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When to serve dinner!

Hi guys! I’m just wondering the best time to serve dinner for my little one? Should I be leaving a 2 hour ish gap between dinner and bed? She currently goes to bed at 8:30 and start bedtime routine at 8 xx

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weaning - 9 months

So my LO is currently almost 8 months and is exclusively breastfed. I haven’t started weaning him into food yet because he’s not ready in the sense that he can’t sit unsupported, and he isn’t interested in my food (but he does put everything in his mouth toys wise!) and apparently they are the two signs that a baby ...

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Prepped Freezer Meals 🍽️

Hi ladies! Any recommendations/recipes for meals you have prepped to store in your freezer to help postpartum? xx

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Where to buy fruits/veggies for baby puree?

Farmers market not in season until May but that's all we want to feed our baby. What are some good substitutions until the farmers market opens in May?

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Food

Just wondering how much food or how many meals your baby is having a day. I am really struggling with my daughter who will be 10 months this weekend. She shows little interest in food.

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Fussy

My 3 month old is fussy quite often, he’s not colicky and eats on time but is 3 months just a stage for general fussiness?

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Not eating solids

My baby just turned 7 months old today, and he still doesn’t sit up. He hates both of the high chairs I bought and refuses to eat solids. I’ve tried everything every day, but nothing works. My pediatrician says it’s normal and that I shouldn’t worry until he’s 8 months old. Has anyone else gone through the same thin...

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What foods are you planning at Babies 1st bday?

We'll have a party of 10. Just aunts and uncles and close friends. I might be cooking just to save on catering . What are yalls plans with food?

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Is it okay if my 8 month olds don’t eat baby food every day?

Some days they are just not interested in baby food and only want their bottles and maybe will eat a lil crunchie or two. I’m a first time mom so I don’t know if this is okay. I don’t want to be underfeeding my twins. 🙃🙃🙃

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Dinner refusal

My 10mo has just started to refuse his dinner. We’ve been lucky that from the start he’s taken really well to solids and he will still gladly scoff his breakfast and lunch but the last 2 weeks he just is uninterested and sometimes very upset at the idea of eating dinner. We can’t work it out as it doesn’t make a dif...

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Not eating

My 16m old toddler literally lives on garlic and mayo dip, is this normal

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Picky eater and iron supplements

How do you deal with a picky eater toddler, mine doesn't eat all day he just wants snacks and a piece of apple, before he was eating regular, I wonder he is having low iron because he tries to eat soaps and stones whatever he founds outside, but he is not low energetic because it says a low iron preson will have low...

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Solid foods

What are your babies eating right now besides their milk?

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Fussy

My 2 year old boy is so fussy eater… he ate for 2 days properly and then refuse eating straight away for 3-4days only take one-two bites of fruit and thats all.. Stressed AF.

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Weaning

I've seen some products which are 4 months +. When is everyone starting to give little tasters? I was planning on 6 months but now I've seen these pouches, I don't know whether to start from 4 months? Does anyone have any advice?

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19 month old refusing to eat dinner

So my 19 month old just doesn’t want to eat dinner for some reason! She will eat fruit, snacks, toast and sandwiches even cereal but as soon as I put dinner in front of her she wants nothing to do with it. She’s always had a problem with textures so I already struggle getting her to eat veg and I’ve even tried givin...

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