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

My little girl is turning one next week and we have invited some of her little friends over to celebrate. I’d like to make some cupcakes that the little ones could enjoy and I’m looking for a simple recipe, anyone have a tried and tested one? Picture of my lil bub 🫶🏻

Can people show me/tell me their portion sizes for their little ones please? I’m struggling to find the right balance for the amount of food! My girl is 7 months and is like a hungry hippo 😂 I’m doing puree/ a little bit of baby weaning. For example, an Ella’s pouch, should they have the whole thing in one…

How much does your 1 year old babies weigh.. my son’s dr says he’s underweight .. he weighs 25 pounds and 9oz. Also, any snack,lunch &/or dinner ideas?

So my baby girl just turned 4 months old, and my doctor told me to start feeding her solids like very bland vegetable and fruit purees. I’m so nervous as I think she’s still too young and can’t really sit up straight or hold her neck properly. What do you all think?

Literally as I type this, I am cooking my toddler dinner and my mil can see me cooking my child dinner. She’s now proceeded to feed my toddler a whole bag of chips?? Like can’t she see I’m literally making her dinner right now… She’s going to be too full to eat dinner now 😒 am I right to be annoyed?

Baby won’t transition from purée food. I’ve tried lumpy food she spits it out then refuses to eat. Then things like toast, egg, porridge fingers.. she will pick it up eventually put it in her mouth then gag and puke everything out. Feeling deflated not sure how to progress

Please tell me I’m not alone, has anyone’s 15month old stop eating like usual, for about 2 days now my son doesn’t want to eat his breakfast or dinner he might take a few nibbles but that’s it, I am still breastfeeding so I’m hoping that’s helping but I’m kinda worried now, I have to wait until Monday to call his pe...

What constitutes as a full meal for a 9 month old. Not sure if I’m feeding enough 🤷🏻‍♀️ some of it just ends up on the floor or elsewhere. How much milk should I be offering? Thanks

My baby likes to eat but wants me to feed it to her. She knows how to grab things but just won’t pick up food. She picks up her toys and everything else in front of her but won’t do it with food. She’ll reach for it and then not want to touch it and cries. What do I do and is this normal?

What are we feeding baby when we are out the house? Looking for easy food ideas to feed baby if there dinner time falls when we are out for the day. What do you feed so they don’t become covered in food and need a change of clothes and hose down after 🤣

How are we feeding our 8m olds? Strips or shredded up? He can eat fries fine but has choked on the lil star snacks 🙃

Hey all, just wanted to ask if anyone's little one seems to have taken really well to food and doesn't seem too fussed on their milk anymore? My youngest seems to have dropped his milk right down to just morning and night, I am offering feeds at snack times (mid morning and mid afternoon) between his 3 meals but he ...

My 18 month old has been tantruming like absolute crazy this week. And I mean SCREAMING and crying like she’s being hurt. All because we didn’t give her a specific food. Right now it’s because I gave her grapes instead of apples. She asked for the apple AFTER I made her lunch. Is this normal? What do I do?

How would you handle your partners social anxiety in restaurants? My fiance always gets bad anxiety in restaurants and we always have to request a table away from people but dinner still always ends up getting ruined bc we end up arguing about him not being deal with people around him. I’m not trying to be insensiti...

What is your LO like when you take them shopping or out to eat? My little one has started getting really fussy when out. Not sure if it’s a phase as she was fine before!

I’m on a really tight budget for food shops since my partner changed jobs, can anyone recommend some cheap easy meals for tea times? My kids don’t like wet food so ideally nothing too soggy😬😂

Y’all, I couldn’t help myself. I was craving a club sandwich SOOOOOO bad. So I got a king club sandwich from McAlister’s….it has cheddar and Swiss cheese, Black Forest Ham, turkey, tomato, bacon, and honey mustard on it…..I’m 22W3D 😭 I know we’re not “supposed” to eat deli meat but, would one sandwich hurt?😂 I feel…

Can someone give me some advice 🙈my son is 7 months corrected but actually 9 months old but 10 months next week He has about 5 or 6 ounces when he wakes up at 5am and then brekfast at 7am and this is usually cereal porridge or a crumpet and then some fruit he then has lunch at 11am and today it was fish rice and…

how old was your lo when they started to use any type of utensils ? how did you introduce them and how are they doing ?

Anyone know a brand that has no taste? The greek yoghurt i usually get tastes a bit sour no matter how much homemade jam i put for my son. Or if theres ready made sweet yoghurt they can have everyday? Also any tips on feeding. My son not really eating properly recently just playing with his food and refusing to ...