This ice cream van stops outside our house. I don’t know why, we never buy ice cream from when we are at home! (That’s not to say we never eat it) Here are some tips when navigating the ice cream van whether it’s outside school or elsewhere. 🍦Have standard sentences planned For example:“It’s not iceContinue reading “Mummy can I have an ice cream? How to handle the ice cream van”
Category Archives: Baby tips
Stages of baby food explained
You are in the baby food aisle and there are so many options. It can be stressful. The foods have bright labels to entice you to buy with all sorts of information on them. They all have an age or stage on them, but what does that mean? Stages of baby food Some manufacturers useContinue reading “Stages of baby food explained”
How to get a toddler to eat more vegetables
How do I get my daughter to eat more vegetables? How do I get my son to eat more vegetables? If had a £1 for each time I was asked this I would be rich! As parents we want the best for our children. We know that eating vegetables is ‘good for them’ so that’sContinue reading “How to get a toddler to eat more vegetables”
Top tips for your toddler’s food at Christmas
Christmas is a time of year when routines can go out of the window and when food intake changes dramatically. Toddlers need routine. They need routine to give them boundaries and they need boundaries to help them feel safe. A lack of routine often leads to a tired toddler and an emotional toddler as theyContinue reading “Top tips for your toddler’s food at Christmas”
10 tips on weaning multiples
When I was looking for information about this, I found lots of information about weaning generally but very few tips which would help parents of multiples specifically. All the information on the Weaning Centre website relates to twins, triplets and other multiples but the more babies you have in front of you, the more challengingContinue reading “10 tips on weaning multiples”
5 tips to save you money when weaning your baby
With the rising cost of living, saving money is on everyone’s minds. I’ve been sharing money saving tips on my Facebook page for. I’m going to share some specific weaning ones here: Tip number 1 – see what you can get free When it comes our babies, they grow so fast that lots of theContinue reading “5 tips to save you money when weaning your baby”
How to introduce allergens to babies
Learn about food allergens, signs of allergy, and how to introduce allergens to babies when weaning
How to stop breastfeeding safely
Your baby needs milk. The World Health Organisation recommends babies are exclusively breastfed til 6 months. Then that they have breast milk alongside food until they are at least 2. This does not come with a whole heap of mum guilt though. If you need to give up or not start breastfeeding, that is yourContinue reading “How to stop breastfeeding safely”
Ways to show your child you love them
This is a nutrition blog so you may be wondering why this article is here. Well, it’s because so many of us show love with food and this can be problematic. We need to feed our children. It would be neglect if we didn’t feed out children. A basic way of loving our children isContinue reading “Ways to show your child you love them”
The language of your child’s food – what’s helpful and what’s not
Food is something we all need but it’s so much more than fuel. Food for your baby is about care, comfort, nourishment, quality time, language, texture, smells, taste and more. The way we talk to our children about food and the way we talk about food around our children, will impact how they view food.Continue reading “The language of your child’s food – what’s helpful and what’s not”