Alicia Silverstone has drawn mixed reactions for her recent revelation on how she feeds her baby boy. The 35-year-old actress recently shared the story of her mealtime routine with Bear Blu on her health food website, TheKindLife.com. Along with it, she posted a video that sees her pre-chewing the ten-month-old's food before spitting it into his mouth.
"I fed Bear the mochi and a tiny little bit of veggies through the soup...from my mouth to his. It's his favorite...and mine. He literally crawls across the space to attack my mouth if I'm eating," wrote the previous "Clueless" star on the post. She went on to detail, "This video was taken a couple of month or 2 ago when he was somewhat wobbly. Now he's grabbing my mouth to get the food!"
The majority of her fans commenting about the blog post gave positive reaction. "I had never considered this before but it is the cutest method of feeding your baby! I've a 7 month old and It is my opinion I'll try using this method," one wrote. Another said, "I think this approach to feeding them is so cool. Alicia, you're amazing. To raise your little guy the way you want to and not care what anyone thinks, I applaud you."
Some others, however, didn't share similar sentiment. "I don't think this is a healthy way to feed your child. Children should figure out how to eat with a spoon. We are not birds, we are humans," another fan commented. "What's gonna occur when he gets a little older and see's someone eating, it will be quite embarrassing for Bear to go to them and try to consume the food they're already eating."
Certified Nutrition Specialist J.J. Virgin also weighed in, telling Fox News, "Sounds like she is taking eating like a bird for the extreme." The star of TLC's "Freaky Eaters" added, "While this tends to help predigest some of it as we start carbohydrate digestion within the mouth it could also pass along any bad oral micro organism she has too. I think a food processor and a spoon are a greater bet!"
Another one who found the giving method odd was Mira Jacob. The deputy editor of parenting site Babble.com said, "A lot of moms chew a portion of these baby's food; it's often a very natural transition. But this just looks really funny, like Alicia is making out with her son. There's nothing terribly wrong with it, it just looks really weird."
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