Hi, 'my' little boy Lotus is 5 months old now. I breastfeed him full-time, and we really enjoy it. He is doing so well, bright and shining (-: I'd love to continue a little while more than just one month with full-term bf. But also I've read about the risk of anaemie.
In Evie's Kitchen I 've read that nutrient absorption increases with 60 % for life, when you postpone from 6 months to 7 months full-term bf. But how many months is the maximum without risking deficiencies?
I've ordered Gabriel Cousens's Conscious Eating, hope to find good info in it.
Anyone advice, experience??
ps: Pardon my bad english, I'm Dutch (-;
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Yes, we will take our time. It's true, he knows best what he needs. And he is in really great shape, a happy healthy baby. Such a blessing (-:
Does anyone know where to find more information on full-time breastfeeding after 6 months?
I will check that book, I've never heard of it. Spiritedmama, I've also received Conscious Eating of Gabriel Cousens. I started it courageously today (-: (it's a voluminous book!!). But until now I only found a chapter about pregnancy in it. Maybe you could tell me where to look for info about raw food for baby's (and bigger children, I also have a 10 year old son) etcetera, I can't find it?
I've ordered the Womanly Art of Breastfeeding..
I know Evie's Kitchen. It's a great book. I've tried a lot of recipes from it lately, but can't really make my son happy with it yet. When he finally thinks something tastes nice he is really surprised.. lol... !! I just have a dehydrator since a few weeks so I'm still learning I guess. When you are used to 'normal' bread, flax bread has a really strange taste (for example). At least he gets hemp mylk every day and green juice.
And a lot of ingredients in Evie's Kitchen are really expensive: etherium gold, blue manna, purple corn extract etc.etc. Sometimes it seems that raw food is only for the rich.
And.. now I 've read that cacao isn't so good for you as all the 'raw-food-gurus' are saying, while this book has a lot of cacao-recipes in it. Confusing...
But, a wonderful book anyway (-:
Now I bought conscious eating to find info about raw food for babies, but it appears that rainbow food diet has more info about that? I'm not going to buy that one also.
You're so right about the so-called superfoods rawmanibbles.. Raw food becomes such a commercial thing when you need all kind of expensive powders. (Still I love my maca in the morning (-:) 10 months almost full-time nursing, congratulations for you and your baby. He is so lucky!
I eat a lot of raw, and fed my baby only breastmilk for the first six months, and then i started giving her steamed veggies and almond milk, fruit, bananas, avocado, etc. I just felt it was the time, she was growing and I felt that she just needed and needed from me, and that I wasn't providing her with all that she needed.
Go with what your little one says, does he need more?
My daughter was 1 before she had her first solid foods (avocado/banana). She has no deficiencies and is a thriving, strong 5 year old (who still nurses occasionally).
Hi Rosa. First, congratulations on your nursing relationship!!! It is so wonderful to nourish our children with our own bodies!
My baby is turning 6 months on Jul 28th. She already has her 2 bottom teeth and has been trying to take our food for about a month. From what I understand, babies may have solids in addition to breastmilk until their 1st birthday - after they turn 1, they may eat a solid meal. I have read this before and it is also what our pediatrician recommends. He says to feed her solids, but not to use the solids to replace a nursing session -- only use solids in addition to the nursing. We let our baby experience foods with as many senses as possible -- when she was teething raw cold carrots were her favorite! She sucked on it, "gummed" at it, etc. She has also had avocado (loooves it!), banana, peach, nectarine, plums, apples, home-made hummus, grapes, etc. Just remember to be cautious with choking hazards. There is a gadget sold in stores that is made of bpa free plastic: it has a handle and a mesh bag where you can put foods so the babe can chew/suck but not choke. We use that on occasion; she holds it herself and eats that way. Our girl also loooooooves green smoothies!! At thins point I would call it food exploration instead of "eating solids" because even though she does ingest the food, it's not really a big part of her diet. She gets little tastes of things when I eat breakfast, as I prepare lunch, and when we all sit down to dinner.
Follow your instincts like you have been doing so far, and listen to your baby. He'll let you know. :) Good luck!
Hi there. In the meantime my son is almost 8 months old... Still almost full-time nursing, and he still looks so healthy.
We have fruit salad for breakfast. Our son then gets a piece of something to try: this morning it was grapes (I chewed them first for him), he had abricot, peach, apple etc. And in the evening sometimes a carrot to chew on (he also liked that when his teeth were coming through..), a piece of cucumber or avocado. It is so much fun to see him playing and discovering all those wonderful foods. No pressure, just enjoying life.