If you are expecting this next post to be about Emily, you should stop reading now. Instead, I am using my blog as an avenue to vent about the advertising industry and how it permeates all aspects of child rearing. (I am currently reading "Packaging Girlhood," but more on that later.)
Like many of my friends, I subscribe to Baby Weekly, an on-line news letter that provides tips and developmental charts for "baby" on a weekly basis. This week's letter discussed eating solids.
"Now that your baby is eating some solid foods, fresh is usually best. However, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, beets, carrots, collard greens, and turnips contain large amounts of nitrates in some parts of the country. Nitrates can cause a type of anemia in your baby. Even though you can't personally test the vegetables in your area, rest assured that baby-food companies take precautions not to use vegetables high in nitrates. So if you want to feed these vegetables to your baby, it is safest to buy commercially prepared jars."
Carrots and beets are some of the first vegetables recommended to feed babies. This letter asserts that commercially prepared jars are the best. I have a hard time believing that the baby food I make at home contains more hazardous ingredients than commercially jarred food.
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