Pregnant tips for Eating

    Many women think that when they become pregnant it means they can eat anything they want. This is not true. What you eat during pregnancy can really affect the health of your baby and your own pregnancy, actually making it easier.

•         Your daily energy needs will increase by only 300 calories per day (100 calories = one slice of bread and one small piece of fruit), and this only during the second and third trimesters.
•         Vitamin and mineral needs, on the other hand, are high from conception to delivery. So, you must eat more nutrients for the same (or slightly more) calories.

Making Your Own Baby Food

It seems to me, that so many women put out so much time and effert into trying to breastfeed but most don't even TRY to make there own baby food. Usually when I mention that I do make my daughters' food, mothers are like "Wow, I have always wanted to make baby food, but I just don't have the time," or "That is so neat that you do that. 

I wish I could make my own baby food, but I can't afford it." Well, in reality you can't afford NOT to make your own baby food, and it really takes almost no time at all to make this. Actually a very motivated mother can make at least a months worth of baby food in a matter of hours.