Community Posts, Tips & Support on Children's Nutrition & Health

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Breakfast at nursery

This might be stupid but my 13 month old starts nursery 3 days a week tomorrow and, since she'll be starting at 8am, they'll be giving her breakfast.

But I have to wake my daughter up at half 6 and drop her with my mum at 7 so thats a really long time for her to not eat. Should i get her a smaller breakfast at home to tie her over to nursery breakfast or should i just give her her normal breakfast and then if she doesn't eat the nursery breakfast its not really an issue?

How do other people play this?

Eating too fast

My 18 month old eats so fast, like he'll put more in his mouth before he swallowed the last mouthful. It's getting to the point where he's chocking/gagging every meal.
I have no idea what to do to slow him down, tried giving him little bits at a time but he just gets annoyed and impatient!

Eating out

Does anyone actually manage to eat out with their just turned 2 year old? We went out at lunchtime today for my mums birthday and it was chaos from the minute we got there. In the end we ate, and then left. We took toys with us, colouring etc but she just wants to run around, which I know is normal but it just makes family things so difficult.

2 year old not eating

My 2 year old won’t eat anything except bread and porridge. She used to be great but the last few weeks it’s a battle to get her to eat anything else. Does anyone have any tips for convincing her?

We do eat together nearly every meal and she usually has a plate of whatever we have but she often just ignores it and wants out of her chair. I’ve tried involving her in the cooking, choosing what she wants and sitting on the sofa, or anywhere else but it always ends up in the bin.

Weaning / allergens!

My baby is nearly 7 months and we’ve been doing some weaning both BLW and purées, I’ve been introducing new fruits and veg, however I haven’t done any allergens yet, he’s been unwell and is still not 100% so I don’t want to give it until he’s fully better, but I’m panicking he’s going to be higher risk of developing because I’ve not introduced them right away?!

Meal ideas for 10 month old!!!

My son who is also 7 month old adjusted just got approval from the pediatrician to start soft foods and sippy cup!!! Any ideas on what foods he could start off with? He drinks from sippy cup great so far!☺️ but I can tell my son is interested in eating foods, and his teeth still hasn’t come in yet, any ideas?

How are we getting on with weaning?

My LO is almost 8 months and we’ve been introducing food since she was 6 months. She still won’t let me spoonfed her - sometimes she will let me give her one or two spoonfuls but not consistently every meal.
I serve finger foods alongside a puree and she has gotten better at picking those up and putting in her mouth but still not taking a lot.

Anyone else struggle to get LO to spoon feed? Or is it normal to get only a spoonful or two?

Starting solids

My baby is turning 3 months on November 5th and I REALLYYY want to have her try foods for thanksgiving. Is it to early? I want to l purée some foods and put breast milk in it to thin it down a lot. I was thinking about calling and asking her pediatrician aswell. She already seems to be interested in food, every time I eat she stares at my food and smack her lips together.

How many meals

How many meals are your babies on now? Mine is on 2, but he loves food and is 8.5 months so thinking of increasing to 3

Confused by BLW

We’re doing BLW with my 8 month old . I did more purées with my now toddler and I’m a little confused by some of the finger foods. We had burgers tonight so gave our little one a strip of burger like a meatball to gnaw on but straight away he bit off a chunk which looked like a choking risk. I also gave quarter of a large tomato thinking he would suck on it but he bit half off and swallowed it. I took both off him and mashed it all down into his mashed potato but he got really upset at that so I felt terrible. I guess what I’m confused by is they say to give it as a large piece so they can’t choke but he just bites the small chunks off that they say are a choking hazard so I’m really confused

Bad parent 🤷‍♀️

So my 4yr old didn’t want to eat her dinner so I stopped her from going trick or treating. Now her dad’s pissed at me because she was so excited about going. I’m sorry but I’m not rewarding her with sweets when she’s refusing to eat her dinner. Then my mum said you could have still taken her but taken the sweet off her until she eats her dinner. No thanks I’m not dealing with tantrums after tantrums.

