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

My hubby has just cooked dinner and it had liver in the meal! I just seen different things saying you can eat it then some saying you can’t! I don’t know what to do

Ok, I think I’m getting to that point that all moms of 3 talk about when they just stop caring. I just gave my kids rice to play with because I’m so desperate for some space. The rice is everywhere in their room and I don’t care. And I’ve got packages of Ramen noodles on standby when they’ve finished with that. Am...

Any tips or ideas to get my son to eat and drink while he's ill?! He is feeling very poorly with a cough and cold and is refusing almost all food and drink. He is eating strawberries, blueberries, sweetcorn and a couple of baby crisp snacks. He ate a few spoons of yogurt and bit of banana yesterday but won't today. ...

My little one was doing so well with her food but lately she is spitting everything out after a mouthful or two then pushing it away saying nooo nooo. She’s turning 13 months next week for info. What do you guys do in these situations? Do I try to cook her something else, something plain like Toast? It’s not even a...

I want to make Christmas dinner as good as I can for my baby who will be just turning 6 months at Christmas. Obviously he wont be very familiar with foods and I want to prepare it the day before to make it easier. Any tips on what to give him and how to prepare? Much appreciated

Today, we are trying tuna for the first time. Little one refused to eat it dry from the tin 😫 So, I added a little Greek yoghurt, and herbs and wr are well away 😉 😋😋

Anyone else have a super fussy baby who cries every meal time? I have tried every way to feed her, BLW, giving her the spoon, spoon feeding, purées, home made, offering the food we eat. I even took a break for a few days - you name it. She rarely opens her mouth for food and will very rarely decide she wants a littl...

When does the ‘not eating’ part of parent life end? Between colds, teething and general fussiness I can’t remember when my little one finished a meal. We go through these tiny windows of him being ok at eating. Then it’s full on hunger strikes. Refusing foods, not wanting to be fed, not wanting to self feed. It se...

My son isn’t keen on fruit. He will eat melon and apple but other than that he turns his nose up. I thought babies weren’t meant to love fruit 😩 Does anyone have any tips on how I could get him to love it?

I have ADHD and I’m struggling with weaning it’s overwhelming how many foods there are. I also forget to eat myself so forget to try my baby with foods some days. He’s just turned six months old. How do you remember if you’re in a similar situation?. Also I eat the same safe foods everyday, so coming up with meals f...

Anyone else’s baby seem to not tolerate eggs well? I’ve given them him twice and both times he’s had tummy ache in bed and a sloppy big eggy poo 🫣 I think I’m best not giving them him for a while maybe?

I work in the same nursery as my 11 month old. We both joined the nursery together, and I'd not worked there previously, so it's all new! I'm absolutely appalled at the lack of nutritional meals they provide across the nursery. Some examples of meals 1. Store brand chicken nuggets and shop bought guacamole 2. St...

Is it worth buying something like this when they starts eating mashed food ? What did you guys use ?

Has anyone made a baby friendly gravy they can recommend?

Except for weetabix as my toddler isn’t interested in that…

Is it normal, they are 20 months old and sick with cold they not eating much only have cows milk.. is that normal? What else can I give them?

Please tell me how to get my 20 month old to stop throwing food? He just threw a spoonful of spaghetti so far it hit my brand new white couch. I absolutely lost it. Also how do you gentle parent a situation like this?

If you tried for a baby boy, did you have a particular diet, thing you ate/ tried to control/ make your body more alkaline?

I see a lot of posts about starting babies on cereal.. I always thought solids were recommended at 6 months? How many of you are starting already or are you guys waiting a little while longer?

What are your favorite ready to eat toddler snacks? My go to are Cheerios, animal crackers, freeze dried fruit, and cheese.