Feeding
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Getting through the 'Messy eating stage'
The recipe ⬇️To get better at skateboarding, kids need to practice skateboarding. This involves falling off, but they get better with repetition and practice and learning from mistakes. They wouldn't...
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...
Teaching your Baby to drink from a Clever Cup
Designed by a Speech and Language TherapistDid you know that children can drink from an open cup from the moment you start solids?That’s right - 4, 5 and 6 month...
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...
Benefits of letting Babies use an open cup from 6m+
Practice makes perfect.Embrace the mess and let your little one learn how do drink from an open cup.Did you know that smoothies are one of the best things you can...
How to Stop Food Throwing at the Table
4 Tips to Stop Food Throwing. Prevention is ALWAYS the best strategy when dealing with any behaviour. Okay so you’re diligently saying “I can’t let you do that” when your...
3 Tips for Better Spoon Feeding
How to spoon feed your baby? Now of course you know how to do this but you can’t do better until you know better and there are some better ways....
How to Teach your Baby to use a Straw
Do NOT break this rule:To be respectful to our children, it's important we don't force the straw into their mouth. We TRULY want them to lean in towards to straw...
How to Teach Your Baby to use a Spoon
Your baby can start using a spoon from the day they start solids. The problem is, most spoons on the market just aren't designed for little hands. I've fixed this!!Spoon...
3 Ways to Make Starting Solids Successful
3 tips from a speech and language therapist to support your little one to start solids. Because it's such a big step in your little one's journey and there is...
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....
5 Ways to Stop Food Throwing at Mealtimes
Don't come after your tiny baby. They're just learning about the world and how things work. But from approx age 11m and up, your little one knows that you don't...
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...
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...
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...