Alicia Silverstone made headlines recently when her home video of her feeding her baby boy, Bear Blu, mouth-to-mouth went viral. The actress has now responded to all the criticism she has received since for feeding her baby like a bird (she chewed up the food in her mouth and then passed it directly to the baby’s mouth) :

“People have been feeding their kids that way for thousands of years. It’s a weaning process. It’s just a thing that has been going on for thousands of years and I didn’t think I was inventing anything.

“I wasn’t saying this was anything somebody should do. I wasn’t trying to be independent or cause such a ruckus. I’m very glad that I did it.”