Healthy Baby Photo Gallery, 2017-2018

Members send us photos of their healthy Wise Traditions babies. Wise parents enhance their own nutrition for six months prior to conception, and mothers eat a rich nourishing diet throughout pregnancy and lactation. See our Diet for Pregnant and Nursing Mothers to learn how you can give your baby the best possible start in life.

Click the links below to see photos published in designated volumes of Wise Traditions:
V1-5 (2000-2004) | V6-7 (2005-2006) | V8-9 (2007-2008) | V10-11 (2009-2010) | V12-13 (2011-2012).

From Wise Traditions V19N2, FALL 2018

From Wise Traditions V19N2, SUMMER 2018

Baby Cambria was born via natural birth and received all of mom’s friendly bacteria during the process. Breastfeeding difficulties led to Cambria being exclusively bottle-fed with pumped breastmilk from birth. She also received cod liver oil and probiotics. At eight weeks, she was sleeping soundly through the night for eight hours, and at three months she was sleeping twelve-plus hours through the night. At five and a half months, her first foods were egg yolk and grated liver, along with fish roe, ghee and pasture-raised meats. At nine months, mom was unable to continue to pump breastmilk and transitioned Cambria to the WAPF raw milk formula, which allowed her to continue to thrive. Now thirteen months old, she has remained in the ninety-fifth and eighty-fifth percentiles for height and weight, respectively, with a sturdy build. Despite being in day care, she’s had no ailments other than a brief cold. Cambria now enjoys a bottle of homemade bone broth before bed each night, along with solid food that includes egg yolk, organ meats, bison, chicken, beef, fish, ghee, coconut oil, sauerkraut and organic fruits and veggies.

Cassius, a second-generation WAPF baby, is enjoying the view from his new chair. Born on August 14, 2017, he is Brian and Maria’s first child. He is also the first grandchild for Dan and Nancy, who have been chapter leaders since WAPF chapters were created. Maria was raised on pastured meats, eggs and raw milk from their farm, and Cassius is growing happy and healthy on that same diet.

Aviva Lettie Ocner was born full-term at five pounds, four ounces and eighteen inches. Nurses at the hospital said they had never met such a small healthy and strong baby. Aviva amazes everyone she meets with her strength and alertness, considering she’s so petite. Now a perfectly healthy six-month-old, Aviva is thriving, weighing in at twelve pounds, ten ounces. She’s been taking cod liver oil since four and a half months and has an egg yolk almost daily. She also absolutely loves her chicken liver! Aviva turned over at three and a half months and at six and a half months is crawling, sitting up and trying to stand. This picture was not staged—Aviva took the magazine from her mom while her mom was reading it! Her mom thanks the Weston A. Price Foundation for all of its information and for helping her raise a healthy daughter.

From Wise Traditions V19N1, SPRING 2018

Baby Naomi Sue was born shortly after the November WAPF conference in her home town of Minneapolis/St. Paul. She was born at home into water with the help of midwives, her dad and her three siblings, after a short two-hour labor and just ten minutes in the tub. She weighed in at eight pounds, fifteen ounces and was 21.5 inches long. She instantly was a great little nurser, and her mom’s recovery has been amazing—all the raw milk and eggs really paid off!

Happy baby Claire, born to Eva who states how following the Wise Traditions diet principles have worked wonderfully with her daughter. She followed the diet for pregnant and nursing mothers, slowly adopting the Wise Traditions way of eating over five years before getting pregnant. Claire was born without any complications. She has a wider face and nose than anyone else in the family. Eva says “She’s the happiest baby I’ve ever met. Everyone comments how smiley she is. Popular baby books have been useless because they focus on soothing an inconsolable baby, and she’s not that. She sleeps well and only wakes to feed. She’s easy to nurse. Her eyesight is better than the books say it should be. She started talking at two months old. When she gets a cold, her only symptom is sleeping a bit more. The doctor was shocked when she gained a whole pound between one and two weeks old. When the doctor asks whether I have any health concerns about her, I say no. Thank you Sandrine Perez at Nourishing Our Children and everyone who works to share the Wise Traditions diet. If you’re new to the diet and struggling with it, know that it will definitely be worth it. My husband and I have also found better health from the dietary changes.”

