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Ecumenist

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2. When I first heard about all the hullaballou about her feeding her baby like this, I was

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 06:18 AM

Apr 2012

less than overwhelmed. THIS IS ANCIENT and in my family, IT IS COMMON!! Happens all over the world and PREDATES the gerber baby by MILLENIA! Nothing wrong with this as long as you don't have herpes lesions or anything else communicable that is pathogenic.

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Alicia Silverstone taps long tradition of pre-chewing baby food [View all] bananas Apr 2012 OP

A local news anchor here (with kids of her own) showed the video Tunkamerica Apr 2012 #1

When I first heard about all the hullaballou about her feeding her baby like this, I was Ecumenist Apr 2012 #2

Not unusual. My friend, a biologist, did this with all 3 of his kids. That was 30 years ago. nt Nay Apr 2012 #3

You could say its a "Blast from the Past". Bosso 63 Apr 2012 #4

Baby food, though? Ron Obvious Apr 2012 #5

ditto, except I think it could be harmful re/virus, etc. which live in the mouth northoftheborder Apr 2012 #6

Hard to say... Ron Obvious Apr 2012 #8

I think that's just bad wording in the headline Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #9

Heard about it on the internets jakeXT Apr 2012 #7

Birds also shit on the ground EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2012 #10

Not doing it doesn't mean you're scrimping on nutrition Warpy Apr 2012 #11

Beware of tooth decay MormonReform Apr 2012 #12

Alicia Silverstone is a fucking idiot. GaYellowDawg Apr 2012 #13