Alicia Silverstone's Chewed Food Baby Diet

Following up on January Jones’ placenta pills is the latest buzzing story about Alicia Silverstone from Celebrity Baby Scoop.

She likes to feed her baby food that she chews up first in her own mouth and then just kind of transfer it to 10-month-old Bear Blu’s mouth.

Some people are supportive and some are totally icked out about the whole affair.

True, it goes against our instincts and what we’ve learned about germs, not to mention that as mothers we’ve even been warned about kissing our babies on the mouth because of the transfer of germs.

But at the same time, Silverstone has a point about this being the way other animals feed their young.

While I never took it as extreme as Silverstone, I can remember a few times pre-chewing some morsels for my babies to make it easier for them to eat.

I guess being a mother of three now it takes more than hearing about chewed food to make me feel queasy.

I mean, I’ve been peed, pooped and thrown up on numerous times. I’ve seen more tushies in various states of messiness than I ever imagined possible.

What’s the big deal about a little pre-chewed food?

Alicia SIlverstone's Mom Style

I’m struck by how Celebrity Momsters seem to be categorized so simply into either of just a few categories. And I think we do the same thing with regular mothers, too.

We’re always either:

1.       earth-crunchy-breastfeeding-mamas who love every moment of motherhood or

2.       bottle feeding-allowing TV watching-moms who complain about finding balance.

I’m even guilty of this. As soon as I saw Parenting Magazine’s Q&A with Clueless Star Alicia Silverstone who is mother to 11-month-old Bear Blu and author of the vegan cookbook The Kind Diet, I knew I would be reading about a category #1 Celebrity Momster.

I was ready for the whole mother hood is the best thing ever line of answers, and true to stereotype…

Describe your parenting style in one word: Attuned.

What's always in your refrigerator? Vegenaise, Earth Balance “butter,” and umeboshi plum vinegar—yum! We also eat a lot of flaxseed oil and kale.

Favorite place on earth: Breastfeeding my son and staring into his eyes, while holding his little tush.

Best piece of parenting advice you ever got: It passes so quickly, so enjoy every moment.

First word that pops into your head when you hear the word “mom:” My heart just melts.

I’m not knocking Silverstone’s interview or lifestyle by any means; I think it’s wonderful!

I’m just thinking most of us moms fall into a middle-zone somewhere, like we try to eat healthy, but maybe don’t always succeed, and we don’t set our kids in front of TV every day, but recognize it is sometimes a necessary convenience.

We recognize the beautiful privilege we’ve been given to raise our children, but we also would like to have our own lives and selves outside of being “mom.”

Do you think we are more often shown Celebrity Momsters living the extremes? Would you like to see more examples of moms living the middle-ground in the tabloids?