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Fussy eaters

Anyone else’s toddlers fussy eaters?

Incognito
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Baby snacks

Does anyone have a brand of baby snacks they trust? Ones without artificial ingredients Slowly introducing purees he isn't a fan yet so wanted to see if something else would catch his attention

K
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Baked beans

How do I serve heinz baked beans to my 8/9 month old?

Incognito
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How much are babies eating

Just out of curiosity how much is everyones LO eating and how often i feel like my little boys eats wayyy too much, today he’s been having 8.5oz every 1.5-2.5 hours x

M
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The spoon post made me think 🤔 (yeah it hurt)

What kind of knife do you like? My husband gets mad because I will cut everything with a tiny knife. 😂😆

Z
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Weaning

My baby will be 6 months on 10th March but he can't sit up on his own at all. We were planning on starting weaning with purees only to begin with but do I need to give him longer until he can sit up fully on his own? He can sit up pretty well in his highchair but obviously his back is fully supported. I just have su...

Incognito
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Picky eater

Is anyone else kiddo not wanting to eat. After my daughter turned 13 months (now almost 2) she started to be a picky eater. She still ate and had her favorites. The past few days, almost a week she keeps saying she is hungry but is barely eating. I offer her favorites and I have tried a few new things but overall i...

Incognito
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Weaning

How much should our 6months be eating? I know each baby is different and each take to weaning in their own way but my LO is a week into weaning and has barely eaten anything. He is bringing the spoon to his mouth etc and lifting up the finger foods but concerned he should be eating more at this stage.

Incognito
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Advised to drop a bottle and offer a snack

Baby girl had her 10 month review and she was weighed at 10.10kg which i think is 22lb, she's on the 91st centile, hv said its a gradually climb so she's not worried about that as she was 6lb 2oz at birth so a tiny tot bless her, HV has advised to drop a bottle from 4 down to 3 and offer a snack instead, I'm stuck o...

K
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Toddler going off food?

Is this happening to anyone else. LO used to be such a good eater, 3 meals a day, over the last week she hasn't wanted any food, only milk. (Apart from wanting strawberries) I keep giving her a bottle because I don't want her not to eat!

Incognito
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Help!

My son stopped taking purées and finger foods. He just turned 7 months. I’m starting to get worried. Is anyone else experiencing this? He prefers bottle and breast feeding

C
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Not eating at nursery

My 1yr old has just started nursery (4 days a week). She seems to be getting on ok and is happy but she’s not eating anything other than toast at breakfast. I get the app updates for each meal and snack and keep seeing she’s either not had any or had very little and it’s making me so sad. She eats well at home. Did ...

K
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Any meal ideas

I feel I keep giving my son the same foods and he’s bored. I need new ideas please 🥺🙏🏽

A
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Recipes

Any recipes you’re giving baby - I need inspiration🥰 ((Easy/ financially friendly please))

Incognito
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Fussy eating

Anyone else’s littles all of a sudden being fussy with their food? My little girl has always been amazing with food and ate anything and everything. Over the past few weeks she’s just being picky and not often wanting proper food only wanting snacks😫 Is this just a phase that she’ll pass or am i going to have a…

E
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Weaning

Hi all, my 6mo has started weaning. He's not enjoyed purees but has shown interest in broccoli as finger food so I feel like this is the way to go. However I'm really nervous about choking, what vegetables would be good to start with as finger food?

L
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Dropped feeds

My EBF baby is now over ten months and is dropping feeds so much. She’s on 3 solids a day and drinking lots of water but I feel I’ve upped the water because she isn’t arsed about milk anymore. So for example yesterday she had a morning feed, late afternoon feed and feed before bed. I used to feed on demand so never ...

Incognito
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Time between feeds

16 week old babies! Has anyone extended their feeds from every 3hrs to every 4hrs yet?

Incognito
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Meals and sleep

What does your 13 month olds day look like? We will start nursery soon and I’m struggling with the routine 😩

Incognito
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We don’t drink cows milk, only oat milk - what do you feed your child to make sure they have all correct nutrients in their diet?

Hi all, So we don’t drink cow’s milk in our house. We’ve been giving my son oat milk but have been told it only has half the calories/nutrients of cow’s milk so now I feel like he’s not been getting as adequate amount of the nutrients he needs? What do other oat milk drinkers give to their little ones to make sure...

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