One-year-old Theo is a very healthy eater and still loves nursing time with mama. He enjoys seafood, grass-fed meats, pastured eggs, raw milk, full-fat yogurt and grass-fed butter (and like many babies and kids, will eat it by the stick). He has been remarkably happy, healthy, strong and alert since day one. His mom, the WAPF chapter leader for Douglas County, Oregon, who followed a WAPF-friendly healthy diet throughout pregnancy and for several years prior, is very grateful for the information the Weston A. Price Foundation puts out. More mothers and mothers-to-be need this life-saving information!

From Wise Traditions V18N4, WINTER 2017

When baby Ava was born to WAPF member Ana, the doctor marveled that she was one of the most alert babies he had ever seen. Ava’s mom followed the WAPF diet throughout her pregnancy and nursed Ava for fourteen months. Ava started sleeping through the night when she was four months old; now at twenty-one months, she is still a wonderful sleeper. Her first solids were egg yolks and avocado. After she stopped nursing, Ava switched to raw milk and still drinks it daily. She loves eggs, raw cheese, peas with butter, liverwurst, fresh fruit, roasted vegetables and meat with avocado. She has a large round head with all her baby teeth and plenty of room for her adult teeth to come in without crowding. She has hundreds of words already and is a beautiful example of a baby fed the Wise Traditions diet.

Healthy, breastfed four-month-old Axel (pictured at two days old) had a healthy vaginal homebirth in Sicily. Just over seven pounds (3.2 kg) at birth, Axel now weighs a sturdy twenty pounds (9 kg) and is much bigger than his peers. Axel’s parents, Gautier and Serena, are very proud of their big, healthy boy, growing up “the way babies used to grow.” They have known about Wise Traditions dietary principles for some time and followed the WAPF recommendations for raising healthy children both preconceptionally and during pregnancy. Axel’s father suffered from many health problems in his own childhood (which he attributes to his Cesarean birth, bottle feeding and over-vaccination), and he is committed to making sure his son grows up healthy. Axel’s parents are grateful for WAPF’s efforts to spread the message of Weston Price and promote true knowedge of food, culture and nutrition.

From Wise Traditions V18N3, FALL 2017

Ramona was born with a perfectly round head with an above average circumference and wide face with plenty of room for her teeth to grow. Mommy’s pregnancy was full-term, natural and smooth with no complications. Ramona’s first solid food was grass-fed butter and free-range egg yolks and she received plenty of breast milk to this day, two years after her birth. She’s had no serious illnesses and recovered quickly—within a day or two—from infrequent minor colds. She enjoys and looks forward to real wholesome food with her family everyday!

Fourteen-month-young Waker is doing amazingly well. Unvaccinated, Waker is off the charts for height, healthy weight and perfect head circumference. Waker’s mom Willow was only able to breastfeed for two-and-one-half months. After unsuccessful efforts to boost milk production with organic herbs and supplements, Waker transitioned to half breast milk and half organic formula. However, as a certified holistic practitioner, real foodist, licensed massage therapist and student of life, Willow knew that Waker would benefit even more from the WAPF liver formula. She visited farms and farmers markets to meet the providers of the ingredients, and took on the challenge of making the liver formula. It was (and still is) a huge learning experience, but the family developed a system and flow for making it. Waker started with half breast milk and half liver formula and transitioned to just liver formula at four months. He loves it and calls it his “Waker juice.” At about twelve months, Waker’s parents tried introducing raw milk and raw milk formula. When Waker showed no interest, they mixed the raw milk formula with the liver formula. The result is outstanding health and development. The experience of making both formulas has led to great relationships with local farmers and connections with other like-minded families whose love for their children prompted them to make a similar leap of faith. Waker’s parents are grateful for the Weston A. Price Foundation’s hard work and dedication to families.

Olive Paisley was mom’s first unassisted birth and second homebirth, following an incredibly short, easy labor, less than five hours from first light contractions. Mom’s diet was hugely improved between her first pregnancy and this one. Nutrition is no joke! During her first pregnancy, mom still drank soda, and generally ate a standard American diet. Then she discoverd the WAPF Wise Traditions diet! With Olive she had zero morning sickness, and by five days postpartum, she was roughly where she was around four weeks with her previous birth. This pregnancy was brought to you by raw milk and tons of grass-fed butter. Mom sends a huge thank you to the Nourishing Our Children community, an amazing resource! Olive is healthy and eats well because of the Weston A. Price Foundation!

