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Not swallowing solid foods

My son was doing quite well with learning to chew and swallow solid but this week, it’s like he’s forgotten?! He’ll chew then use his tongue to push it out. Anyone experience this? Did they “get it again”?

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Your babies meals

I feel guilty that my baby is eating a lot of pouches. I'll offer what we are having but if they don't eat it, I give a pouch so that theyre full for bed. Feel like I'm doing it wrong

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Curry

Chicken Korma for my 10 month old 🥰 she loved the naan bread 🤣

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Have you give eggs to your baby yet??

I want to give eggs to my baby but I am not sure how to start what has been your experience with ?

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Meal suggestions that are quick and easy to make

Me and my partner are in a tough living situation atm and are living with my gran so are finding it a bit tough to feel comfortable and make food. We are trying to make food when she’s out it’s just fitting it around are little girl is there any suggestions for quick and easy food that we could make working around t...

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Solid food

Y’all help! My son just had his 9month check up and the pediatrician was shocked he isn’t eating solids. She stressed that solids should be 50% of his diet by this point. But my son will not eat food! No purees, only plays with the silverware if we do solids. He will nom on like chunks of veggies or a strip of meat ...

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Just for fun

How do you say meal? My husband and I were discussing how many meals baby could have once she's ready and he asked why I was talking about milliliters and got very confused. Now I'm just curious how others say meals compared to mls 😄

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What’s your toddler having a meltdown over today?

My 3 year old is mad that I wouldn’t let him play with our new kitchen knife set (which is kept far away from him, especially now lmao)🥴 he has his own plastic kitchen set, but I guess it’s not dangerous enough for him 🤷🏻‍♀️ go figure. Share yours! Let’s commiserate together 😂

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Are these ok for 10 month old?

I keep seeing these and think they would be good when out and about to put in my little ones lunchbox..

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Frustrated mom 🤕😢

I’m stressed frustrated upset and every emotion that I could add. My child is on the skinny side but she’s very active too and has no medical issues. She refuses to eat fruits and veggies, every time I offer it she refuses to even touch. I am having a hard time especially since I have no support system and my husban...

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Are these ok for 10 month old?

I keep seeing these and think they would be good when put and about to put in her lunchbox..

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Purées to BLW (finger foods)

Anyone else’s little one decided to not want purées and only wants to eat finger foods? LB was doing great eating puréed fruits/veg and even dinners. Then started refusing the purées so I tried him on finger foods which he seemed to love. So now I’m making blw meals instead of purées (even though I batch made and h...

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I had subway for lunch?!

I’m so confused on what I can and can’t eat, I had a turkey and ham sub and looked on google and said you can’t eat it 🫠🥲 wtf.

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11 weeks old

How many oz/mls per feed and how often is your 11 week old (or similar) having?

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Finger foods… anxious about gagging!

I’m wanting to introduce some different foods to my boy as I tend to stick to same things.. we tried thinly sliced apple and he struggled & gagged 😣 I felt so bad but he was enjoying munching on it! I’ve seen you can grate it or cook so it’s soft.. I feel I’m worrying so much at the moment about doing the right…

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How is your toddler eating?

Does your toddler shove food into their mouth or take tiny bites?

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Do you know what to do if your child chokes?

So we've been enjoying some Halloween candy! But last night in the 5 minutes I put a pot of water on the stove for dinner and took my youngest to the bathroom to try and potty, my 5 year old son started to choke. I heard him make a strange sound and told him to come to the bathroom. He came over to me with tears in ...

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Not eating

My lo has recently started being very fussy with food will not eat anything i put on his plate. Only will eat very few meals, has gone off his usual breakfasts, idk if its a fussy stage at this age but i hope it passes soon! Has this been happening with anyone else?

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Let's share super easy ideas for meal prep

I do mainly everything by myself and is really hard when toddler around you, I mean cooking. I want to make a list with guick and easy recipes and rotate them. One of my favourite is chickpea curry , macaroni cheesy, egg fried rice with vegetables...they are quick and baby loves them...what is your favourite and eas...

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Lunch ideas

Need lunch ideas for my 9 month old please!

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