Fussy Eating

I recently wrote my complete guide to essential nutrients during weaning as well as a separate guide on protein for babies and toddlers. So, in this blog I wanted to focus on another nutrient I

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. 

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

Every day I’m asked for help with fussy eating and I know it’s something that almost ALL parents struggle with at some stage.   I know first hand, from professional and personal experience, just how much

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

I absolutely adore everything about Christmas: all the amazing quality time together with family and friends, the excitement building day-by-day with the kids, wrapping and giving presents, the tree, the house decorations, nativity plays and

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

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

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

Summer is upon us and one thing I’m getting asked about A LOT is snack ideas. No parent wants to be cooking in a hot kitchen for flustered, over-heated and hangry kids but at the

It’s no secret that vegetables offer plenty of nutrition and are important foods in our children’s diets. However, they can be a little trickier for kids to reliably eat, and many parents therefore wonder whether

I often get many parents asking me about how to get kids to eat and enjoy their vegetables. First things first – it’s so important that we take the pressure off ourselves as parents. We’re