Re: feeding my son

[Guest guest]

>Hello--

>

>My son is almost a year, and i wonder exactly what proportions i

>should be feeding him. He gets an egg yolk a day usually, and plenty

>of butter and coconut milk, and some olive oil and codliver oil. What

>percentage of his diet should be veggies, grains, meats, dairy and

>eggs?

He's almost old enough that he'll probably let you know what he wants. My kids

really vary ... my daughter will eat nothing but, say, berries and cream for a

week,

then go to waffles (wheat free). When I serve steak and potato for dinner,

she'll eat nothing but steak ... next week, just the potato.

I'd keep him away from most grains though, esp. wheat/barley/rye. Exposure

at a young age is not a good idea (some folks would say exposure at ANY

age is not a good idea!). White rice is fairly innocous. Those might be causing

the constipation too, it would be worth experimenting. A lot of the issues

that show up when kids start going on solid foods are related to the

grains ... they can trigger some nasty stuff like gut problems, T1 diabetes,

autism.

>I'm a stay at home mom, poor, and trying to learn more about eating

>right. I love my nourishing traditions. i have trouble getting some

>things-- like brains, and liver etc. Also, meat is so expensive.

>Hopefully someday i can raise my own.

I get my meat by the cow ... if you can swing it, get together

with another person and start going to auctions, or get to

know some local farmers. You may be able to trade labor for

beef. If you buy it on the hoof, it is a lot cheaper, and

a lot of the beef around here is basically raised with benign

neglect (they put the calves on a field to keep the weeds

cleared, so they aren't grain fed). Beef prices ARE way up

at this point, and likely will get higher. If you have a field

handy it's probably a good time to raise them. But if you

aren't that into the process, you can also often buy it

from a wholesaler, which is also a lot cheaper. Supermarket

beef is the worst way to get it.

Also at auctions poultry and rabbits and goats sometimes go

very cheaply. At one I went to, 10 rabbits went for 25 cents

each (no one wanted them). A cute little boy bought them. Someone

asked, " What are you going to do with 10 rabbits??? " " Freeze 'em. "

came the answer.

At lambing time, the lambs go pretty cheap too. In any case,

you probably don't have to do the butchering, there are

places that will do that ... bring in the animal, walk

out a few days later with frozen meat (in the case of beef,

they come to the field).

I'm experimenting with raising meat chickens this year, and THAT

is cheaper than buying them too, and takes surprisingly little

space and time. Getting a laying hen or two is not to big an

issue either, though building the coop is the hardest part (an

old tool shed will work though). I feed mine a lot of leftovers,

which is a great way to get rid of leftovers and plate scrapings

too!

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

well, so far it sounds like he's doing fine. i make amber " pudding " out of

stewed prunes (cooled) and kefir to help with the constipation. i imagine

that her constipation trouble is caused by the celiac. she doesn't have any

trouble with it anymore now that we're gluten free, but sometimes she still

likes the " pudding " just cause it tastes good.

if i were you i'd avoid grains altogether. the fact of the matter is that

he's more than likely to be gluten intolerant, so why risk it? i'd ditch

the olive oil too - he's getting plenty of fats otherwise, so there's no

need for the olive oil, as it is an omega6 oil...as for veggies, amber gets

whatever veggie we're eating that day each day -- in fact, that's the rule

for everything. whatever we eat she eats (minus the stuff that isn't good

for babies like honey or berries)

-katja

At 10:43 AM 4/26/2004, you wrote:

>Hello--

>

>My son is almost a year, and i wonder exactly what proportions i

>should be feeding him. He gets an egg yolk a day usually, and plenty

>of butter and coconut milk, and some olive oil and codliver oil. What

>percentage of his diet should be veggies, grains, meats, dairy and

>eggs?

>

>How much milk should he drink in a day? He doesn't like water yet.

>

>I do breastfeed some still, but don't make much milk. And i had to

>supplement. I tried a homemade formula, but my son didn't do well on

>it, so i got donated breastmilk and some formula.

>

>He has trouble with constipation too.

>

>

>I'm a stay at home mom, poor, and trying to learn more about eating

>right. I love my nourishing traditions. i have trouble getting some

>things-- like brains, and liver etc. Also, meat is so expensive.

>Hopefully someday i can raise my own.

>

>~~~Hope J