From Wise Traditions V18N2, SUMMER 2017

Sibling Taliesin Moon holds baby Elwyn Oak just hours after Elwyn’s birth. Elwyn Oak was born at home after a short enjoyable labor at East Wind Community. Elwyn Oak loves his rich breast milk and shows his appreciation by sleeping for long stretches and blessing us with beautiful smiles. Taliesin loves a variety of foods and especially enjoys homemade kimchi, bone broth and even his cod liver oil. The whole family enjoys the raw grass-fed dairy near our community farm, and many fresh vegetables and meats grown and processed right at East Wind. We are all grateful to a nourishing diet for our good health. Thanks, WAPF!

Healthy, happy and beautiful Landon Spencer was born on March 2, 2016, weighing close to nine pounds to proud parents Alissa and Eric and proud grandmother Catherine. Landon is blessed to have two older siblings. Twins Benjamin and Isabel were born in December 2010, and weighed in at seven pounds each. The entire family eats a WAPF diet of raw milk, fermented cod liver oil, butter, grass-fed meats and bone broths.

Veronica Rose is the youngest child of Cincinnati chapter leader Ellie Sodergren. After celebrating one decade of WAPF membership, Ellie is delighted to see that Veronica shows all the characteristics of a well-nourished child. During her complication-free pregnancy, Ellie enjoyed homemade raw-liver “prenatal” vitamins, loads of raw egg yolks, butter, raw milk products and cod liver oil. After a celebratory home birth, Veronica has grown and developed in beautiful proportion. Now two years old, Veronica enjoys the full spectrum of her family’s homemade, farmfresh, nutrient-dense foods, right along with mom’s breast milk. Veronica’s name means “true image,” and this true image of a healthy child gets endless comments on her delightful curiosity, bright eyes and stunning intelligence.

Natasha (pictured at six months) was born to parents who ate a Weston A. Price diet for years prior to her conception, including fermented foods, cod liver oil, raw milk and lots of oysters and shellfish. At twelve months, she is an extremely happy baby and everyone comments on how much
she smiles. She has nonstop energy and loves
people, playing and eating. She is still breastfeeding, which her mom hopes to continue for many more months even though mom works full-time. Natasha’s favorite foods are pastured egg yolks, sweet potatoes (fermented or with butter), raw milk kefir, wild-caught salmon, pastured meats, bone marrow custard, cod liver oil and organic veggies with lots of raw butter. Thank you, WAPF, for all the important knowledge you share!

From Wise Traditions V18N1, SPRING 2017

Elizabeth Joy is the second child of WAPF chapter leader Rashel Harris and her husband, Andrew. Elizabeth was born June 15, 2014, three years after her older sister, Isabella. Elizabeth was born at home in a birth pool with the assistance of a midwife and doula. Her birth was an incredible experience, and as close to painless as Rashel could have hoped for. From the start, Elizabeth was happy, healthy and a great sleeper; she was sleeping though the night by two months old. For the first year of her life, she decided all she wanted was breast milk (to her mother’s dismay). Incorporating other nutrient-dense foods was a slow process, but we can now proudly say that Elizabeth’s favorite foods include raw milk from the family milk cow, fermented veggies from the garden (especially pickles, carrots and kraut), cinnamon cod liver oil, homemade cheese and yogurt, fruit smoothies, cured meats, pork sausage, lamb and sourdough breads. — Elizabeth Joy is the second child of WAPF chapter leader Rashel and her husband, Andrew. Elizabeth was born June 15, 2014, three years after her older sister, Isabella. Elizabeth was born at home in a birth pool with the assistance of a midwife and doula. Her birth was an incredible experience, and as close to painless as Rashel could have hoped for. From the start, Elizabeth was happy, healthy and a great sleeper; she was sleeping though the night by two months old. For the first year of her life, she decided all she wanted was breast milk (to her mother’s dismay). Incorporating other nutrient-dense foods was a slow process, but we can now proudly say that Elizabeth’s favorite foods include raw milk from the family milk cow, fermented veggies from the garden (especially pickles, carrots and kraut), cinnamon cod liver oil, homemade cheese and yogurt, fruit smoothies, cured meats, pork sausage, lamb and sourdough breads.

