Alicia Silverstone Baby-Birds Her Kid, WTF

We’ve been talking about this one on Twitter, but it deserves a proper OMFG here. Alicia Silverstone, who’s most known for the movie “Clueless” (but we prefer remembering her as Batgirl in the trainwreck “Batman & Robin“), posted a video on her site, The Kind Life, of her baby-birding food to her son.

You know, as in she-chews-it-up-then-spits-it-into-his-mouth. Or, premastication, for you smart types. Or, The Hunger Games, if you prefer.

Since you don’t believe me, ROLL TAPE!

Silverstone, a born-again hippie, does this, we guess, to feed her son normal foods without having to put them through a food processor. Or because she’s cray-cray.

I mean, you know how picky she is about her shoes and those only go on her feet.

Okay, so this practice isn’t totally unheard of. There’s some cultures that have been doing it for thousands of years. Cultures without blenders. Some researchers believe that premastication helps pass immunity-boosting enzymes to the baby, kind of like breastfeeding.

And suddenly, the LA Times!

But because it’s the middle of the night and we’re a little cray-cray ourselves, here’s where we also mention en passant that babies are born through an orifice conveniently located next to the anus because – excuse my language – s**t like that helps pass a little “good” bacteria onto a kid born with a totally virgin immune system.

And while we’re calling people out, Mayim Bialik, of “Blossom” fame, breastfed her son until age 3. Just sayin’.

So, maybe we’re just judgmental jerks. Maybe we should STFU and let the poor gal do her thing. Fine. If you need us, we’ll Netflix-streaming ”Batman & Robin” and baby-birding popcorn to each other.



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is married and has one son. You can also find his writing on HLN, The Good Men Project and The Huffington Post. He is an avid gamer, rides unicorns, and loves rainbows.
  • http://profiles.google.com/mr.aion Justin Aion

    On the scale of 1 to batshit, this ranks fairly high.  I will say, however, that I’m uch more a fan of psychological damage than physical damage.  If you have to chew up a burger and hock it into your kids mouth to feel ok, that’s still better than blowing cigarette smoke in your toddlers face, or asking your 6-year-old to hold your 8ball.

    • http://www.8bitdad.com Zach Rosenberg

      For the record, the flavored cigarillos like Black & Milds don’t do any harm to kids.

  • Therealmattdaddy

    I think it’s pretty sad that she’s that messed up that she needs to do this.  Clearly, the kid is able to chew on his own.  SHE is the one that wants someone so need her so desperately that she makes her child receive her pre-chewed cud.  And to think, I used to think she was hot in that Aerosmith video.

    • http://www.8bitdad.com Zach Rosenberg

      In her defense, which is better served by mentioning again that she was hot in the Aerosmith video, the kid may not fully be able to chew yet. But in that case, mash the shit up with a spoon or fork like other people!

  • Kat

    I’m no hippie and baby-birding your kid is straight up weird, but I’m going to side with Blossom and say that breast feeding your kid until 3 is totally fine. However, the fact that she has NEVER HAD A BABYSITTER for her kids blows my mind. Even mama birds need to fly the coop every now and again.

    • http://profiles.google.com/mr.aion Justin Aion

      I agree with you on both of these points.  In America, the average time that women breastfeed their children is 6 months, whereas in other parts of the world, like Europe, it’s closer to 2 years.  On average…