Would You Feed Your Baby A Bowl of Sugar? I Didn't Think So....

One of the most common first foods a baby eats is white rice cereal. Parents feed this to their babes thinking it is simple, gentle, pure and easily digested when in fact it is anything but. White rice cereal is broken down to very simple carbohydrates, which to a tiny baby is the equivalent of eating a bowl full of sugar! There is no nutritional content to it whatsoever, given that it is white rice that has been processed and stripped. Why do you think it has been "fortified"?

A babies first food should be REAL FOOD! WHOLE FOOD! Food that doesn't need vitamins and minerals added to it because it naturally has them. Claire's first baby food was yams, a very nutrient rich food. Followed by whole grain organic oatmeal cereal. Watch this informative video, and please feel free to discuss this in the comment section below!



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A LIttle Girls Thoughts on Gendered Toy Marketing

This is one smart little girl...I ask myself the same questions as I walk down toy isles. Why do we allow the toy companies to dictate to our children what they should be playing with? Why don't we let our children choose for themselves? I recall a little girl I saw in Toronto one day, walking down the street holding her Daddies hand. She had a firefighter hat on and matching ruby red Dorothy slippers. Now that Dad is doing a GREAT job

Punk Rawk and Parenthooooood

Both my husband and I were little punks back in the day, truth be told...there is still a little punk in us. We are like Peter Pan and dont believe in growing up. So of course when we saw the trailer for this film we knew we had to go see it! Cant wait till it comes out on DVD!

Motherhood Monday: Better Late then Never

Soooooo it's 6:30 at night and I finally have time to blog. Well I really dont, I probably have about 30 minutes before Ms Fussy Pants wakes up screaming again, and in that time I have to try and pump, eat, go to the bathroom, nap, and bathe if I am lucky. I ain't gonna lie, it's been rough lately kittens. Claire has been having some serious breastfeeding challenges, and I am seriously overwhelmed. To make it worse we also have an trip to Ontario looming on the horizon, we fly out on Thursday morning and I don't know how we will survive it! Even though it is to visit family, I am still dreading leaving our quite little home. I know that with time things will settle, and I am visiting the lactation consultant again tomorrow for help and advice....breastfeeding....sheeeeeeesh! You would think something so "natural" would be so much easier. It's not. GAH!

Sorry to just post a quick rant, but I do miss this lil blog and wanted to let you all know that I am still alive, I miss you all, and am thankful you are all so patient and sticking around. BEST readers ever!

xoxo
Peace, Love and Pickles