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

Today we have started BLW and I am terrified 🫣 I’ve started with avocado which LO has gnawed on but is this a big enough piece? Should it be bigger??? I’m so scared of him breaking a piece off and choking, I’m using the solid starts app but I just don’t trust myself that it’s correct 😭 what does everyone thing? any…

We just started weaning today and I’m following the suggested schedule in “How to Wean Your Baby”. My parents are visiting and my dad keeps saying “just give her porridge! Just give her banana!” We gave her broccoli for her first taste today and she wasn’t sure, but my husband and dad both told me “oh she hates it. ...

Hey girls! I have a 9mo son who is loving BLW. However I’m really struggling with non-cook / cold BlW ideas for when we aren’t at home. For example we went out today and we weren’t home for lunch time so bought fruit whilst out to feed him but I’d love to take cold meals out that he can eat. I’ve made loads of d...

I need some advice. My dog thought the neighbours kids wanted to play with him and he chased the kids. Later the father came up to me and asked me to put him on the lead next time (I asked before if it was ok to let him off) as my dog caught on of the kids ankle. I apologise to them, including the child but I feel s...

If you have fed your baby weetabix, how much do they typically eat? 1 biscuit? Half a biscuit? More? I tried to feed 1, mixed with 1 finely chopped dried apricot and 3 mashed raspberries but she barely seemed to have much. I know it goes all mushy but it's hard to tell!

My daughter will be 9 months in a week. She hasn't been gaining any weight for about a month. She was always on about 35th to 40th centile on weight and 90th on height. Long and slim baby. She continues to grow taller but her weight drops to under 30th centile. Should I be concerned? She's doing okay with solid, no...

What are some good breakfast/ lunch/ dinner ideas for an 8 month old ? I know they can’t eat much but he’s been curious of what I’m eating more than his own 😂

Hey girls!! I have a 9mo son and have loved BLW especially dinners. I’m really struggling to find a variety of cold BLW meals especially lunches for when we are out and about on nice days like these. Does anyone have any ideas?🥰

I’m due to start solids properly with bub in about 10 days when she turns 6 months. I started to introduce purées here and there around the 4 month mark but she just seems to be disgusted in it and only wants her bottles. She is showing all signs of readiness but once the food is actually presented to her, seems to...

Sorry long rant. My mum has been super obsessive over the way I raise my son since he’s been born. Everything I’ll take because she does help out, but one thing I can’t take is the monitoring of his eating constantly. It’s already stressful enough without her constantly asking me, what he’s eating, whether he’s ...

When my son was weaning I was giving him chicken with sweet potatoes and broccoli and more! But now he won’t budge. I’m struggling so much with my sons food. He doesn’t want to eat chicken or lamb or fish or anything new he will be turning 3 in June. He just eats lentils (daal) with rice, waffles, weetobix and c...

Anyone recommend combi feeding? Any advice be much appreciated and when best to start, my baby is 4 weeks.

Has anyone got any good recipes I can make my daughter for the freezer, ideally ones that can be microwaved straight from frozen. She absolutely loves broccoli and cauliflower risotto and lasagne!

Hello! My LO has always been a very fussy eater and so I had caved a while back into using screens or distractions to get her to eat well Recently, she’s becoming even fussier and I don’t feel the screens are helping much and would really love to cut them out and encourage her to feed herself. I really do feel li...

How are little ones with eating at the moment. Mines eating sooooooo little and I'm not sure at what point I should see someone about it if at all 🤷‍♀️ I know they go through fazes but feels like he's on a food strike. This has been about 2 weeks now

I gave my daughter (3) some gu black forest cheesecake this evening and it turns out it has cherry liqueur in it!!!! How much should I panic / do I need to do anything? My husband says its fine but hes always so chilled about everything so that doesn't make me feel much better. I didnt expect it from a shop bought o...

My LO won’t eat her puree’s or even try new foods but still is picking n tasting her finger foods but won’t eat. Same with her formula milk where she was 5-6 months she’d still drink one bottle which was 7 oz now it’s just 5oz to 6oz in one go sometimes. Any advice would be nice but I feel so down like im not doing ...

Is anyone’s little one refusing to eat? My little bit used to eat everything now he won’t touch a thing, he constantly ask me for milk and I don’t know what to do🥹

Can my six month old have scrambled egg?

Anyone else the same? He’s generally been a lot more “toddler” these last few days and it’s hard work. He gets stroppy if he doesn’t get what he wants, only wants our phone or the tablet, always lobbing food on the floor, has barely eaten any meals, not interested in bottle (only boob, always a boob monster) and I’m...