| Title | : | The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby \u0026 Child Care |
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| ISBN | : | 0982338317 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780982338315 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 |
| Publication | : | First published February 16, 2013 |
The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby \u0026 Child Care Reviews
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Breastfeeding moms might as well just skip this book. Highly misinformed.
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The book is dedicated to "tomorrow's children" but should be dedicated to ignorant hippies.
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Nope. Nothing here for me. Lacked the areas I was interested in reading about and everything else was fanatical and fallacy.
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When my husband and I started to seriously plan to have a child together, one of the first things I did was buy this book. I was pleased to read that some of the pre-conception preparations outlined here were already taken care of, some even 5-7 years before. Then I adjusted a few other items. We got pregnant immediately at the first try. I know for a fact it wasn't all luck or coincidence. We were very intentional throughout the pregnancy as well. I remained low risk all the way through, had an amazing natural delivery with a midwife, and are still following this protocol with our 2.5 month baby. For medical reasons I am not breast feeding but thanks to this book we have had our baby on the homemade formula since her second week of life, and she is doing great! Happy, healthy, protected and immensely loved. I recommend this book to anyone that thinks there might be any kind of chance they will want to have children in the future, anyone who is planning to get pregnant, is pregnant, or knows someone who is. Also beneficial for anyone who has already had a baby. It's never too late to educate yourself, at any stage!
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I still consider Nourishing Traditions to be somewhat of a holy grail of nutrition books, and the nutrition guidelines in this book are terrific too. But on the whole there are a lot of disagreeable points. For one, it claims babies ought to be breastfed but with a slew of stipulations. Eye roll. Except in exceedingly rare situations, breast milk IS the healthiest thing you can feed your baby (not to mention all the non-nutritional benefits from breastfeeding). This book also makes it seem like something must be wrong with your baby if he doesn't sleep through the night at x months. It is normal for babies to wake in the night. (Say it again for the people in the back. It is normal for babies to wake in the night.) That along with outright falsities particularly in the breastfeeding section, attachment parenting criticisms, and general disagreement over the child-spacing theories, I couldn't finish the book, but skimmed topics disappointed.
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While the worldview is a weird Christian-influenced New Age hodge-podge which results in some seriously bizarre passages for a reader with a Biblical worldview (for example, the chapter on child spacing doesn't jibe with my understanding of Scripture and deeply held religious beliefs), the book is fascinating and helpful. The nutritional information and the science behind nourishing a growing child is invaluable and I appreciate that the authors don't set up some impossible standard, but rather share an ideal with advice for doing the best you have with the resources available to you.
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It's important to know this book is done by the Weston A Price Foundation. An advocacy group for meat and dairy. Consider that bias as you read it. Some information is valid but a lot of it is folklore, unscientific and on a mission to demonize soy, fruits, vegetables and vegetarianism. Some of the advice is dangerous and references shabby arguments. There are better choices out there in baby in pregnancy nutrition books.
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This woman is pagan and no mistake. I read it for the science information and basically skimmed over the rest. Caution to young Christians, this book is not for you.
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This might be an unpopular opinion but this is one of my favorite books that I've read about pregnancy and baby nutrition. This is Weston A Price based, so based on a traditional foods, nutrient dense diet. I loved practically every part of it, and definitely want to buy a copy for myself.
I only think this book pertains to extremely crunchy people, who aren't afraid of raw dairy, organ meat, and not wanting to baby led wean. -
excellent, great info
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I have never marked a book so low before, but since this one is dealing with such important topic any potential reader should be warned of its content. This book contains some dangerous, dated information, primarily about breastfeeding and weaning. I won't even go into the whole vaccination bit. The advice in this book is not based on scientific research, and can be misleading and potentially dangerous.
One thing is to disagree with the parenting philosophy, but completely another is to give advice that could be harmful for babies and mothers (one of the most striking examples is that the authors advise women against getting a rhogam shot (anti-d) in case of blood incompatibility!)
