Hidden dangers that are found in Baby’s food!

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We try our best to provide our babies with the best love, care, safety and consistency in their lives, but there are many hidden dangers. Some of the biggest come from the pollutants we find in the food we give to our babies.

Agricultural chemicals are one of these. Conventionally grown fruits and vegetables are sprayed with all sorts of chemicals, even though your baby will get these in very small doses, they are more prone to their toxicity than an adult. It’s best to choose organic whenever you can.

Baby Cereals can be a source of danger also. Canada did a study checking the cereal used for baby products and found that many baby cereals in fact, contain mycotoxins. These are harmful moulds that are associated with poor growth and development. They can also suppress a child’s immune system. Plus, many mycotoxins are strong cancer-causing agents.

Meat and Dairy Products, as we all know, these have hidden dangers as well. Hormones and anti-biotics are so harmful to us and especially to our little ones. Conventionally raised animals are fed hormones to grow bigger and faster, kept inconfined spaces and fed grains (which by the way is not their normal diet and they find it hard to digest). This in turn makes them sick and so they are given anti-biotics. The best type of meat and dairy for your baby is from grass fed animal products. All dairy and meat products should be free range or organic.

Food containers, as we have all been made aware of, have their own hidden dangers. Plastic trays, metal cans, and plastic wrapping can all be made using chemicals such as bisphenol-A (BPA) and other phthalates. BPA is one type of phthalate. However, most baby bottles, sippy cups, and other baby food containers no longer contain BPA. But did you know the lining of metal cans also contains BPA. It really is something we need to be concerned about as it has been linked to early onset of puberty, diabetes, hyperactivity, cancer, and immune system dysfunctions.

Yeast Infection’s

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Having recently worked with a little boy who had terrible issues with yeast infections, which came from the surrogate who was pumping breast milk for him, I wanted to post this information for you so that everyone is aware of what causes the yeast infection and what it looks like.

Here is an amazing site that gives you all the information on what a yeast infection looks like in your baby  and how to care for it.

breastfeedingbasics.com

Another important thing to do is to make sure anything that comes in contact with Mom’s breast or baby’s mouth is sterilized adequately. The best  way to do this is to actually boil everything for 10minutes in a saucepan.

What is the latest on goats milk formula

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Goat’s Milk and Your Baby – Is Goat’s Milk Good for Lactose Intolerant Babies?
Parents of lactose intolerant infants, or infants with a cow’s milk protein allergy, often wonder if their babies might benefit from goat’s milk.

A lactose intolerant baby, and even a baby with a cow milk protein allergy, may benefit from goat milk based food products. Many parents have been told that goat’s milk may settle easier and also digest easier in the tummy of a baby with a known lactose intolerance. However, goat’s milk is not lactose free; it actually contains lactose and not all babies will benefit from goat milk based foods.
As mentioned, goat’s milk is NOT lactose free but it does contain less lactose than cow’s milk. The lactose level in goat’s milk is only slightly lower than the lactose found in cow’s milk. The main benefit of using goat’s milk for babies who may have a cow milk allergy or lactose intolerance, is the make up of the goat’s milk proteins and fats.

The big advantage of goat’s milk is that it is said to contain less “allergenic” proteins. The proteins in goats milk form smaller “curds” as the stomach acids bind to the proteins and then begin digestion. This makes the proteins found in goat’s milk more easily digested in baby’s tummy. For an infant who might have a cow’s milk allergy to cow’s milk proteins, goat’s milk may also settle better in baby’s tummy.

Goat’s milk also has a different fat makeup when compared to cow’s milk. A baby with a cow milk allergy or even reflux might benefit from goat’s milk due to its fats.

Rear-facing seats until age 2, not 1

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Children should ride in rear-facing car seats longer, until they are 2 years old instead of 1, according to updated advice from a medical group and a federal agency.

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued separate but consistent new recommendations Monday.

Both organizations say older children who’ve outgrown front-facing car seats should ride in booster seats until the lap-shoulder belt fits them. Booster seats help position adult seat belts properly on children’s smaller frames. Children usually can graduate from a booster seat when their height reaches 4 feet 9 inches.

Children younger than 13 should ride in the back seat, the guidelines from both groups say.

The advice may seem extreme to some parents, who may imagine trouble convincing older elementary school kids — as old as 12 — to use booster seats.

But it’s based on evidence from crashes. For older children, poorly fitting seat belts can cause abdominal and spine injuries in a crash.

One-year-olds are five times less likely to be injured in a crash if they are in a rear-facing car seat than a forward-facing seat, according to a 2007 analysis of five years of U.S. crash data.

Put another way, an estimated 1,000 children injured in forward-facing seats over 15 years might not have been hurt if they had been in a car seat facing the back, said Dr. Dennis Durbin, lead author of the recommendations and a pediatric emergency physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Toddlers have relatively large heads and small necks. In a front-facing car seat, the force of a crash can jerk the child’s head causing spinal cord injuries.

Car seats have recommended weights printed on them. If a 1-year-old outweighs the recommendation of an infant seat, parents should switch to a different rear-facing car seat that accommodates the heavier weight until they turn 2, the pediatricians group says.

Luckily for parents, most car seat makers have increased the amount of weight the seats can hold. This year, about half of infant rear-facing seats accommodate up to 30 pounds, Durbin said. Ten years ago, rear-facing car seats topped out at children weighing 22 pounds.

“The good news is it’s likely parents currently have a car seat that will accommodate the change,” Durbin said.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations appear Monday in the journal Pediatrics.