Children's Health & Nutrition

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Weaning advice

My little one has just turned 5 months old. She can sit up unaided though is wobbly and can sit comfortably in her high chair. She’s on 6oz milk every couple of hours but never seems fully satisfied, though she doesn’t drink more milk in one sitting when offered. NHS advice on weaning is to wait until 6 months. Bu...

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Introduced fruit first….didnt know the rule

I introduced fruit purée to my LO. All was going well until someone told me I was supposed to do veggies first and now my child will be a terrible eater. Is there truth to this?

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Solids at 4 months?

Today we had a four month check-in at the paediatrician and he mentioned that we should start introducing solid foods to my baby not for nutritional purposes but just to introduce him has anyone else been advised to do this? All of the stuff I say Online is to say wait until the six months old 🫣

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What are y’all feeding your babies?

My son is almost 10 months and we’ve been doing solids since around 5 months. I feel very stuck and don’t really know what to feed him! We’ve been doing a combo of BLW and purees, but I’d love to get some more ideas!

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Hand chewing?!

How can I tell what baby boy wants from hand chewing? He’s 8 weeks old and on 5oz every three hours, how do I differentiate between exploring his hands and hunger??

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12mo and purées

My sons just turned 12 months old and majority of his meals are still puree, he does have allergies which took so long for us to get to the bottom of but the hv said he should be on solids only by now and now I’m stressed 🤒 any tips to start moving him closer to solid meals . he has things like chicken and salmon…

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10 week old won’t stop eating her hands!

She’s always done it when she’s hungry but she seems to be doing it almost constantly now (as of a few days ago). Sometimes she shoves them so far in she makes herself gag! She’s also very drooly. Is this a development thing? Is anyone else experiencing this? It’s too early for teething surely…

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Eating solids

I’m a first time mom so I’m figuring everything out at the next stages of her life. Her pediatrician said she can start eating solids at 4 and a half months. Has anyone had this? Or heard of this? I was shocked and thought this is too young…

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Food Fear! Help!

My daughter is days away from 8 months and we’re still on purées. I’ll give her a banana in a fruit feeder and even that makes her gag! I’m terrified to try more. Gagging and choking is my biggest fear. I’m on solid starts but even that makes me feel crazy. Gave her an orange the other day, gagged! I know gagging is...

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50% less fat foods

I’m tryna lose weight and am thinking about getting the reduced fat sausages and reduced fat cheese, will my 15 month old be able to have them too? Or will she need the full fats

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BabyDaddy needs food

Why would my baby daddy ask me to buy him some food for dinner and not his girlfriend? He asked me to buy him food because he had no money in his account and had not been paid yet. And that there were no groceries in their apartment. I guess I’m just confused on why he’s asking me and not his girlfriend. Any th...

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Ill with a fever🥲

My baby is ill with a fever and refusing to eat anything. If I feed him he vomits it out. Not sure what to do😩only thing he ate today was his breakfast which was weetabix with fruit. Is it okay if he doesn’t eat??

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What’s everyone feeding their 19 month old?

I have a very fussy toddler and need some easy lunch and dinner ideas. He doesn’t like pastas and just basically doesn’t eat anymore. I’m really stressed out and feel rubbish because I don’t know what to feed him. Please don’t say feed him what I eat because most days I eat takeaways or freezer food or cereal.

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Starting purées

My baby is 6 months this week and I want to start homemade purées. This may be a dumb question (I’m a first time mom) but if I prepare for example carrot purées should I feed it warm or cold to my baby? What do you all do?

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10 months and still hates any lumpy foods!

Anyone else in the same boat? He just instantly gags or shows zero interest!

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Baby dinner

I’m just curious I have a 14 month old and this was her dinner tonight (please no hate I know it’s got processed stuff but it’s not an every night thing I normally cook proper food for her) how much would you expect her to eat; I know I put way too much on but that’s just so I get the leftovers 🤣

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