look who's eating!

Monday was Owen's first taste of food! We're giving him organic rice cereal prepared with expressed breast milk. He has taken to food so well! He hasn't spit it out or rejected it in any way. At first he was making a few faces of confusion since it was a new taste and texture, but after a day he's totally on board and gobbling up every spoonful.

I was extremely fortunate to have found out about a class on feeding infants run by the Niagara region yesterday. I had so many questions and a registered dietitian was there to help us ladies along with the stages of feeding our children. I learned so much and am so grateful this class exists. I'm someone who is knowledgeable about food, but there are so many things that Health Canada recommends that you wouldn't know unless you went seeking answers. Most surprising is the new recommendations of introducing nuts & nut butters into a child's diet. Some other issues she addressed were eggs, tuna and informed fish choices.
I know we could always listen to our parents advice on what's appropriate or not - we all turned out just fine, right? But I believe that there is a new awareness of food and nutrition in recent years. There are so many new types of foods introduced into the markets now. As well there is more research into the ties between diet & lifestyle and disease prevention. It's important to understand that eating choices and patterns have changed in recent years compared to boxes and cans our parents might have relied on. I'm very confident now that I'll be making the right choices for Owen's diet and am excited to see what foods he will be enjoying. I hope to blog about feeding Owen right along with what we eat.

Oh! One really neat thing I thought anyone who reads my blog might be interested in knowing is about EatRight Ontario. The government has made a registered dietitian available by telephone to answer any question you may have on nutrition and healthy eating. This could be anything from infant feeding to weight loss, diabetes, digestive issues, questions about supplements & vitamins etc. Their site is www.Ontario.ca/EatRight and they return emailed questions as well. The phone number is 1-877-510-510-2.