Alicia Silverstone Feeds Son Like A Bird

Alicia Silverstone feeding her son like a damn bird

We’ve been hearing a lot about celebrities and their “interesting” parenting methods and traditions lately, and now Alicia Silverstone is sharing hers.

First, we hear about Big Bang Theory actress Mayim Bialik’s “attachment parenting” style, then we catch wind about Mad Men star January Jones and her placenta-eating ways, and now Clueless actress Alicia Silverstone reveals she feeds her son by chewing his food up in her mouth, and then spitting it into his.

For realz.

Silverstone, 35, actually posted a video on her blog this weekend, stating that feeding her 10-month-old son Bear Blu Jarecki this way is her favorite, and apparently it’s his too. She says on the clip, “He literally crawls across the room to attack my mouth if I’m eating,” and as you see from the above photo, Bear Blu doesn’t hold back.

I know that Silverstone is a militant vegan (I even tried out the diet a few years ago), but wasn’t so sure this method of feeding her kid had anything to do with veganism.

After doing a little bit of research, I found that some people believe that by doing this, mothers are providing helpful enzymes from their mouths, though some experts would beg to differ.

Dr. Jennifer Landa, M.D Chief Medical Officer of BodyLogicMD told FOX411’s Pop Tarts column that this feeding practice “doesn’t seem like a hygienic” one. She adds, “Various viruses and bacteria, but especially herpes virus, may be passed from mother to baby. These microbes present a challenge that the infant’s immune system may not be ready for. So the practice is questionable for safety, and then, there’s a certain ick factor here that needs to be considered.”

I like the medical term “ick factor” Dr. Landa uses…heh. I’d have to agree, although I’m no doctor or health professional myself, but is this really necessary? And how long is this going to continue? What age is she going to tell her son that it’s not appropriate to do this anymore? I love Alicia, but this is too much.