There are much better books on the subject based on real facts, and which are also empowering women. This book is quite the opposite. -
Read it for the nutritional information, not for the theories of disease or child development (heavily influenced by Rudolf Steiner).
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This is a very thorough and informative book. It is unfortunate it has such poor reviews on it because this is a very helpful resource for those seeking to have and raise children without all the medical interference and toxic things that modern parents so willfully accept as normal. While I do not agree with every piece of advice found in this book (particularly the chapter she wrote on play and tidbits on child-rearing that I don't adhere to), I do think there is much wisdom here that should be considered.
Firstly, if you are not familiar with Weston A. Price Foundation and traditional foods, I would encourage you to start here:
https://www.westonaprice.org/
If you do not agree with it, then this book is not for you.
Secondly, if you believe vaccines are the savior of mankind, this book is not for you. In the past few years, studies and facts on the risks and dangers of vaccines have come to the surface. True science shows that vaccines are linked to numerous chronic illnesses, autoimmunity, demyelination/encephalitis (which become the symptoms we now associate with autism) and more. Today's generation of children are sicker than ever due to the increased medical intervention and tremendous toxic vaccine load on babies. Educate yourself here:
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/
https://www.nvic.org/
https://vaccine.guide/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwZD...
Thirdly, if you do not value the timeless wisdom of ancient cultures and a truly natural whole-body approach to child raising, this book is not for you. It's sad that natural approaches to life in general are still regarded as quackery or hippie. Modern generations have tragically lost the ability to be in touch with the earth, our bodies, and the seasons and cycles of life.
Fourthly, if you are vegan/vegetarian, why are you even reading this book?? Seriously. I saw a couple reviews from some vegetarian readers and it's laughable that they even picked this book up. Spoiler alert: meat and organ meats are the top staples of traditional diets.
With all that said, I will definitely be referring to this book again. The diet and nutrition advice is top notch! The advice for mothers on caring for themselves as well as the remedies and information on childhood illnesses and diseases makes this book incredibly helpful to have on hand. In addition, the recipes in the back of the back sound incredibly tasty and nourishing! I plan to use this book a lot in the future. It is a tremendous resource! -
I was really disappointed in this book. I am interested in ways to stay healthy and to nourish a healthy baby IN ADDITION to modern medicine. It turns out that this another of those books that capitalize on the fears and mistrust many mothers feel for medical science. I'll be honest and admit that I did not read the entire book; I'm pregnant, so I read the parts leading up to and dealing with pregnancy. I stopped reading when I reached the part about ultrasounds. Here are some of Morrell's assertions about ultrasound (found in a box titled Ultrasound: Autism and Other Defects): "The ultrasound machine is also often focused on the heart; serious defects of the heart increased nearly 250 percent between 1989 and 1996." "Could the use of ultrasound... be a contributing factor to the increase in birth defects involving the genitals and urinary tract..." "What we do know is that since 1993, the incidence of autism has increased nearly sixty-fold. Critics of ultrasound are asking whether these two facts are related." Yikes! Not one study to support these links. This is fear-mongering in my opinion, and it's shameful when pregnant women are already vulnerable to so many fears regarding the health of their babies.
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The nutritional information in this book is very good. For that reason I would recommend it to mothers, but with a big disclaimer.
The disclamer would be:
1. The topic of Male Genital Mutilation (MGM) is discussed in there in a positive way. The reason for it being in the book is that traditional people do it. Yeah, they also do and did Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), but that does not make it right. Both are wrong in so many many ways.
2. The other reason why it should not be in there is that Genital Mutilation is a medical or religious topic, which should not be discussed in a book on child care as it is not general child care. The only place in the world where people are so hung up on it is in the USA.
3. There are also myths put forward about MGM as being true.
Therefore the book looses 2 stars. If the topic would have been left out I would have probably given it 5 stars as the rest of the information is very good. -
Slightly mad but a good counter point to lots of other things!
