diaper rash), so we tried banana and he was fine with that. A week or so later I tried the rice cereal again and he was fine with it. The best foods for Evan first were: banana, apple sauce (just cooked/mashed apples), rice cereal, and mashed pear. He also had mashed carrots and sweet potatoe quite early and seemed fine with them. I know the books say not to give them the sweet things first but Evan couldn't seem to digest the other things right away. So I think you just try what seems right and see how it goes:) > > Katrina Bruback [scarletflux] > Thursday, August 30, 2001 9:50 PM > > Baby's 1st foods? > > > Hello, > > I am wondering if anyone can give some tips on feeding a Vegan > baby. My baby, Alistar is about to turn 6 months and we have > already started giving him mashed banana. I'm very confused > because I got this info from Pregnancy, Children & the Vegan > Diet. My other sources...New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook & Simply > Vegan say to start out with rice cereal and do fruit later. So, > does it matter what I do first? > > Also, does anyone know how to properly make rice cereal? I don't > want to buy the stuff from the store, because it has sugar in it. > I ground up the rice in the blender before cooking it and mixed > in some breastmilk to thin it out. It still seemed sorta lumpy. > > Katrina > > > > ___________ > BUST Magazine: For > Women with Something to Get Off Their Chests > Subscribe at http://www.bust.com > > > > For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG > website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful > for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2001 Report Share Posted September 1, 2001 Katrina My son is now 17 mos. old and when I started him on solid foods I began with fruits and rice cereal. Many 'experts' recommend introducing veg before fruit because they believe that fruit will lead to a preference for sweeter things. This wasn't the case with my son- he likes a wide range of foods. He tried carrot, squash, sweet potato, avocado etc. not long after banana. (boiled and mashed/pureed) My son also liked to try sips of my smoothies (banana & rice milk or OJ & strawberries)though I believe that strawberries are not recommended for babies that young. One book which I found somewhat helpful was VEGETARIAN BABY by Sharon Yntema. The copy I have was published in the early 80s but I do believe it has been updated recently. As for rice cereal,I used the supermarket find but felt okay about it as it was the EARTH's BEST organic kind. I later found several alternatives at my local health food store. Good luck! :)Madeline >Katrina Bruback <scarletflux > > > Baby's 1st foods? >Thu, 30 Aug 2001 21:49:52 -0700 (PDT) > >Hello, > >I am wondering if anyone can give some tips on feeding a Vegan baby. My >baby, Alistar is about to turn 6 months and we have already started giving >him mashed banana. I'm very confused because I got this info from >Pregnancy, Children & the Vegan Diet. My other sources...New Farm >Vegetarian Cookbook & Simply Vegan say to start out with rice cereal and do >fruit later. So, does it matter what I do first? > >Also, does anyone know how to properly make rice cereal? I don't want to >buy the stuff from the store, because it has sugar in it. I ground up the >rice in the blender before cooking it and mixed in some breastmilk to thin >it out. It still seemed sorta lumpy. > >Katrina > > > >___________ >BUST Magazine: For >Women with Something to Get Off Their Chests >Subscribe at http://www.bust.com > _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2001 Report Share Posted September 4, 2001 <The first thing that you might want to keep in mind is that my Dr. mentioned to me that she saw constipation in people that were fed grains too early. That means rice cereal as well.> I read that you should not feed your baby starches until they are at least 18 months old, as before that age they are missing the key enzyme needed to digest starches. So what your doc said makes complete sense. Hugs, " My darling girl, when are you going to understand that being normal isn't necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage! " Aunt Frances in Practical Magic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 It had some good ideas but emphasized dropping breastmilk way way too soon. I think that the recipes are good ideas for older babies, though. andra > It is the ultimate book about feeding vegetarian children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 > It seems almost the same > consistency as rice flour so I'm not sure how you would grind regular rice > up more unless you have a flour grinder or somthing you could put the rice > through before you cook it? You can take normal rice flour & cook it like hot cereal for non-iron-fortified cereal or just blend cooked rice. I'd told more children react to brown than to white. > I know the books say not to give them the > sweet things first but Evan couldn't seem to digest the other things right > away. This doesn't make much sense to me, since breastmilk is sweeter than fruit. We gave fruit first and never had any problems with it. If I had it all to do over again (well, I do with my son) I'd wait a little longer, I think, than put off grains until longer, too. Sandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 <<Many 'experts' recommend introducing veg before fruit because they believe that fruit will lead to a preference for sweeter things.>> Actually, I just read that recent studies have shown the exact opposite: that babies exposed first to fruit are more likely to enjoy eating and trying different kinds of foods. You know what they say....you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar! Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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