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Should Parents Pre-Chew Their Kids' Food?
The act of premastication has been in the spotlight in recent weeks.
Actress and mom Alicia Silverstone has made some major waves in the past couple weeks with a home video of her pre-chewing her 10-month-old son's food and feeding him mouth-to-mouth. The video, shown above, quite obviously went viral and got doctors, moms and bloggers talking. Silverstone even went on the defensive this past weekend saying she wasn't doing anything new, but she also wasn't suggesting others do it. "People have been feeding their kids that way for thousands of years," she said at a screening for her new movie, Vamps. "I wasn't trying to be independent or cause such a ruckus. I'm very glad that I did it." According to an ABC News report, the practice—called premastication—is in fact a common practice in other countries, it's…
Jane Flannigan
7:11 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Should Parents Pre-Chew Their Kid's Food . . . yes, if they have feathers and live in a nest. Really, is this necessary?? more ›