Banana Milkshake for Babies
July 24th 2008 04:45
www.metro.co.uk
It’s easy all they need to do is eat a banana less than an hour before breast feeding and hey presto banana milkshake for baby. The same theory works with other flavours such as such as menthol, caraway seeds and liquorice.
Researchers are excited by these findings, as they believe that providing a variety of flavours in breast milk means the child will be more open to new flavours as they get older.
A warning to all you breast feeding mums before you rush out and munch on bananas. I love bananas and I eat them every day. When I was breast-feeding Samantha was having painful wind problems, the midwife told me eating bananas could have been the cause. Furthermore, Samantha hates bananas now. She will not eat them whole, mashed, or sliced. I have tried yellow ones and browner ones with no luck. Therefore, I am not convinced.
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Banana milk sounds yummy but I'm not too sure about menthol, caraway seeds or licorice!
If this research had been around about 7 years ago when I was pregnant with my son - and if I had a crystal ball with which to glimpse his future eating habits - I would have spent my whole pregnancy eating broccoli and brussel sprouts rather than chocolate.
Thanks for the handy hint!
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Comment by Sara Dobson
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My daughters dislike of banans has me stumped since my husband and I both love them. I suppose they make up their own minds as to what they like regardless of what we do.
Good luck.
Tim
Yep I guess its good for breast fed babies its not same old flavours everyday as with formula fed ones.
Jayne,
I am lucky my daughter will eat broccoli - imagine that she likes broccoli and not bananas I a stumped. I wouldn't reccomend brussel sprouts to a pregnant woman - pregnancy and brussel sprouts combination may mean many nights sleeping on your own.
Comment by Mrs M
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When I was in hospital after having my first, I instructed Mr M to tell everyone to not bother with flowers. However, if they felt the need to bring something, bring chocolate.
The midwife warned me that too much chocolate would have an adverse affect on the baby. After much experimenting I found that I could have 2 rows of Cadbury block chocolate and my baby wouldn't be affected.
My friend ate cashews while she was breastfeeding and now her daughters has a cashew allergy.
A little more lighthearted, I heard that if a woman ate enough strawberries that a lover could 'taste' the strawberry flavour in a particular part of her anatomy....nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
My last born would every banana in the shop if I let him.
Also, my GP said that really ripe bananas can constipate kids while the slightly green kind didn't have the same affect.
That's it. I have no more.
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Comment by Sara Dobson
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Thanks for the interesting bits of information.
HA ha funny experiementing with chocolate and coming up with the perfect amount to eat while breast feeding. I used to eat a lot of it. I found that you can scoff a lot of chocolate when breastfeeding and the weight still falls off. (Make the most of it Aimzster).
I used to eat alot of peanut butter sandwiches too hope Sam won't be allergic to those.
Thanks for the tip on strawberries too! Very useful information.