Mama Bird
Is pre-mastication natural or disgusting?
Imagine a little wobbly bird sitting in a nest and lifting its beak up to be fed by its mother. The mama bird tilts her head gently to feed her hungry baby and they both chirp happily. What seems like a beautiful moment in nature doesn't look quite as sweet when a human mother attempts it. The actress Alicia Silverstone (none other than Cher from my favorite 90's film Clueless) recently posted a video on her blog called The Kind Life in which she transferred chewed up food open-mouth to her 11-month-old baby. She went on to describe how much her son Bear Blu enjoys being fed mouth to mouth. I fed Bear the mochi and a tiny bit of veggies from the soup…from my mouth to his. It’s his favorite...and mine. He literally crawls across the room …
Linda Labbo
11:28 pm on Thursday, April 5, 2012
I had heard of this practice in some primitive cultures and it was done in lieu of baby food preparation. I had not heard about this practice until I read your article, Leigh. In my opinion.... (and as you say).. "It's for the birds!" more ›