Re: Drinking Milk Problem / Food Business

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Jen, can't help with the frigde life of opened jars - just wanted to

let you know that homemade baby food is really really easy to make

(and cheaper!) than jarred food. Also, since baby becomes accustomed

to eating non-processed food, he will likely be able to move

to 'table foods' more readily.

You can puree just about any cooked veggie or fruit, freeze in ice-

cube trays and then store in freezer bags. At meal time, just pop a

cube or two into the microwave for 30 seconds or so and you're

done. Also, mixing fruit or veggies in with cereals is a good way to

get little ones to eat their cereal - *warning* your baby may turn

his nose up at veggies though if you begin with fruit! LOL!

Once you've introduced a variety of fruits and veggies, you can then

move on to meats. I found that homemade things like spaghetti

bolognaise (meat sauce) or soups (chicken, beef barley, split pea)

were good to use. I would just puree in a blender (you can adjust

the consistency by using more or less liquid) and then freeze in the

ice-cube trays as usual.

If you have any questions at all about preparing your baby food,

please ask!

Also, about the cereals...not one of my kids would eat the cereals

that came in 'flakes'...don't know why, they just wouldn't. I had to

get the kind that come in granules. Carnation makes one (comes in a

tin) and there is another brand called Milupa (in a box). These ones

have forumla in them so you only need to add water to mix them up.

Hope this helps,

Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03

Unilateral LCF, FAB 14/7

> Speaking of milk..a friend of mine is giving her twins 1% milk!

Isn't that

> wrong? For some reason, I keep thinking that somewhere I heard

that they

> need the fat in the whole milk. Is that right?????

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> Christian (1-30-04) LCF - DBB (nights only)

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> From: michelle [mailto:andyandsamanthamom@s...]

> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 2:53 PM

> To: nosurgery4clubfoot

> Subject: Re: Drinking Milk Problem

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> I was wondering if anyone has a problem with their child not

> drinking whole milk?

> I took to her year checkup/shots and although her height

> was good she should weigh a little more. I told her ped that she

> eats everything and he asked about her drinking milk. I still bf

her

> but i also give her whole mild but she wont drink more than 1 cup

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> that at all). He suggested she needed AT LEAST 3 cups a day and

> maybe 1-2 servings of pediasure.

> Has anyone had this problem? Do you have suggestions on how to get

> them to drink more milk? Her ped said she needed the extra calories

> in milk. Other wise she is doing great.

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> One thing i did want to add was that he had not seen her feet since

> we had been to see dr.p and he could not believe how great her feet

> looked! When the nurse came back in she told me he was really

> impressed with her feet! GO DR.PONSETI!!

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> BL CF 12/16/03

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