The Whole Egg for Parents: Feeding Your Baby, Your Kids, and their Microbiota
In this new four-session series, I’m honored to join Mary Esther Malloy to teach and explore the latest in nutrition and health essentials for parents. Mary Esther is a childbirth and parenting expert with an M.A. in anthropology. She is the founder and director of Mindful Birth NY, offering support to families in New York City from pregnancy through parenthood.
This class is a great opportunity to take a deep dive into nutrition, eating and health, especially when it comes to decisions about feeding your baby, your kids and yourself.
Course Description for Feeding Your Baby, Kids, and Yourself
Session One: The Microbiota
We start with perhaps the most important aspect to overall health — the microbiota.
How was your baby born?
Establishing a healthy gut from day one, and onward
The missing microbe: B. Infantis, breastfeeding and the microbiota, milk banks, donors, and better formulas
Nighttime parenting to support breastfeeding and maximize rest
Bathing, soaps, antimicrobials
Session Two: The Perils of “Baby Food” and “Kid Food”
We explore another key aspect to your baby’s life-long health — how to introduce solids, what foods are best, and setting your baby up to like and embrace whole foods from the start. We will discuss The Whole Egg Theory and how to navigate the tricky terrain of our processed food supply.
How do “Baby Food” and “Kid Food” nourish the wrong bacteria in your child’s gut? (how to avoid additives, sugars, poor quality vegetable oils, refined grains, and pesticide residues)
The importance of fats for your baby’s development and overall health
What are whole foods for babies and young children?
Encouraging un-picky eating (and helping picky eaters expand their palates!)
Navigating sugar and children
Getting practical: bone broths made easy and other ideas for including nutrient-dense foods in the family meal
Session Three: Creating Safe Food Environments for Our Children
Here, we focus on plastics and other environmental stressors for babies, children, and the whole family.
Why are plastics and other environmental chemicals a problem for our children? What does hormone disruption mean?
Are there safe plastics? What does BPA-Free really mean?
Getting Practical: Parenting without plastic; how do we create safe environments for our children?
Session Four: Creating Greener Families and Stronger Community
In this session, we think together as parents about the role we play in creating not just healthy families, but strong communities and a healthier planet. We’ll discuss ideas like meal planning, shopping for foods, cooking, and how we might share and pool resources in our communities.
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Establishing a diverse microbiota as a foundation for health throughout life, beginning at birth, through infanthood, childhood, and beyond
Real food for babies and kids
Moving beyond plastics for the sake of your children's hormones
Thinking together as families about keeping our planet happily habitable!
Dates: Tuesdays March 10, March 17, March 24, March 31
Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmT2Km0CsvVkh-3Kai6quYDit8SayB0YV8Uu1FEXgEoasTVQ/viewform