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

I am guessing we are all weaning now or are starting to? I thought it might be a good idea to use this as a thread of ideas or us all on meals/tastes for baby. I am following Charlotte sterling Reids method and advice and offering veggies 1st. I'm doing breakfast at the moment after his morning nap so approx 10am, ...

Can’t believe our babies will be 6 months next month! Wondering what everyone is going to start with as their babies first food? Think I’m going to go for some mushed up banana and some porridge!

What way do your babies eat? Like do they pick food up with hands and eat or are they able to put food on a spoon/fork themselves and eat it? Mine picks up with his hands. If it something soft like mash potatoes or porridge I will feed it to him and he sometimes takes spoon off me to feed himself. He has just starte...

Don’t get me wrong she’s never been a great eater, but she now hates sitting down and having meals so it feels like she’s living off of snacky bits 🫣 hoping it’s just a phase though. She is still breastfed, so I suppose there is that too! She’s not a foodie and that’s fine, but hoping I’m not the only one going…

I have a 13m old. What would you recommend?

My sons 18 months and I'm running out of ideas to cook, I'm still learning how to cook so easy ideas would be highly helpful ♡

I feel like I’m going mad - my boy has mainly been BLW with some spoon feeding to make sure he’s getting enough but the mess is getting worse! It’s like it’s a game and I’m getting so worked up about it (internally). I’m trying to go with the flow but literally he bathes in his food. This morning he got porridge in ...

We have been giving Weetabix and fruit for my son for breakfast and he’s loving it so far but would like to give him some variety. Is there any other cereals you’d recommend? He doesn’t like porridge 😊 Also yes I know some cereals contain a lot of sugar and these are to be avoided where possible but I would just…

My baby is 7 months old, we started a combination of BLW and offering the same food as puree at the same time about 2 weeks ago. Since then, baby has only put two items in her mouth and barely swallowed anything. Every other time, she's just putting her hand in the puree for a couple of seconds, watches us eat, pull...

If you don’t feed them at home, do you give anything to eat (like a snack) to them in the morning before sending them?

Baby about to be 6 months and I already gave him carrot purée but want to do banana now are yall adding breastmilk or just doing the banana alone since it’s soft? Dumb I know just not sure

Is anyone else’s baby eat frozen chicken nuggets almost everyday?

Hey mums, have u started weaning? I started 1 week ago, and baby stil isn’t really into it as much… I can’t remember how long it takes for them to actually eat afew spoons of food, I’ve totally forgotten how I weaned my eldest lol … should I be worried? He’s just having first tastes at the moment.. but when does he ...

He used to love mashed potatoes until my husband gave him French fries. Now all he wants are fries and refuses to eat potatoes in any other form

My little girl is 5 months. We’ve discussed with our doctor about weaning her, as she’s having 9oz bottle every 1-2 hours and still wanting more. She can go up to 15oz. I made some carrot purée with formula but despite the feeding and showing signs, she just spits it back out. What do I do ?

It’s my birthday this weekend. Where and how can I take my 6 month old baby to dinner?? Do I wait for him to wake up from his last nap and go right when he’s awake? I want to enjoy my dinner/drinks and not worry about him fussing. How do you take your child to dinner? I tried once and it was a mess. Too loud, too co...

Need some advice! I breastfeed and along with cows milk, I’m trying to get my little one more interested in solids. He has the smallest amount food whether it be a bite of a biscuit or a nibble on a piece of cheese. I’m constantly offering him food but I’m not sure if I’m getting the timing right or if he’s simply f...

My very nearly 8mo is just not interested in food. I have a 3 year old who did BLW and took to it very very quickly. This little one is just not interested at all. Will have the off puff and two little spoonfuls but that’s it. Anyone else in the same boat?

Hi mommas! My baby is not interested in his food at all. The only way he’ll eat is if I hand feed him myself but he makes no effort to grab the food and put it in his mouth.

We've been weaning my LO since he turned 6 months. At first he had zero interest but he now gets excited for meal times, but doesn't really eat anything. He loves porridge and some fruits like banana but nothing else!! Is anyone else in the same boat? It's stressing me out!