Archive for February, 2010

How to Host a Perfect Baby Shower Party

February 28th, 2010
Craig Spencer asked:


When it’s a party, it’s a time for decorations! To have a perfect baby shower party, one should start planning at least a week before on party decorations. Though the local fashion, design, can be a way for ideas on decorations, yet you have to plan your decorations according to your needs and budget.

The venue of the event should be lighted in a mild fashion with shower decorations hanging from these lamps. If it’s a baby girl, it can be pink twisted ribbons, cloths or veils. One may go for blue or green if it’s a baby boy. The entire path starting from the entrance to the hallway should be decorated with these lamps. One may also go for votive candles placed in empty baby food containers or jars, which in a way will cut off your cost to an extent. You can hang baby shower decorations from the ceilings and even in walls. For a baby girl shower decoration, drape the ceilings with twisted pink ribbons and then hang tulle or veil bags from these ribbons. Fill up these bags with jellybeans, strawberries and gums which your guests would love to have as a surprise. You may hand these bags to the guests as snacks or ask them to take home as souvenirs.

The walls can be decorated with rag dolls put in small bags, just like baby kangaroos in mother’s pouches. Name the dolls in the name of the baby and give them to the guests as souvenirs.

A major part of the baby shower party is the baby shower games or the activities that are carried out in the midst of the party. There are various traditional baby shower activities and some of these are very popular in shower parties.

• Baby shower bingo

• Asking the guests to guess the date of birth of the child

• Guess the baby food flavor: guests have to taste-test several flavors of baby food and try to identify them

There are a lot more that you can add on to make a fun-filled party.

Baby shower food items are one of the most important features of baby shower. When guests arrive at a baby shower they are expecting food that includes desserts, appetizers, and baby shower finger food. You don’t really have to plan an entire meal; it isn’t really expected at this kind of event. A good idea is to have a good menu on “baby shower food on hand” which will be served to guests when they are into the activities. Baby shower food items are often designed based on the theme. Again if it’s a girl baby shower party, a strawberry dessert will be in theme of the party. A baby shower cake with a pink icing again is an added feather to the party of a baby shower party for a girl. If the baby is a boy, one may use blue or green instead of pink. For more ideas on recipes one may look for them in library, book stores for recipes



Baby Food Diet For Adults?

February 26th, 2010
Craig How asked:


Overview.  The latest fad to hit Hollywood is the Baby Food Diet.   Far be it for an actress to need to regress and try to look & feel younger (much younger!) or if there is something beneficial to spooning down jars mushy bananas? 

The idea of substituting one, and sometimes two, regular meals a day for the tiny fruit and vegetable meals originated from New York fashion guru Hedi Slimane.  The 39-year-old French designer, who has just left Christian Dior to launch his own line, is said to have first coined the phrase ‘baby eating’ by sticking to baby food for days on end to maintain his slim figure.

As noted in Marie Claire magazine Jennifer Aniston believes the ‘purer, nutrient-packed, gluten-free’ pots help to maintain her trim figure; Reese Witherspoon told a US TV show she’s careful to have one adult meal a day.  While there is no hardcover of this diet to date, the plan is basically simple to follow; the dieter eats either all baby food or eats one adult meal and baby food for the rest of the day. 

Since babies’ digestive systems are so young and innocent, most baby food that you’ll find at the grocery store is free of added fats, fillers and other additives.  It’s that simple!  No support or website has been established as of this writing.  The cost of this diet is the price of the baby food.



What
we like about this plan.  Baby food is free of additives, (Well most of them) pure and full of vitamins.  There are many different varieties to choose from.  Many selections are gluten-free for those on a gluten-free diet.  The jars are easy to travel with, and make diet prep work a breeze.   Portion control is also a snap.  The expense of the Baby Food Diet is low, ranging from $.60 to $3.  Admit it, it seems so silly, you’re thinking about giving it a try.

What we dislike about this plan.  No chewing! I think one needs to be able to chew to feel satisfied.  If you are adhering to replace baby food as meal replacements, it is not enough calories a day to keep you full.  This diet is so new, their is not much data is on this diet to prove it’s worth a try.

How healthy is this plan?  It is not.  Unfortunately it is just another Hollywood fad diet. However, if you a replacing that bag of Fritos for a jar of Gerber fruits, it is a positive, healthy modification to your eating habits.

Here’s the Bottom Line   Swapping baby food for meals will leave you unsatisfied all day long.  Sure, you will lose weight but it will be impossible to maintain the loss and the plan.  Using baby food for snack replacement is a healthier option; however, why not use the real plums rather than the pureed style.

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