About the video above, I believe the results are entirely and purely derived from the parents' hard effort. It is difficult to make time teaching you baby anything in the first year, when you're burdened with lack of sleep, socialising the child, your marriage finding a new ground. You can teach your child anything, and quickly, but it requires you to be on top of it on all the days that you don't want to be.

This is happening.

https://youtu.be/xW6DrQ0kC0w?si=rgqcRKcEV-Um4I9U #Video: How to teach your baby to crawl.

Before I had a child, I thought each skill they learn one day just clicks in for them. To an extent, this is true, but the only way the learn is if they are taught, either by a teacher or by experience. And with experience, the teaching moment can take a very long time to arrive.

On the other hand, when you mentor a baby in anything, you can see direct results after a day or two, if not after an hour. Show them repeatedly how to put a ball in a box and they'll do it very soon. If you don't show them, maybe next month they'll figure it out.

This 1948 ad for Swift’s Strained Meats states, during “actual feeding tests,” doctors felt that “meat-fed babies were in better physical condition generally!” The ad notes “All medical statements made in this advertisement are accepted by the... American Medical Association.” With Swift’s, your baby “gets to know the distinctive flavor of six tempting meats he will eat all his life: beef, lamb, pork, veal, liver, and heart.” Unlike a few generations ago, many babies today never taste lamb, liver, or heart—and certainly do not eat them throughout life; yet these special meats offer superior nutrition. (Source: Katherine Erlich)

#Nutrition: Multiple studies have correlated meat consumption in early childhood to improved cognitive functioning in adulthood. Here, it was also associated with better grades and economic achievement later in life.

#Skincare: If you haven't heard of using tallow as moisturiser, frankly, where have you been? Beef tallow is anti-aging, heals acne, repairs damaged cells and contains a whole range of vitamins that nourish your skin. As an adult, you can use it in your routine, but know that you can also safely use it on the baby; it takes great care of dry creases and rashes.

Mr. raweggs it’s probably premature aging due to elevated stress hormones.

They will stop growing at 14 instead of 24, ending up with a less developed body overall.

https://news.1rj.ru/str/raweggnationalistofficial/2661

BTW almost everyone who doesn't supplement with vitamin D, is deficient.

#Skincare: Coconut Oil - Newborns come with all kinds of skin imperfections - rashes, dryness, acne, etc. When I had my baby, my first go-to was pic related. It's not any different than kitchen-use coconut oil, except it costs twice the price. Here's my take from the experience: coconut oil is comedogenic due to lauric acid. It has different PH from our skin. It doesn't hydrate the skin, only traps water molecules. It causes breakouts in some people. If you use it on a daily basis, either for yourself if you have sensitive skin, or on a baby, it can cause rashes and pimples. However, this does not stop coconut oil from being beneficial in the house; it can be used as a one-off antimicrobial treatment for eczema or any bacterial conditions.

#Recipe: Oven baked chicken nuggets. You can substitute breadcrumbs with flaked millet in things like these if you avoid lectins. You can make these from any meat in a food processor.

#Books #Montessori: Montessori Baby and Montessori Toddler are two very visually appealing guidebooks for parents with a range of advice, parenting methods and activity suggestions. Tbh I mostly enjoy them for the aesthetic. The author also has "Montessori Child" coming out soon.

#Nutrition: Despite common sense, the baby aisle is an incredibly unhealthy part of every store:
1⃣ Seed Oils: If you don't consume them yourself, why would you give it to your child? Seed oils are highly processed, inflammatory, and linked to a variety of disfuctions such as diabetes and cancer.
2⃣ Maltodextrin: Used as a sugar substitute, it improves shelf life and texture. It has a higher glycemix index than regular table sugar. Pretty bad for everyone's intestines.
3⃣ Soy Lecithin: Soy in general should be avoided with babies and is often advised to be avoided by breastfeeding mothers. It blocks the absorption of minerals and increases phytoestrogen levels.
4⃣ Corn Syrup: Mostly an American problem. It is linked to diabetes, obesity, inflammation and fibrosis.
5⃣ Refined sugar: Whole not a compete evil in itself, refined sugar consists of empty calories and causes mood fluctuations. In children and babies, these emotional swings are even more prominent - do you really want to deal with that?

If you think any other substances would suit the above list, feel free to drop your thoughts in the comments section. Also, the above post was much more detailed but turns out you have to have telegram premium to write long posts now.

#Books: Whereas Andersen's tales contain his own personal elements, the Brothers Grimm (also in the 1800s) worked to preserve the authenticity of original German folklore. In the process of compiling their collection, they only made necessary editorial choices, rather than re-telling the myths. Versions of this collection for a younger audience were only created later on, and it's a good idea to introduce your children to these first, following it a few years later with the true originals.

🌟 When purchasing clothing for your newborn or little one, use the filter on any webshop and select 100% cotton, 100% wool, 100% silk, or 100% linen. That's it. Whatever that does not fall into that category or is only a blend of natural and synthetic, is not a choice.

🌟 Do not buy clothing because ''it looks cute'', but because it is comfortable (100% natural fiber such as cotton/wool/silk/linen) and functional.

🌟 I cannot stress the FUNCTIONAL enough. I notice many parents of girls especially, focus a lot on dressing the girl ''girly'' but do not think beyond that. Think that beauty is not only how the garment looks like, but the way is paired, used, how it protects the body, how useful it is, how warm...etc.

🌟 Best is, to dress for comfort when children are small. This is my advice to any new parent. Invest in high-quality pieces, monochrome (so there are no dyes or bleaching involved), that will help your child either stay warm, stay cool or protected from direct sunlight in full summer.

🌟 A tip for parents of little girls: Put extra stress on keeping warmth in winter, on their lower body. Good warm socks and always a tucked in shirt, an overall, better a body that covers their kidney area/back. Or long johns.
Warm them up on the bottom, especially if out in nature and sitting on cold surfaces (this is to prevent cases of UTI that can arise from cold around the kidneys area and feet especially in winter when vitamin D is lowered naturally - more on this topic soon).