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Christine Albury - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Christine Albury, a mother of four (expecting number five), is the owner/editor of Homemade Baby Food Recipes. Unimpressed with the commercially prepared baby foods available, Christine opted to make her own - to give her babies the very best start! Through extensive research and years of personal experience, she put together the Homemade Baby Food Recipes website, to share with other parents both the results of her research and her vast range of delicious ... [More]
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- Wonderful Wheat Germ - An Ideal Ingredient For Your Baby's Food!
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Would you believe me if I told you that there was a secret ingredient that you could add to your baby's food that would provide a massive nutritional boost? An incredibly healthy ingredient with such a subtle flavour that your baby wouldn't even notice it?
- Cooking Bell Peppers For Your Baby
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Bell peppers make a tasty addition to your baby's diet and - despite their misleading name - they are not "hot!" They can be found in a variety of colours, including red, green, yellow, orange and purple. Their bright colours are a good indication of their excellent nutritional value - bell peppers are a rich source of vitamin C, vitamin B6 and vitamin A (from beta-carotene). They also contain folic acid.
- Foods For A Baby With Diarrhea
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Once your doctor has discovered and dealt with the cause of your baby's diarrhea, there are certain foods you can offer that may help "bind" your baby as his delicate intestines recover - and some other foods that you should definitely avoid!
- Providing Nutrition For A Baby With A Cold
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] When your baby has a cold, he may well be off his food - in fact, an adequate intake of fluids is far more important in this situation, to prevent dehydration. On the other hand, extra minerals and vitamins will help boost his immune system, setting him on the road to recovery far sooner. But how can you get these nutrients into your baby when he is refusing to eat?
- Giving Your Baby A Sippy Cup
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] At some point before your baby's first birthday, you will probably be thinking about giving him a sippy cup. Here are some tips and advice to help you get started.
- Why Babies Need Full - Fat Foods
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] As adults, we know that we should avoid the full-fat versions of many foods - so doesn't this rule apply to our babies, too? Well, not for the first 2 years of life. Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics place your baby in the very enviable position of being encouraged to eat foods such as full-fat cheese, yogurt and fromage frais.
- Dangerous Cookware - How It Can Affect Your Baby's Food
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] When preparing homemade baby food, we parents are always careful to ensure that the foods we choose are healthy and appropriate for our babies. Something that many of us overlook, however, is the suitability of the pots we're cooking in -- yet the fact is that cookware made from certain materials may not be ideal for the preparation of baby food.
- Feeding Baby - Coping With Messy Mealtimes
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] There's no doubt about it - feeding babies is a messy business! Here are a few tips to help you keep the mess - and stress - to a minimum!
- Caring For Your Baby's Teeth
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Keeping your baby's teeth clean may not always be easy -- when he clamps his jaws shut, it can be difficult to persuade him to open them - but it IS very important.
- How To Get Your Baby To Eat Vegetables
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Vegetables contain so many vitamins, minerals and nutrients necessary to good health that it's important to ensure your baby is eating enough of them. Understandably, then, many parents become concerned when their little ones refuse to eat vegetables at all!
- Starting Solids - Under Pressure To Start Too Soon
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] When you have a baby - particularly your first - a little advice from friends and family can be very useful. But when it comes to feeding your little one, the advice you receive may conflict with that given by your pediatrician. So what do you do when the advice begins to feel like criticism - or even pressure?
- Iron Supplements For Breastfed Babies -- Are They Necessary?
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Many parents are led to to believe that routine iron supplementation is required for breastfed babies once they reach 6 months of age. Some studies, however, suggest that iron supplementation is unnecessary, unless signs of iron-deficiency anemia are present.
- Giving Juice To Your Baby
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Fruit juice for babies -- it sounds healthy enough, doesn't it? Yet giving juice to your baby is not as beneficial as many parents believe.
- Travelling With Baby - Tips To Make Life Easier
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] It may sound daunting, but travelling with baby does not have to be a nightmare! A little preparation and forward planning is all you need for a successful trip with your tiny traveller.
- Baby Sign Language - Communication Before Speech
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Prior to mastering the art of speech, your baby has great difficulty in communicating his needs to you. This can cause frustration for you both -- yet there is a solution. Baby sign language is rapidly becoming popular as a means of recognising -- and responding to -- a young baby's needs.
- Baby's First Foods - A Straightforward Guide To Starting Solids
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Introducing your baby to solid foods is exciting and rewarding -- but it can be difficult to know exactly how and when to get started. This simple guide helps you decide when your baby is ready and suggests some ideal first foods to try.
- Baby Food Allergies - How To Identify And Avoid Them
[Health-and-Fitness:Allergies] Many parents find the risk of baby food allergies one of the most worrying aspects of introducing new foods to their baby. But there are simple steps you can take to minimise potential problems and make your child's introduction to solid food a safe and happy one.
- Tofu For Baby - How This Amazing Food Can Benefit Your Baby's Diet
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Tofu is a highly nutritious food that, rather than being
seen as just an alternative to meat, should be included in
your baby's diet on its own merits!
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