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post #1 of 14
4/6/08 at 10:44am
Thread Starter 
a couple of good quotes...
"Weaning of infants is typically recommended from four to six months of age"
"as breast milk is not a good source of iron, and infants generally become depleted by approximately six months of age":

and this is Earth's Best organic baby food!!!

http://www.earthsbest.com/baby_nutrition/eggs.php
post #2 of 14
4/6/08 at 11:07am
Ha! My DD gets breastmilk only (really truly, no vitamins or cereal) and at her last pedi appointment her iron was 15.9. That's *above* average! She's 6 months old. Oh, and I'm a bad mommy who forgets to take *my* vitamins so there's no extra help there. Oh and did I mention that since DD was born, we've been so exhausted, we've been living on junk food.

Seriously, according to most of these "experts" my DD should be dead from anemia by now, but there ya go...
post #3 of 14
4/6/08 at 11:09am
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It appears that eggs enriched with n-3 fatty acids may provide a means of increasing dietary DHA during the second six months of life.
It seems silly to me to supplement for something that is naturally included in the most natural and appropriate food for babies in the second six months of life--breastmilk.

Concerning the term "weaning," I believe that in Australia (and elsewhere?) they use that term to signify the time when a baby starts to take nutrition from sources other than breastmilk or artificial baby milk, not to mean that baby totally gives up BM or ABM by four to six months.
post #4 of 14
4/6/08 at 11:21am
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Originally Posted by Turkish Kate View Post

Concerning the term "weaning," I believe that in Australia (and elsewhere?) they use that term to signify the time when a baby starts to take nutrition from sources other than breastmilk or artificial baby milk, not to mean that baby totally gives up BM or ABM by four to six months.
Yes- "Weaning" is commonly used to mean this, here in the UK.
post #5 of 14
4/6/08 at 11:32am
Just another company trying to sell there product to sleep deprived mommies who may be insecure about their bodies abilities to provide nutrition to baby.
post #6 of 14
4/6/08 at 12:43pm
Ditto Turkish Kate. Outside the U.S. 'weaning' occurs or begins the very first time they take ANY food, be it even a teaspoon of bananas.
post #7 of 14
4/6/08 at 1:47pm
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Originally Posted by klg47 View Post
Ditto Turkish Kate. Outside the U.S. 'weaning' occurs or begins the very first time they take ANY food, be it even a teaspoon of bananas.
If you read the womanly art of breastfeeding that's the definition of weaning there too. I think that is the true definition of weaning, but we use it here to mean completely weaned. Weaning starts the first time alternative food is given and continues until the last drop is drunk. However the weaning process shouldn't begin until 6 months, not 4-6 months like the article said.
post #8 of 14
4/6/08 at 3:55pm
So, how about some letters?
post #9 of 14
4/6/08 at 4:21pm

already sent mine

Here's the email I sent:

Quote:
This correspondence is in regards to information found at http://www.earthsbest.com/baby_nutrition/eggs.php.

While surfing through your website today, I found the above referenced article titled "Baby and Toddler Nutrition: Introducing Eggs," which appears to be an article abstract from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, published June 2002. While I appreciate Earth's Best and The Hain Celestial Group's attempt to provide the public with information on which to make healthy choices for our families, I feel the need to point out that this article is considerably dated and new information refutes this article's claim that breastmilk is low in iron. On the contary, human milk is the perfect food for infants, even beyond the apparently "recommended" weaning time of four to six months of age. The iron contained in human milk is in the appropriately bioavailable form for human infants and does not provide additional iron-based breeding grounds for harmful bacteria. Iron is a powerful mineral and in the human body and in excess can often cause more damage by interfering with absorption of other trace minerals, such as copper and zinc. Additionally, current dietary recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatricians recommends delaying the introduction of eggs until close to the end of the first year to minimize the possibilty of allergies.

Please update your website to remove this potentially damaging content and update it the page to reflect more current knowledge and best practice.

Sincerely,

Turkish Kate
(plus all my impressive credential initials)
post #10 of 14
4/6/08 at 5:50pm
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Originally Posted by Turkish Kate View Post
Concerning the term "weaning," I believe that in Australia (and elsewhere?) they use that term to signify the time when a baby starts to take nutrition from sources other than breastmilk or artificial baby milk, not to mean that baby totally gives up BM or ABM by four to six months.
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Originally Posted by junipermuse View Post
If you read the womanly art of breastfeeding that's the definition of weaning there too. I think that is the true definition of weaning, but we use it here to mean completely weaned. Weaning starts the first time alternative food is given and continues until the last drop is drunk. However the weaning process shouldn't begin until 6 months, not 4-6 months like the article said.
Very true of course as mentioned the interpretation could be seen as (get the baby completely weaned as they will not get enough iron).

The whole iron thing is complete BS, I am paraphrasing here but I know that I have read that although BM is said to be "low" in iron babies are able to absorb it better than from other sources. Of course formula companies and baby food companies never, ever make a point to mention that when they talk about BM being "low" in iron. :
post #11 of 14
4/7/08 at 8:36am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by klg47 View Post
Ditto Turkish Kate. Outside the U.S. 'weaning' occurs or begins the very first time they take ANY food, be it even a teaspoon of bananas.
i understand that, but it seeemed as if they were talking about our definition... they even talk about using formula.
post #12 of 14
4/7/08 at 10:21pm
http://www.earthsbest.com/products/infant-formula.php

Their page on their "organic formula" has no mention of breastfeeding and claims to provide complete nutirition for 12 months. Hmmm.
post #13 of 14
4/15/08 at 3:53pm

organic formula my a**

Bumping this to post this link concerning an FDA report on toxins in "organic" formula including Earth Best's:

http://foodconsumer.org/7777/8888/R_...Chemical.shtml

All the more reason for their website to contain breastfeeding misinformation.
post #14 of 14
4/15/08 at 5:55pm
Okay, then how have babies survived all these thousands and thousands of years on breastmilk?
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