Don't make your own baby formula please! But the weaning recipes are good, just don't add the salt. Baby livers can't take extra salt. -
I have a love-hate relationship with this book. First of all, I do like the Weston A. Price diet. It's not keto, Paleo, or Atkins, but it has similarities to all - it's ancestral. Even then, I know there are issues with the idea of an ancestral diet because most people are multicultural, and we are so far from being the hunter-gatherer ethnicities of the past.
I can easily see that the few isolated tribes or groups of people around the world seem fit, have straight white teeth, less disease, strong jaws, etc., but we can't pretend we can revert back to that. Enough interaction with us modern folk and they run the risk of experiencing a deadly virus...
I believe wholeheartedly that sugar is to blame for most diseases in modern day humans. That and the excessive amounts of refined grains are an issue. I agree.
The idea of not vaccinating at all was problematic for me. I could understand not vaccinating a child until the age of two BUT only with a lot of social isolation. I just couldn't do that to my son. I was reading this chapter while I had joined a "scrunchy" mom's group. Many of the moms were against vaccination. It kept me up all night before the day I was supposed to have my son receive several vaccines with multiple immunizations.
Honestly, we are a much safer global society because of immunization. Kids would die all the time from diseases. Vaccination changed the 20th century. The only reason anti-vaxxers might think they have lower rates of autism and seemingly healthy children is because they are a much smaller percentage, so it's less obvious. If the majority of people were unvaccinated again, you would see large numbers of autism as there are now. These people are playing Russian roulette with their health and their children's health.
By the way, mercury hasn't been in any vaccines since the early 2000s, and metals like aluminum are everywhere that they can be found in breast milk anyway.
Ask for raw milk, and homemade formula, there's just a risk for contamination. Let's not forget that cow udders can easily come into contact with cow shit. Pasteurization is not the issue. The problem is the hormones injected into cattle and a high-grain diet.
Yes, I see where hormonal birth control is wrecking the health of many women, especially mental health.
Finally someone mentions what I had already guessed: that it's healthiest to have children every 3 to 5 years. It makes sense not to do it sooner because the uterus has taken a beating, and waiting too long kind of means you are out of shape.
Also, I'm glad someone understands the importance of proper diet during breastfeeding. Too many women take it for granted. I understand that postpartum is already difficult enough, but many newborns are going to lack nutrients depending on what their mothers consume. Women can become easily unhealthy when their nutrients are depleted for the creation of their breast milk. Breastfed babies are supposed to be healthier than formula fat babies, and yet you find sick, overweight children with dental issues to be common in both groups.
I wish this was publicized, but no, let's just let women pretend that their milk is perfect.
Then there is this: "If you can, install DSL or cable rather than Wi-Fi in your home or apartment. If you must use a cell phone, use an earpiece and avoid conversations longer than two minutes. Even portable phones emit a strong electromagnetic signal, so use an old fashioned land-line telephone connected with a cord."
I promise to wear an aluminum cone over at my head when I microwave my food...No!
I just can't get over how I am supposed to accept whooping cough and other diseases as phases in childhood. I know I already mentioned vaccination, but it really bothered me. It got really spiritual with this subject, but I just can't excuse it. I understand that we have increasing cases of asthma and allergies, yet we have increasing cases of childhood obesity, pollution, and odd chemicals in our food.
If anything, I can improve my diet because high protein and moderately high fat meals seem to make me feel better. I see the importance of cod liver oil, omega-3, DHA, vitamin A, vitamin D3, and vitamin K2.
I'm already trying to eat more organ meats, tried making bone broth, eating two eggs per day, daily butter where I can, increasing spinach consumption, etc.
I even bought my newborn a cod liver oil supplement high in vitamin D and DHA. Well, being as I am not giving him breast milk for weeks now, I found a probiotic supplement with six different bacterial colony strains. I prefer to give him formula from a lab then making my own.
