Recipe & content disclaimer

Babylore exists to help parents discover how babies are fed around the world. The recipes, cultural notes, and feeding information we publish — both our own curated set and submissions from other parents — are informational only. They are not medical, nutritional, or developmental advice. Every baby is different. Talk to your pediatrician about your baby's specific feeding plan, allergens, and milestones before introducing new foods or changing what you feed.

The short version

• Babylore recipes are starting points, not prescriptions.
• Some recipes are submitted by other parents. Use your judgment, and check with your pediatrician for anything you're unsure about.
• We run a layered safety review on every community submission, but no automated pipeline catches everything — read recipes carefully.
• Always supervise your baby during feeding.

Bundled recipes

Bundled recipes are the cultural set we ship with the app — dishes drawn from food traditions in 60+ countries, each marked with a minimum age. We've checked them against widely accepted first-foods guidance, but we're not pediatricians. Babies have individual allergen profiles, developmental readiness, and family histories that no app can know. Use bundled recipes as a starting point and adjust under your pediatrician's guidance.

Community recipes

Recipes uploaded by other Babylore parents go through a layered safety review pipeline before they appear in the public feed:

1. Deterministic rule checks — Submissions are scanned for known unsafe ingredient/age combinations: honey for babies under 12 months (botulism), raw fish under 24 months, raw eggs under 12 months, whole nuts under 36 months, whole grapes or cherry tomatoes under 36 months unless explicitly halved, raw poultry or meat at any age. Submissions that fail a rule are rejected outright with a specific reason so the author can fix and resubmit.
2. AI-assisted nuanced review — Submissions that pass the rules are evaluated by an automated review running on Anthropic's Claude API with a pediatric-nutrition prompt. The review looks for concerns the rules miss: choking textures, untagged allergens, age-inappropriate preparation steps, mismatched minimum-age claims. Recipes with concerns are held for human review.
3. Community reports — Once published, recipes can be reported by any signed-in user. After three unresolved reports, a recipe is automatically un-published and returned to the moderation queue.

This system is meaningful but not infallible. Automated checks and AI review can miss subtle issues. The author of a recipe is solely responsible for the accuracy of their submission, and you are responsible for your own decision to follow a recipe with your child. Read every recipe carefully, check allergens, and ask your pediatrician when in doubt.

Allergen guidance

Babylore flags common allergens on bundled recipes (peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, eggs, soy, wheat, fish, shellfish, sesame) where the author has tagged them. Community recipes rely on the submitter to flag allergens correctly. We may miss allergens that aren't tagged. If your baby has a known allergy or family history of allergy, check every ingredient before preparing.

The current pediatric consensus is to introduce common allergens early and often (typically starting between 4 and 6 months, individual to your baby), under your pediatrician's guidance. Babylore's app and recipes do not replace that conversation.

Choking hazards

Foods that are choking hazards depend on the baby's age, texture handling skills, and the way the food is prepared. A recipe stating a minimum age has been screened for the most common hazards at that age, but supervision during feeding is essential. Adjust textures, sizes, and cuts to your baby's stage. Sit your baby upright. Watch every bite.

Tracker data is not a medical record

The feeding, sleep, and diaper data you log in Babylore is for your own awareness and convenience. It is not a medical record. Babylore's exports and visit summaries can help you have a more concrete conversation with your doctor — they do not replace the doctor's chart or diagnosis.

Cultural information

Country comparisons, philosophy summaries, and food-tradition notes are written from public sources and contributions by parents from those countries. Cultural practice varies by region, family, and generation. If you spot something misrepresented or out of date, email us — we'd rather hear about it.

Reporting a concern

If you see a recipe or content you believe is unsafe, allergen-mislabeled, or otherwise inappropriate, tap the report button on the recipe or email help@suyu.ca. We'll review and act quickly.

No medical relationship

Using Babylore does not create a doctor-patient relationship between you and Babylore, its operators, or any other Babylore user. Nothing in the app or on mybabylore.com should be relied on as medical advice. Always consult a qualified pediatrician for guidance specific to your baby.

Contact

Questions or recipe safety concerns: help@suyu.ca.