Breastfeeding humor!
Five Benefits of Mothers Milk...
A young medical student is given his final examination on human reproduction.
After reading Question 1; "Give five reasons why a mother's milk is better than a cows milk for a newborn baby?"; he recalled four and quickly wrote them down in his exam book.
1. A mother's milk is more nutritious; it contains better balance of fats, carbohydrates and proteins for the newborn;
2. A mothers milk contains a mix of vitamins that more closely aligns to a human baby's needs.
3. A mothers milk contains immunological agents that will help the newborn fight bacteria, viruses and other infections.
4. Breast feeding is more nurturing and better developmentally for the child. Stumped, frustrated and running out of time, he searched his mind for a fifth reason. After pondering the question for an agonizing five minutes, he quickly scribbled a fifth response:
5. The milk is delivered in a warm and "really cute" cup.
He got an "A" on the exam.
Feature Recipe: Strata
Thank you Veloute for this months recipe
This can be assembled the day before and left in the refrigerator overnight.
In the morning, take it out and preheat the oven to 375F. Bake it for 1
hour. It can bake while you're opening presents and eaten afterwards (or
during!) You know it's done when browned and puffed. It should not be
runny in the center.
The basic recipe is
-a 9X12 or 13 inch oiled baking pan
-a good crusty loaf of bread (old or new)
-custard of 4 eggs and 2 cups of milk
Cut bread into thin-medium slices (just not too thick). I like to leave the
crust on.
Filling ideas:
-ham and swiss or gruyere
-tomato sauce, cooked spinach, kalamata olives, feta and mozzarella
-pesto, tomatoes, mozzarella, parmesan...maybe some sautéed spinach.
-tomatoes and spinach for Christmas (with sauteed garlic!)
Take the bread and put one layer on the bottom of the pan. Layer filling on
top. Layer bread and another filling layer ending with bread (if it fits;
depends on how you sliced your bread). Cheese is nice on top. Mix milk
(actually, I like to use part cream) and eggs and salt and pepper to taste
(nutmeg is nice with ham or bacon and swiss). Pour over bread and filling.
If you use a tomato sauce, put that at the bottom first and then layer
starting with the bread.
You can bake it at this point, but it is better if it sits so the bread
soaks up the custard.
Easy, nutritious and filling. Great for Christmas day or brunches. This is
also great in the summer when you have a lot of very fresh vegetables.
Baby Wearing
Wearing your baby is an excellent way to bond. What better way to see the world and learn new things than doing it right there close to the person who loves you the most, mom! I was about to mop my floor one day and I started to put my youngest son in the sling so that I could wear him, and a relative wanted to know why I was picking him up if he wasn't crying. Huh? WHY does my baby have to cry before I pick him up. Babies are a wonderful gift and they should be hugged and held a lot.
Our feature book this month is
"So That's What They're For" By Janet Tamaro!
So who thought of formula? Here is an Excerpt from "So That's What They're For" by Janet Tamaro. Formula
companies have driven themselves crazy trying to manufacture a rough
approximation of a substance that already exists! Do you know how they came
up with the recipe for formula> Years of research? Scientific grants to come
up with the perfect food for babies? A team of noble prize winners working
together to concoct a formula? No. Dairy Farmers were trying to figure out
what to do with a by product of milk, butter,and cheese production,the think
that was left over after everything else was processed and sold. That
by-product is called whey. At the same time to maximize profit, industrious
men were trying to figure out how to market a food for babies to compete
with homemade formula and breastmilk. These business men figured out if
they mixed whey with oil and water they could feed it to babies without
killing them (bad idea if your trying to establish a market for your
product). So the very first ingredient after water is most formula is
essentially a waste product of dairy production. Then the manufacturers
added vitamins and either palm soy or coconut oil-which are among the
cheapest oils available, and Voila, they created formula. These oils are the
very same ones used in movie theater popcorn that people are passing up for
health reasons!
 We would like the send a huge THANK YOU out the the following people for your support of the GBM board's. It means a lot to know that so many of you donated to us in order to keep GBM online :-)
Veloute
breastmilk@40
hippiemama
InquisitiveOne
mamajen
MofCandA
Steph H
SweetPeasMommy
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