Talk:Baby food

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Vandalism
I suggest this page should be protected in some way. I've just removed some absurd vandalism that implied that hot-dogs and hard-candy 'should be used with care' when weaning. Dangerous words even if only one person takes them seriously. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.71.1.159 (talk) 10:31, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Food sensitivities in infants can manifest in several ways, including diaper rash, increased crankyness and green stool ??
 * I think I'll get rid of this sentence. While possibly true, the word 'several' implies a finite number of causes where no such enumumeration exists, and the rest engenders, shall we say, undesirable images. Wiccan Quagga 02:22, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Nursing, or breastfeeding, usually stops when the baby begins to teethe, due to biting that occurs
 * I have never heard of this, as biting can be easily remedied, so i am going to delete it. TrippySht  November 11, 2005

Ptyalin section
This is not written in a balance manner. Better to work it out here. Rmhermen 22:35, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Ptyalin and Infant Food It has traditionally been common to start infants on solid food from 4+ months onwards - however current research and WHO/UNICEF "Baby Friendly" guidelines recommend only breastmilk until 6 months of age.

For almost 200 years, medical science has understood that the saliva amylase Ptyalin is a critical enzyme involved in the commencement of starch break-down into glucose. Science has also known, but seemingly forgotten, that infants do not produce normal levels of Ptyalin until full dentition (growth of teeth).

With ptalin absent from infant saliva, two predictable physiological reactions can occur after the consumption of farinaceous (starchy) foods:

The indigestible starch "ferments" within the intestines causing numerous digestive disorders. Mucus "thickens" potentially causing ear, nose or throat problems. NOTE: What of Third World and Asian babies historically being fed rice and other starches? For thousands of years mothers in these continents traditionally chewed their baby's food first, before feeding it to their infant - thus unknowingly coating it with their own saliva ptyalin.

Low levels of ptyalin within infant saliva has been documented for almost 200 years my many doctors, including Chavasse, Sonsino, Tilden, Routh, Huxley, Youmans, Dalton, Page, Densmore, Shelton and Fry. More recently this debate is again resurfacing, such as through author Kathy Fray controversially bringing the topic to the forefront.

Instead of problematic starchy foods such as baby rice, baby cereals, baby porridge, mashed potatoes, bread rusks, crackers, biscuits, pasta and noodles; the recommended alternatives are vegetables and fruit, topped up with a little protein.


 * The above unsigned comment has been around for years, but I thought I'd share a link to this blog post on amylase, which explains the interesting difference between the low levels of "amylase produced in a baby's salivary glands" and the much higher levels of "amylase produced in babies, once you add up all the different places in the body that amylase is produced". WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:21, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Alternative baby foods
Thinking of adding this section. SamanthaG 16:32, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Find any good sources? I had a very hard time finding global baby food stuff. I was really hoping to find out what ancient cultures fed their babies, but I didn't find anything. -Ravedave 18:53, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

History - Clapp's
According to Mott's, Clapps was the oldest name in Baby food when they aquired it. They claim Clapps dated back to 1921.

http://www.motts.com/About/CompanyHistory/

Dspark76 (talk) 01:44, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

for baby
What is this practice of removing the "the" before the word "baby" as if all babies are named Baby? Clearly the chemical makeup of parents' brains is altered upon successful reproduction, as this is one of many idiosyncracies seemingly unique to that condition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 01:31, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Not to sound lazy, but
Isn't it easier to just chew up some regular food and let your baby have it at body temperature? It's not like you're gonna gross out a baby. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 01:34, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

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Health
The article goes into great detail about the ideal diet for a baby's meals. The World Health Organisation "recommends that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life to achieve optimal growth, development, and health," under the heading of "health." (Ghebreyesus,2023) While it is vital to give newborns milk up until the age of six months, the concept of delaying their exposure to key nutrients in food is absent from this discussion. Babies who are only given milk at this period may become extremely fussy and unaccustomed to eating solid foods. Since every baby is unique and progresses through developmental milestones at a different rate, the article ought to cover this subject more thoroughly.

References

World Health Organization Maya235! (talk) 21:47, 20 September 2023 (UTC)