thought this will help some of you regarding sugars. this is exact reply of hetal dat i got via mail about sugars when i wanted to give brown sugar.

\" nything that is sweet and is related to sugar, is first of all not healthy !!
try to offer foods that has natural sugars in them namely sweet potato or bananas or peas or beets or milk prdcts or wheat or starchy vegetables or wholegrains/multigrains.

why aap and other org dnt recmnd giving sugars before 1 year or say later the better when it comes to ne sweetness is due to some specific reasons.this is irrespective of ne sugar you use (brown or even pure can sugar)
your child is teething first time and in this phase its imp for you to make sure that his gums and teeth or tongue and everything that is involved in teething has to be clean and a very good hygne is maintaind.
one has to understand that most toddlers dont brush their teeth or dont let parents brsh their teeth by 2 years which means the only thing parents can do is avoid sticky/sweet/sugary or smelly foods that might cause probs related to gums or white tongue or smelly mouth and most imp spoiled teeth/tooth decay/discolored teethand later prob related to eating/obesity and high glucose levels.

now about brown sugars and white sugar-
there is here a slight misunderstanding as to what we use as white sugar !!!
some sites which sell brown sugar like well known sugarindia has a different understanding as what you call as cane sugar and white sugar.
white sugar is the one that is refined and the pure can sugar is purest form of sugar that is not refined and is great substitute just as equal to brown sugar for refined white sugar.
both the pure cane and the refined sugar and are white.
one is safe to use but the other is not.
not all white sugars are refined so please dont consider the theory of whites !
there is no bleaching agent added at any time during the refining process even in case of refined white sugar.
unless otherwise mentioned thats its purely refined sugar or free flow sugar and most of the times, refined white sugar MAY contain beet sugars because the Pure sucrose crystals are chemically naturally white to yellowish white.

brown sugar is considered to have some nutrional values and it depends on inherent molasses content and not even on the way it is grown so unles and until you know the actual percentage of its natural molasses(not the added one) its rather diff to find out about its safety levels !
its diff with respect to amts of minerals in it and to add yes brown sugar is considered as a better alternative IF AND ONLY IF ITS NATURAL, compared to white refined sugar(not the pure cane sugar).

Honey or brown sugar or white sugar and maple syrup all have similar nutritional values. They all provide carbohydrate and energy but insignificant amounts of vitamins and minerals.

however aap doesnt even recmnd using brown sugar only because down the line it has proved to be given obesity or yeast infections in colon and tooth decay which elminates sugar in ne artificial form may it be brown or white or other thn sources in fruits/vegies/wholegrains and dairy is never good for health.

there is one wonderful site which i happen to rem because of its excellent explantns abt the myths -
if at all you are interested in reading TOP 10 nutrional MYTHS here is it. It has your fav brown sugar too !!!

its on healthcastle website thn type the keyword nutrition-myths.also i will strongly recmend you to read about the other high lighted links just below the topics in the same site, they are worth a read.
good luck nd a very happy new year to you nd your family.
hope you n nishit have a very sweet year ahead ! \"


so that was her reply about sugars in january.in order to post it here i had to edit some of her words because ip din' t allow all the words and coma etc.
But hope this is helpful. savitha beeram replied. keep messeging neetu.
your link of raagi which had all members recipes helped me. i tried all the recipes and out of dat, my baby liked 2 recipes. otherwize he was never interested in ragi.so a big thanks to you ! you are doing a good job.
can you please update your link list. itzx very veryt helpful.
i am looking for diet after 8months, any information about teething, colds and cough.