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Paula Miller is a homeschooling mom of five. Several family health issues involving Lyme Disease, food allergies, and candida has created a passion to write about whole food, whole living, and whole faith over at, what else but, Whole Intentions. You can touch base with her on Goggle+Facebook, and Twitter.

4 Critical Things You Should Know About Weaning Babies onto Solids

When it's time for weaning babies onto solids, everyone has an opinion. "Did you see that?! Look, he did it again—he's watching me eat. I'll bet he's getting ready for real food." "Aren't you going to feed him something from the table? A little bit won't hurt him." "If she's not sleeping well you should feed her rice cereal. That will make her tummy full." Have you ever heard comments like this? I know I did. Weaning babies onto solids is the decision of the parents, not well-intentioned friends and family. But at the same time, it's hard to know when to do it. I speak from experience. I started giving my first son rice cereal and … [Read more...]