Feeding
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How to Help your Toddlers to Try Foods they don’t like
Exposure + Fun = Success My friend’s son is just like any other toddler (including mine) – he refuses some foods. But often he’ll eat new food if they’re served...
Baking Flapjacks with Nana
This is an incredibly delicious recipe and it didn't last five minutes. We scoffed it.Nana Lynn's recipe:250g oats125g brown sugar125g butter (room temp)4tbs golden syrup Add all to a blender...
Choosing Textures for your Weaning Baby
Just thought I’d touch base on where we are with solids for Etta. So we’re doing a mixture of spoon feeding and baby led weaning and we’ve already moved into...
Try this Easy Top when Spoon feeding your Baby
Something for you to think about if you are spoon feeding your baby. You really want them to eat right. We’re invested in it. So what we tend to do...
Messy Chin for the Win!
Its actually really unhelpful to scrape your child’s mouth after every spoonful if you’re spoon feeding them and here’s why. Your little one is just learning to receive food and...
STARTING SOLIDS. How I tackle it as a Speech and Language Therapist
STEP 1.We’re doing a mix of puree feeding and BLW (Baby Led Weaning). I’ve started with puree so that I can monitor how Etta manages the food in her mouth....
Toddler Chef: Eggy Bread
Give them a go! This recipe is super easy and every step is something that your toddler can learn to do on their own.Crack one or two eggs into a...
Lunch Time Hack: Roly Poly Sandwiches
Make sandwiches interesting again by mixing up how they're presented to your toddler. Cut the crusts off and use a rolling pin to flatten out the bread a little, add...
Your Toddler can Prep Food
Don't be scared to get your little one involved with prepping food. They're much more likely to try new foods this way, and even touching different foods is good early...
Teething Solution: Milk Pops
This is a total game changer for a teething babe. Any silicone feeder will do! Ours is the b.box silicone feeder and was purchased from the Chemist Warehouse.If you're breastfeeding,...
Homemade Ice Pops
The joy in these is making them with your little one. Make sure you get them involved - even if they're really little and only get to play with the...
How to Survive Mealtimes with a Toddler: My 5 Tips for Success
Remember - toddlers are just always looking to take control of their worlds and what they consume is one of the only things they control. If you make it a...
Homemade Pizza
So in another bid to tempt sick August into eating something, we decided to make pizza. Super easy and HE ATE SOME - can't get more successful than that. What...
Little Helper: Spreading Butter
Life skills - if they don't get the opportunities to practice then how will they learn? It's as simple as that! Sometimes we have to just give our littlies a...
Supporting Behaviour: What to say
It sounds really nit-picky, but the language you use matters. Kind, calm boundary setting can replace any shouting, threatening or saying "no" and is also much more effective. Not only...
How to support your child to sit while they eat
If you're not bothered by it, you're not bothered by it. No judgement here. But if you would prefer your little one sat whilst they ate - these are the...
Frozen Banana Yoghurt Pops
I totally regret not making these WITH August today so I'm sharing them with you so you can be better than me!How: chop a banana in half, shove lolly sticks...
Smoothie Making
Normally August plays a pretty passive role in smoothie making whilst I run around getting each ingredient as I think of it. Today I wanted to turn it into an...
Baking: Crepes
We call these pancakes but you might know them as crepes.We made crepes this morning! Before I was even showered or dressed so please ignore my chronically greasy hair! Play...
Baking: Cheese Scones
WE MADE CHEESE SCONES! I'm really not very domestic and I certainly never baked pre-baby so this kind of activity is totally out of my comfort zone. Scones seem super...
