Children's Health & Nutrition

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Are you guys broke yet?

I see your babies having all the fancy plates, all the berries that may I say are currently out of season lol. You broke yet? Mine loves avocados and every expensive fruit you can think of. This bougie taste is making me wanna sign up for bankruptcy 😭🤣🤣🤣

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Weaning

Has anyone started giving their little one any food yet? Mine is 4 months today and is quite a heated debate between me and my husband

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Baby cereal

My son is 8 months old and nurses nonstop all night. I am not sure if he is extra hungry or it’s just for comfort. I am looking into organic cereals to try to add to breast milk or even formula to try. Any recommendations?

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Porridge hating baby breakfast recipe! 🥣

My son hates porridge. But after success with baked porridge oat bars, this week I’ve been giving him breakfast crumbles and he LOVES them- just incase you need a breakfast idea to add to your list! They’re perfect for autumn mornings, and a great way to use up all the bits of fruit I end up having left over!

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Getting confused!

About to start weaning my baby, do I give purées? Or do I just go straight to her picking things up and eating them?

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Gravy!!

My little girl eats meals at nursery like mince dinner and cottage pie, I thought brilliant I can make some in little muffin trays and freeze them. How do we do gravy? Even low salt gravy is still a big no no on that yukka app. I know she’s not going to have having like 100g’s of it but is there a better option o...

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1 year olds eating habits.

So my 1 year old LOVED anything I made him, now he’ll only eat grapes kiwis and strawberries from his high chair… everything else he throws off. And I take him out of the high chair because i won’t make him anything else. So he eats everything off the floor… I do vacuum his area 3 times a day, but is there a way to ...

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LO lost appetite

Hi all, my lo is 1 year old and a few weeks ago they had their vaccinations. Since then I have noticed a really big change to his appetite and milk intake. He used to be such a foodie and now is very picky, starts whining and crying at the sight of some foods / spoon and is drinking significantly less milk. He pre...

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Kitchen helpers

Has anyone got one of these? They seem like a great idea and my boy is obsessed with watching me cook and prepare food but I’m worried it’s just not safe at their age yet? Or is now a good time to start teaching them safety? Thanks (won’t let me attach photo so one in comments but I’m sure you all know what I’m talk...

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Weaning!

I was planning on giving my little girl her first solids today but I'm so confused! So she has a bottle at around 7am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm - so when do I give her some food?! I was planning around midday, but won't that be too close to a bottle? Thank you in advance ☺️

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what is wrong with her !!!

my daughter is coming up on a month old and she’s a VERY messy eater. it goes all down her mouth. please tell me why my mil has told my boyfriend to put our daughter onto stage 2 formula???

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Accidentally got my blue collar husband to eat veggies 🥇🏆

Made him hamburger helper (his favorite after a crap day) and made vegan Mac and cheese loaded with carrots, butternut squash, and chickpeas for me and toddler (who also won’t eat veggies). I asked him to put away the leftover cheese sauce from the blender while I nurse baby… Him- “I already used it all” Me- “huh? ...

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Solids at 8 months

How have yall started solids? Every time I try and feed my LO solids (mashed potatoes, strawberries, avocados, etc) she spits up every time and then doesn’t act interested. I feel like she’s falling behind with solids. She eats baby food like a champ though.

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18 m eating

Between teething and general toddlerness I feel like this kid will never eat again. It’s definitely frustrating 😭

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Picky eater

Hey guys, my 14mo refuses to even try new foods. I’m trying to get her to eat more veggies but I’m struggling to figure out how without forcing it in her mouth. Has anyone gone through this? What did you guys do? Plzzzz help😭 My dad said I should use his method, which was “pao pao” ..

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Tips for Solid Refusal @ 8 Months?

At my son’s various growth spurts, he’s been more prone to refusing food. This current growth spurt right at the 8 month mark is definitely the worst. He usually has a big appetite but now he’s refusing milk at times and almost all solids. Before I could feed him about an average of 6 oz of solids daily. Now, he’s o...

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