Child Nutrition

I’ve written before about why it’s important to sit with your baby during weaning and beyond as well as my top 10 tips for including your baby in family meals. Today I wanted to explore

I’ve written in the past about what exactly a balanced diet for babies and toddlers looks like but today I want to focus just on fruit and veg and their many benefits for our health. 

As a nutritionist, I get asked a lot about fruit for babies and toddlers and one of the fruits I seem to get asked about more than any other is bananas, so I thought I

Weaning is such a huge topic that it is always useful to break it down into smaller, more manageable topics for parents. I’ve written before about everything from weaning equipment, the benefits of baby-led weaning

I get so many questions asking “Can my baby have X” or “what should my baby’s first food be?” and oats are one of the most common foods I’m asked about! I’ve also written before

Something I am asked about ALL the time when it comes to my advice on fussy eating, is what to do when a child totally refuses their meal. It’s SO common for toddlers to have

Although phases of fussy eating are perfectly normal, it can be incredibly frustrating and worrying for parents to watch your little ones eat barely anything at all. I often get asked how to ensure kids

Creating a positive mealtime environment within your nursery setting can make a huge different to how children view meals and food and to how the process of mealtimes goes each day too. Children have opportunities

Christmas is a great time to be starting to think about weaning your baby. Or, if you’ve just started introducing solid foods, it may be even better. There are so many seasonal foods available at this

One question I get asked more than daily is the following “When should I move my baby from one, to two and three meals a day”. I also see TONNES of different answers to this

I spend a lot of time in my job helping parents to cope with fussy eating and giving them tips to successfully start weaning. And believe it or not, one of the best ways to

From 20-22 October, I’ll be speaking at the 2023 Baby Show in London, Olympia and I’m so very excited to be attending. I’ve been to the Baby Show a few times before and this year I’ll

I’ve written before about this topic more generally, but I wanted to write specifically around the guidelines and recommendations for sugar intake in babies and young children. As I know it’s an area many parents

For this post I’m taking things back to basics and breaking down the fundamental components of what is a “healthy, balanced diet” for your little ones. I’ve been talking a lot recently about individual nutrients

A topic that can often cause confusion for parents is about fibre for babies & toddlers & young children. We often hear about fibre being beneficial for adults but many parents are worried about offering