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

So I see moms cut their baby’s toast, omlette, fruits, and veggies in longer pieces right.. but how does that prevent choking? Am I crazy for being nervous? He doesn’t have teeth almost 6mo, so how is he going to chew? I gave him a large kiwi circle the other day and he basically tried to inhale the whole piece

Losing the will to live 🙈 my 7 month old just doesn’t want to eat any food. Have tried purees, blw and even finger foods and she still refuses and starts moaning and crying

My 17 month old has a chesty cough and sore throat. He is refusing to eat anything except cold yogurts. Anybody got any meal ideas?

I’m doing a fabric advent calendar for my two year old as he isn’t allowed sweets or chocolate. Was thinking’s doing little toys and maybe little ginger bread man. Anyone got any ideas what to fill it with?

What sort of things are you giving baby for lunch? We always give a hot meal at dinner time either puree or the same as what we eat. For lunch we usually give toast and try some fruit or carrot sticks but I’m looking for inspiration! Also he’s going to be going to grandparents while I’m back at work next month and...

I’m really struggling with lunch/tea ideas. I use Ella’s kitchen pouches - purely because I’m lazy and 8/10 times I’m too exhausted to make ‘proper food’. I’m a single mum and I really want to get better at making ‘meals’ for my LG. I buy the stuff like veg etc give it 1 or 2 times and then I just revert back to pou...

So my toddler is really bad with sleep and due to having absolutely no help whatsoever with childcare it’s been difficult to take him off the formula, so we’ve tried cows milk for about two weeks, and mixing cows milk with formula but he gets diarrhea, and now he’s eating has become really bad and he doesn’t even ea...

So here is what my girl eats during the day I feel like she needs to have more solids but I have no idea what to give her? Mornings 9am she has her weatabix this is a must she won’t have anything else for breakfast Brunch around 12pm she will have a banana or yoghurt Naps at 1-3 After her nap 3:30 she has lu...

My little boy is 6.5 months and loves trying his food although he's not quite eating much yet but we're offering food consistently twice a day. Im out on Friday and would prefer not to take an ice pack but was wondering if I steam some veg the night before and leave it in the fridge overnight, can it be left in my b...

My son is 15 months and he learned to shake his head no around 13 months. We’ve tried teaching him to shake his head to say yes, but he just says no to everything. If I ask him if he wants more (for food) he’ll shake his head no and then open his mouth for more. It’s like he thinks he’s saying yes. How to I teach hi...

Hello!!! So my 8 month old when he eats solids sometimes stuff he normally likes like egg omelets he will start hysterically crying after he puts it in his mouth has anyone else noticed that or could have some ideas why? Or if I need to do something different?

Any one else having this issue? Most foods she’s putting in her mouth she’s just pushing it back out again with her tongue including food she would normally like! Isnt really wanting to try anything different at the moment, is this all just an age phase thing? She was a way better eater a few months ago!

My toddler goes to preschool and we’re struggling to come up with lunch options for him. Most days we pack a sandwich of some sort/nuggets, a veggie pouch, some fresh fruit and some yogurt but would love ideas on what else I can include. He won’t eat fresh veggies on his own (we have to supervise for him to finish a...

I'm running out of ideas for my 7 month old for breakfast. She seems to have gone off everything we give her. She's been having purees and porridge since she was 4 months and she's bored of everything, we've tried omelette and toast but she isn't interested after a few bites. Any advice would be much appreciated TIA

So my baby boy turned 6m on Sunday I had a lot of anxiety about weaning so to ease me into it we’ve started on the Ella’s kitchen pouches instead of BLW We’ve tried him on Carrot Parsnip and apple Blueberry banana and apple Also trying him on some water daily He just spits it out and looks disgusted My health ...

Hi everyone ! my little girl is 7 months now , we tried baby led weaning when she was 6 months but her teething was so bad that she wasn’t interested she only wanted pouches etc so now i’m thinking of starting again but doing a mix any meal suggestions ? she loved all fruit we tried her with last time!

Hello! My LO was born last day of April so we are sometimes a bit behind some on here age and progress wise. Over the last couple of weeks he has taken like a duck to water with weening and now has 3 meals a day - each time a food pouch and a yoghurt pouch. These are the Ella’s kitchen things from Aldi/Asda. However...

Did anyone just use the shop pouches/ jars for weaning. I’m a first time mum and not a very good cook. Fo they taste the same as home made? I don’t want no one to judge me.

My son is only 1 week old, tonight he hasn't been able to be settled. I've thought he was hungry because he kept knawing at his fist and fingers but when I go to feed him he would latch on for a few seconds and drink way to quick and make himself cough and spit up. Before tonight when I would give him a Pacifier he ...

My son is 12 months old, and his height is at the 2nd percentile. We’re really worried—has anyone else gone through similar issues? He doesn’t eat very much, around 25 oz of formula per day. The doctor recommended we add PediaSure and cow’s milk + keep feeding him solids.