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Category Archives: Baby Food
A Holistic Mama’s dilemma: I’m vegetarian. Should my child be too?
My mother-in-law asked me a good question the other day. She said, “Are you going to force your daughter to be vegetarian like you? Or is she going to get a choice?” It started my juices flowing and thinking…my answer at that moment was, “I really don’t know.” I haven’t always been vegetarian myself, just for the last 14 years (since September 26, 1997). My mother had been badgering me to become vegetarian for a while (she had herself become vegan about six months before that for spiritual reasons), and she finally got me to agree by calling me out … Continue reading
Best of Expo West #1: NurturMe Dried Organic Baby Food
“Just add water, formula, or breastmilk!” I have to admit: at first, I was a bit skeptical about NurturMe baby food pouches. For one thing, my Aria has had a hard time eating anything but bland rice cereal. Whenever I feed her any fruit out of a jar, she crinkles up her face and frowns, like she’s eaten something way too sour, and then shakes her head vigorously from side to side. From apples to bananas to peaches to plums, I always get the same reaction. It would be cute and funny if I didn’t desperately want her to like … Continue reading