Daycare frustration

So my baby is just turning 13 months and since I’ve gone back to work we’ve had to transition to daycare. So far it’s been great just a few hiccups here and there that are expected from daycare. But recently he got moved up into the toddler room and he has been doing great but they had a Halloween party and I go look at his daily report which they put everything he ate and they literally served him just straight sugar all day. Trix cereal in the morning, and the afternoon snack was cupcakes, cookies, brownie. He hasn’t even had any sugar leading up to this and there was no check in or warning about the holiday party and also he’s only 13 months why are we offering all this sugar?! Then today I try to serve him his regular food at home and he’s throwing a fit and I’m spiraling thinking they ruined his palate by introducing those foods. I sent a nice enough message to the director about my concerns and that I understood it seemed like a one off day due to the party but I don’t think he should be getting those sugary foods with the older toddlers. Idk I feel like crying

Dental work

I have a question I’m going to have teeth extracted and my son is 15 months old, he eating regular food but I’m still breastfeeding for naps and bedtime. He refuses the bottle and barely drinks cow milk. I’m going to have IV sedation (anesthesia) the dentist said I can’t feed for 16 hours, I googled and it said I can feed and it will be fine. I know I should listen to the dr and I will but has anyone had any similar experience. Or know a dr to ask lol thank you guys in advance.

Christmas

After doing the night feed I haven’t been able to fall back to sleep. Started thinking about Christmas.

What’s everyone getting their little ones?

I have a toddler so have so many toys already. But because of my toddler I don’t want to not get anything for baby. Want them both to have something to open Christmas Day.

those with older children what did they love playing with between now and 1 year old?

Me to my son regarding his lunch

Me: (opens his snack pack) why didn't you eat your breadsticks?
Son: I couldn't open them.
Me: (opens the lunchbox) but you could open your dunkaroos....
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Which milk do you recommend

My 12 month old is so used to the taste of Aptamil pepti 2 that he refuses to drink alpro oat milk and alpro soya milk. He spits it out and refuses to drink it. What else would you recommend? Ideally something similar to the taste of pepti 2.

I know some of you will say he no longer needs the milk in a bottle but this is something I wish to continue.

Thanks in advance!

18 month old snacks

Hey everyone what are we giving our little ones in terms of snacks. Any ideas would be great

Eating/dinner dramas

I am having a nightmare with my 15 month old and dinner time. For context I do dinner, bath and bed alone 5 days a week due to my husbands shifts. Preparing dinner is a nightmare because she wants to be held constantly. I have a toddler tower which helps but it makes it quite stressful for me because she grabbing everything. I try and do some easier dinners mixed with fully homemade just to keep my sanity. But my main issue is she is just refusing to eat any substantial amount of dinner. She used to be a really good eater and now she’s become really fussy with food, if she could eat fruit and packaged snacks all day she would (I try to limit these for this reason). She also can climb out of her high chair and will stand up on it and sign finished after a few mouthfuls and then take my hand and take me to the snack cupboard after half an hour or so.

So I guess what I’m asking is 1. anyone in the same boat? Is this a phase? 2. Are there any really easy dinners you do that are a hit that I can try? 3. Does anyone have any tips/advice or words of wisdom as to how I can navigate this. 4. What are you doing if your LO doesn’t eat? Do we offer something else or is that making a bad habit? Should I limit fruit and snacks throughout the day so the sweet tooth can reduce a bit?

I genuinely don’t know how much more I can take and it’s really getting me down. She will tantrum and cry which means I then can’t eat my dinner because I’m dealing with her and it goes cold 🙃

How many months was your little one when you started weaning them on solids?

Mine is 5 months and a week and think he is really ready for it but the internet insists on 6 months!

Nutrition

Anyone else struggling to eat well and enough to the point of shaking and heart palpitations? How are you guys finding time and energy to eat enough and nutritious meals being alone with your baby?