Feeding
You're in the right place for all things food. We want to support you to have more successful mealtimes with your children.
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Spaghetti and Baked Bean Nacho Buns
A kiwi favourite and a nice easy meal that goes far on a cold day! We’ve had a lot of rain in chch lately.What you’ll need:8 pack of burger bunsCan...
The Classic Kiwi Cheese Roll
A kiwi classic - cheese rolls!Doesn’t get any better than this for a quick snack and a great one to help your little one to practise those spreading, mixing and...
Clever Recipe: Tropical Breakfast Smoothie
⚠️Must read ⬇️Smoothies are one of the BEST THINGS to put in an open cup because smoothies FLOW SLOWER than water.🌊Fast flowing water can sometimes startle children who are learning...
Clever Recipe: Overnight Banana-Bix
Too easy not to try.Sometimes breakfast gets a bit boring and you have to spruce it up again to get your little one inspired to eat!This is such an easy...
Asking Kids to set the table
⬇️ This can help with difficult mealtimes.It seems a bit old-school, but having kids set the table has way more benefits than just "it helps out the parents".Consider these:➕MATHS. Counting...
Clever ways to make mealtimes easier
Make life easier.I’ve designed our clever bowls to have incredible suction so that your little one can’t just fling it off the table!!All suction products need a smooth starting surface...
Is your little one ready for cutlery?
👶 ready for cutlery?Clever Cutlery is specially designed to set children up for success with self-feeding.🍴 The fork is sharp enough to pick up food.🍴 The knife is as sharp...
Preschooler Knife Skills
Kids can use knives.If your little one can stand independently then they can absolutely have a go at spreading butter onto bread and chopping things up.YES it's a little messier....
Struggling with your toddler at mealtimes?
Have you checked your high chair?!We'd left it way too long since our last alteration and mealtimes had gone downhill as a direct result of that.Nobody wants to sit in...
What makes our plates clever?
Divided plates CAN increase selectiveness and your child's preference for food to be separate on the plate. Plates with sections are everywhere these days, and I definitely fell into the...
Sushi Hack
One of my followers just gave me this stellar hack! Her kid loves sushi as much as my kids loves sushi. So she brings home the little plastic fish full...
How to Support your Toddler to Eat New Foods
Fun, varied exposure using kebab sticks 👌👌🥒🥕🍅🌱🍆🌶🥦🌽🍒🍓🍇🍎🍉🍑🍊🍋🍍🍌🥑🍏🍐🥝 Just a parent to parent reminder to keep serving fruit and vegetables that your kids don’t eat, even if they don’t eat them....
Halloween Cupcakes
August made Halloween cupcakes today with his Nana.They made pumpkins, spiders and skeletons, with only red and yellow food colouring, liquorice, marshmallows, a couple of jelly sweets and an edible...
The Recipe for Trying New Foods
I was given this “The Gruffalo” cook book for August at my baby shower for him! I just stumbled across it again and he’s JUST at the right stage to...
How to get Dinner Cooked with a Toddler Around
Get your dinner cooked by involving your little one in the kitchen with you. They just need something to do! Give them a load of things from your kitchen and...
Making Pizza
We LOVE to cook together. I set up all the ingredients so August can be as successful and independent as possible. Having everything ready to go keeps the activity moving...
2 Ingredient Yoghurt Melts!
Mix Greek yoghurt and blended or puréed fruit of your choice inside a ziplock bag. Snip a tiny hole in the corner and pipe onto a @zaziplays silicone placemat and freeeeeeze. Flex...
How to Teach your Little One to use a Straw
It's a big shift going from sucking in a nipple/teat to sucking on a straw and most kids don't pick it up straight away. It takes practice. Knowing how to...
6 Reasons to Involve your Child in Food Preparation
If your little one is refusing foods, throwing food, spitting things out, gagging, trying to escape the high chair, not keen on exploring new food - it's time to involve...
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...