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My Top Tips for Weaning – Tip 2: More Tips About When to Start

Babies get most of the nutrients they need from breast milk or first infant formula until they are around 6 months

My Top Tips for Weaning – Tip 3: Food & Allergies

Variety in your baby’s diet is really important, but there’s a chance they may be allergic to certain foods. It’s important to introduce these foods one at a time – and not before 6 months:

My Top Tips for Weaning – Tip 4: How To Start Solid Foods

Try not to worry about how much your baby eats at first. There will be some days when your baby eats more and others when they eat less, and they may reject some foods completely. Here are more of my top tips to help you.

My Top Tips for Weaning – Tip 5: What Foods To Give Your Baby

What foods to give your baby (0 to 6 months & beyond)

My Top Tips for Weaning – Tip 6: First Foods

From 6 months … First foods

My Top Tips for Weaning – Tip 7: Finger Foods

In this video I talk all about finger foods

My Top Tips for Weaning – Tip 8. When to Introduce A Cup

Introduce a cup from around 6 months and offer sips of water with meals. An open or free-flow cup without a valve will help your baby learn to sip and is better for their teeth.

My Top Tips for Weaning – Tip 9. Vitamins for babies and children

In this Quick Win Video I talk about the importance of Vitamin D for your baby.

My Top Tips for Weaning – Tip 10: From 8 – 9 Months

In this Quick Win we look at the how your baby will gradually move towards eating 3 meals a day. It will be a mixture of soft finger foods, and mashed or chopped foods.

My Top Tips for Weaning – Tip 11: From 12 months onwards

Your baby will now be eating 3 meals a day – chopped if necessary – plus breast or whole cows’ milk, and healthier snacks such as fruit, vegetable sticks, toast and rice cakes.

My Top Tips for Weaning – Tip 12: Helping your baby enjoy new foods

In this episode I help you introduce your baby to enjoying new foods  

My Top Tips for Weaning – Tip 13: What Milk, When?

In this episode I talk about what milk and when.

My Top Tips for Weaning – Tip 14: Moving From A Bottle To A Cup

Weaning tip 14: Beakers and cups for babies If you’re bottle feeding, it’s a good idea to introduce a cup rather than a bottle from about six months. By the time your baby is one, they should have stopped using bottles with teats. Otherwise, they may find it hard to break the habit of comfort […]

10 Sleepover Tips Every Parent Should Know. Tip 1 – ‘A Rite of Childhood Passage’

Sleepovers can be a fun & a ‘rite of childhood passage”.  Yet, sleepovers can also be a slippery slope just by their very nature, and it’s certainly appropriate for parents to have legitimate concerns. Here is the first in my series of 10 tips and advice to to keep your kids safe while having fun.

10 Sleepover Tips Every Parent Should Know. Tip 2 – Coordinate with Fellow Parents

Coordinating with Fellow Parents One of the best ways to have an easier time with sleepovers is to coordinate the details with fellow parents and get to know them in advance. Here are my ideas to help.