First solid foods for babies

Does anyone know what people fed to their babies at this stage prior to
mass-produced "cereals"? What do the Neanderthin followers feed their children?
I ask this because don't they follow a more "back to the earth" version of low
carb? I do not currently have any children but there's something that rubs me
the wrong way about feeding children cereal if we already know how a high carb
diet affects us as adults. I don't know how safe or whatever just mashing up
regular foods are for children but I'd be more inclined to feed them REAL
foods, i.e. vegetables, meats, and dairy than any Cheerios or graham crackers.

Does anyone know what people fed to their babies at this stage prior to
mass-produced "cereals"? What do the Neanderthin followers feed their children?
I ask this because don't they follow a more "back to the earth" version of low
carb? I do not currently have any children but there's something that rubs me
the wrong way about feeding children cereal if we already know how a high carb
diet affects us as adults. I don't know how safe or whatever just mashing up
regular foods are for children but I'd be more inclined to feed them REAL
foods, i.e. vegetables, meats, and dairy than any Cheerios or graham crackers.

Crafting Mom wrote:
Faye wrote:
I agree with "i" who states that children should not be taught to
depend on the sweet taste. I wish somebody had told me all that when
mine were babies. My oldest son is 37 and still a hopeless Sweetaholic.

Has anyone ever tasted breastmilk?

LOL.
Years ago a friend told me her husband wanted to try her breastmilk.
Reportedly, his reaction was, "EW! It's warm!"

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

Crafting Mom wrote:
Faye wrote:
I agree with "i" who states that children should not be taught to
depend on the sweet taste. I wish somebody had told me all that when
mine were babies. My oldest son is 37 and still a hopeless Sweetaholic.

Has anyone ever tasted breastmilk?

LOL.
Years ago a friend told me her husband wanted to try her breastmilk.
Reportedly, his reaction was, "EW! It's warm!"

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

Erika RollerGirl wrote:
I do not currently have any children but there's something that rubs me
the wrong way about feeding children cereal if we already know how a high carb
diet affects us as adults.

I've read assorted estimates that 30 percent of overweight people
have insulin resistance and/or diabetes. The remainder aren't
affected the same way by eating carbs as adults.

Infants don't have the digestive system development of an adult.
They also haven't developed the insulin resistance that a large
percentage of low-carbers developed over decades of eating TOO MANY
carbs with a genetic predisposition for problems with blood sugar
metabolism.

Too much carb is a bad thing, but carbs aren't poisons that children
need to avoid.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

jamie wrote:

Too much carb is a bad thing, but carbs aren't poisons that children
need to avoid.

Hear hear! My children have better eating habits than I was raised
with, not because I'm forcing them to go low-carb, but because the
larger percentage of their food is good, natural food. They'll not get
the ever-famed "forbidden fruit syndrome" either, because yes, I do
allow them to eat a bit of junk here and there. And guess what, they
always proclaim that said item is not as good as "the kind mom makes".

Carbs aren't poisons that adults need to avoid either. In fact, (using
atkins for example, even though I'm well aware that not everyone is
using atkins) the whole point of the Atkins process is to teach one to
maintain a healthy diet which includes more and more carbs as each phase
goes by. Look at all the carbs allowed in the "Maintenance Phase".

But anyway I do digress. There's a reason why pork rinds are not in
the category of "best first foods for baby". grin/duck

jamie wrote:

Too much carb is a bad thing, but carbs aren't poisons that children
need to avoid.

Hear hear! My children have better eating habits than I was raised
with, not because I'm forcing them to go low-carb, but because the
larger percentage of their food is good, natural food. They'll not get
the ever-famed "forbidden fruit syndrome" either, because yes, I do
allow them to eat a bit of junk here and there. And guess what, they
always proclaim that said item is not as good as "the kind mom makes".

Carbs aren't poisons that adults need to avoid either. In fact, (using
atkins for example, even though I'm well aware that not everyone is
using atkins) the whole point of the Atkins process is to teach one to
maintain a healthy diet which includes more and more carbs as each phase
goes by. Look at all the carbs allowed in the "Maintenance Phase".

But anyway I do digress. There's a reason why pork rinds are not in
the category of "best first foods for baby". grin/duck

"Stan Marks" wrote in message
...
Hello, all...

Our little boy is six months old and appears ready for solid foods. (He
has been exclusively breast-fed until now.) His pediatrician has
recommended starting him on cereals, but we do not think that cereals
are good choices for a baby's first solid foods, so we are wondering if
any of you would share your experiences and recommendations on the
subject. Links to web sites would be appreciated.

TIA,

Stan Marks

The latest reports say to breast feed as long as a year.

--
JK Sinrod
Sinrod Stained Glass Studios
www.sinrodstudios.com
Coney Island Memories
www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories

"Stan Marks" wrote in message
...
Hello, all...

Our little boy is six months old and appears ready for solid foods. (He
has been exclusively breast-fed until now.) His pediatrician has
recommended starting him on cereals, but we do not think that cereals
are good choices for a baby's first solid foods, so we are wondering if
any of you would share your experiences and recommendations on the
subject. Links to web sites would be appreciated.

TIA,

Stan Marks

The latest reports say to breast feed as long as a year.

--
JK Sinrod
Sinrod Stained Glass Studios
www.sinrodstudios.com
Coney Island Memories
www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories

jk wrote:

The latest reports say to breast feed as long as a year.

But were the reports written by women with babies who'd grown
teeth?

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."