I'll be sure to start feeding him homemade baby food when he's at least 6 months if not earlier.
I would like to discuss this book with other people, of course. I think it's controversial. I recommend that it be read by those that are willing. -
Lots of gems and poops. You have to weed through some stuff to get to the good stuff. The resources offered are good and the foods recommended are on target. Yes to collagen and lacto-fermented goods. Yes to healthy diets.
I skipped the parenting stuff because I'd rather get parenting advice from people I personally know and trust than some random person.
What I didn't like:
Mentioning the doctor or midwife assisting mother to birth the child by helping with vaginal stretching. No way dude. Keep your hands off. Physiologically a baby is designed to go in and out slowly to prevent tearing. A doctor or midwife needs to keep their hands to themselves. It's terribly rapey.
Preparing nipples for nursing with lemon juice or alcohol? Not necessary. Just feed the baby and spread some breastmilk on the tender parts. It's built in God designed it that way.
It seems like the authors have stocks in cod-liver oil because it's the miraculous cure for everything. Isn't cod fish really high in mercury? I'd have to look more into this.
Also the basis of this whole book is in rejection of reality. The fall of man isn't considered to be a reality. They totally ignore the observable degradation of the human race and chalk all responsibility to the health choices of the mother or father. This puts a heavy burden of guilt and shame on the parent if something goes wrong. Not everything is within our control.
Yes to the references to Sara Wickham and her research, she rocks. Also yes to Sudan Weed for natural remedies.
Overall this is a useful book and resource. Just sift through the dung and you'll find a great reference book for your shelves. It helps that its a free Kindle download if you have Amazon Prime. -
I think that this book needs to be taken with a grain of salt for all folks. A lot of it reads like a crunchy parenting book. I knew what I was getting into, but I stuck it through. A lot of information was packed into this book, but some did lack evidence or science backed information.
I do agree with some parts of the book though such as with giving yourself grace through gentle parenting pressures and understanding that image that is linked to it is not the reality of this parenting style. However, I was skeptical of other parts such as encouraging parents to make their baby their own formula. It seems quite irresponsible to put it in a book and just say "ah yes, go try this" to the readers. I think if anything, making your own formula should be the very last thing a parent does, and should only do it in moments of dire need as a last resort. So I do appreciate that it was at least talked about.
Considering all of this, I read this book to think deeply about my role as a birthworker, and a caregiver. I wanted to understand how some parents might want to raise their children. It provided me with a perspective that I wouldn't usually encounter in my everyday life such as focusing on whole foods, elimination communication, meat eating etc. So for that, I am grateful. But all in all, I don't recommend for folks to read this book for sensible parenting advice. Rather, folks should read this book to understand the various perspectives that people can have towards caring for yourself and a little one. -
I was really excited to read this; I’m a huge fan of the nourishing traditions cookbook. The nutritional and health information is pretty sound; though with all things you take what you want and leave the rest. This book however has a lot more bones to spit out than expected. The parenting information - including breastfeeding information - is pretty terrible in my opinion. I’d recommend it for the diet and health information, however I wouldn’t recommend reading it for really any of the parenting/child rearing/breastfeeding information. To sum it up, pick off the meat and spit out the bones especially carefully with this book if you decide to read it.
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I am so so thankful that I read this book!
It does get a bit repetitive, which at first seems overwhelming (organs meats or you die!!), but it did help the information stick.
It saved me from a long life of digestive issues with my children as I learned that avoiding grains for babies and then soaking them for the the whole family is so much easier to digest.
I really enjoy the look into untouched cultures. They really do have wisdom I wish we could all go back to for vibrant health. -
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Well written; gives nutritional advice. Maybe ask your pediatrician before implementing, for example, recommends waiting until 2 years old for vaccinations and only 1 vaccine every 6 months - not sure if that would allow enough time for all vaccinations to your child before school. Some of the recipes at the end look interesting and might try a couple.