A fun-loving, good-natured child, Moses Gabriel thrives on traditional foods. Moses’s mom focused on eating a real-food, nutrient-dense diet for over six years as well as doing some major detoxification from military vaccines before conceiving. Moses enjoys a wide variety of traditionally prepared foods, including pastured egg yolks, liver, cod liver oil, wild game meats, fermented vegetables, soaked gluten-free grains, bone broths, grass-fed butter, as well as his most recent favorites, plantains fried in coconut oil and arrowroot biscuits. His healthful diet has played a crucial part in offsetting some genetic mutations passed down from his parents, including MTHFR and celiac disease, which necessitated the removal of dairy (except for butter) and gluten from his diet. Midline defects can thankfully be remedied using a combination of both diet and holistic dentistry's A.L.F. palate expansion device. Most people think it is luck to have a beautiful baby, but Moses’s parents know that it is a gift from God who designed our bodies to respond to a daily intake of nutrient-dense foods high in vitamins A, D, and K2 as recommended by WAPF. — A fun-loving, good-natured child, Moses Gabriel thrives on traditional foods. Moses’s mom focused on eating a real-food, nutrient-dense diet for over six years as well as doing some major detoxification from military vaccines before conceiving. Moses enjoys a wide variety of traditionally prepared foods, including pastured egg yolks, liver, cod liver oil, wild game meats, fermented vegetables, soaked gluten-free grains, bone broths, grass-fed butter, as well as his most recent favorites, plantains fried in coconut oil and arrowroot biscuits. His healthful diet has played a crucial part in offsetting some genetic mutations passed down from his parents, including MTHFR and celiac disease, which necessitated the removal of dairy (except for butter) and gluten from his diet. Midline defects can thankfully be remedied using a combination of both diet and holistic dentistry’s A.L.F. palate expansion device. Most people think it is luck to have a beautiful baby, but Moses’s parents know that it is a gift from God who designed our bodies to respond to a daily intake of nutrient-dense foods high in vitamins A, D, and K2 as recommended by WAPF.

Comments

JoAnn Ryan says

June 9, 2017 at 9:41 am

It is so encouraging to know there are parents out there who take special interest, time and sacrifice in caring for their children in helping them to live healthier lives and eventually make healthy choices as they grow in to adulthood.

jessica l says

December 7, 2017 at 3:02 pm

It would be so great to see if these kids keep in the tradition and then have children. The second generation born into this change would be a fascinating study!!!

- Willow says
  
  February 13, 2018 at 2:52 am
  
  And then we put side by side photos!
  Amazing idea Jessica. To be continued…!
  
Li says

November 16, 2018 at 5:17 am

It would be so awesome if the parents of the babies from 2000-2005 would send in updates on their children. Are they still following the diet? Did they have enough room for their teeth? Did they need glasses? Deal with allergies? Have PMS? Was their skin clear and beautiful even through puberty? It would be so interesting to hear those things.

Ashley says

February 4, 2019 at 4:59 pm

Unfortunately during my delivery I was put on pitocin, which stunted my milk production as Pitocin stops natural oxytocin.. So I’m not producing enough breast milk for my almost 3 week newborn baby. I started the homemade baby formula at around 2 weeks old. I have made the baby formula twice now, once with nutritional yeast and once without, because he was spitting up. It could be the formula perhaps or it I’m feeding too much?.. Been feeding around 3-4 fl oz. I checked the WAP website for infant ages to use this formula, but couldn’t find anything written about feeding a newborn this formula. I find that when he spits up, the milk had curdled and comes up in lumps with clear liquid where it had separated in his stomach.. Is he too young to be given raw milk and cream as a new born, even with the beef gelatin or should this formula be given after 6 months old?.. He also is not pooing everyday, although we are really only getting to know each other and exact routines have yet to be established. I hate feeding him commercial formula, even organic which is still loaded with HFCS, soy products and fake nutrients! He projectile vomits the commercial formula and he spits up the Western A Price homemade baby formula.. Breast milk seems to stay down much better though.
Thank you for any support during this stressful time, of wanting to feed the most nutritious food to my little Bubs!

- Kassia says
  
  February 11, 2019 at 12:40 pm
  
  Hey Ashley, how are you guys doing? Have you continued with the raw milk formula? Have you been able to continue breastfeeding?
  I found it took a couple of weeks for my son to transition onto formula or to switch between the milk and liver formulas. His poop would be really crazy (constipation or diarrhea or both) and then it would finally balance out. If you’re able to part breastfeed, and part feed formula, that seems ideal! I did that till 11 months but my supply was low sadly since 4 months. Let me know if I can help with answering any questions.
  
- Kassia says
  
  February 11, 2019 at 12:43 pm
  
  Also, I think at this age baby would only be drinking 2 oz or so at a feeding, but eating every 2 hours around the clock (ish). Every baby is different, of course, but here’s an example https://betterdoctor.com/blog/how-much-breastmilk-newborn-baby-need/