Grumpy Kids 101: When food becomes an emotional support blanket, and what you can do.

Picture this: your child ate just 20 minutes ago, and somehow your sweet little angel has transformed into a grumpy munchkin who seems determined to reject every solution you offer. As parents, what’s often the first thing we reach for to restore peace? Food. “How about a biscuit?”“Do you want some juice?” You can swap […]

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Feeding littles, a parent’s guide to portion sizes for children

If you have shed premium tears because your little one ate nothing but half a strawberry and a piece of a cherry flavoured eraser (which made you wonder why you bought it in the first place), take a deep breath.  You are not failing; you are parenting a tiny human whose appetite is as mercurial

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The Great Food Strike: When Your Baby Rejects EVERYTHING

It happened overnight, didn’t it? One morning, your little gastronome was happily smearing mashed avocados into their eyebrows (a sign of enjoyment, apparently). The next morning, that same spoon was met with a clamped-shut mouth and a look that said, “I’d rather eat my own sock.” If your paediatrician has ruled out medical concerns, let me

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Navigating the Weaning Window: A Science-Backed Guide to Starting Solids

When your baby hits that six-month milestone, the internet (and every other person) suddenly has an opinion on what should go in their mouth. Let’s cut through the noise with what the evidence shows us about complementary feeding; the transition from milk-only to family foods. The Psychology of First Tastes Timing isn’t just practical; it’s

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Why Nutrition Starts at Home—And What You Can Do

Recently, I dusted off my 2014 Master’s dissertation—the one where I dove deep into the links between agriculture and nutrition in a low-income country. Re-reading the document, I couldn’t help but ask: Has anything really changed in the last eleven years? Not just in that context, but globally? Back then, the challenges were glaring: governments

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Food adverts and children, 5 ways to outsmart marketing.

By the age of six, children are already making moral judgments—what’s right, what’s wrong—and, yes, what’s good or bad for them. This extends to meals, snacks and other food related decisions too. Kids aren’t just passive consumers; they’re actively making decisions every day, choosing what to eat based on influences from home, school, friends’ houses,

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Baby Food Crisis – Here’s What You Can Do!

Over the past week, I’ve been deep diving into a hot topic — the commercial baby food crisis. Yep, the recent report and BBC panorama documentary have raised some serious red flags: many baby food products (including those very convenient pouches, snacks, and even “healthy” treats) have been found to be nutritionally inappropriate. In fact,

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