What to do if your baby's weight has slowed down
Posted by Karen Faulkner onI've had a heap of little 6-8 month old babies recently whose weight has slowed down. It depends on how much as to what you do about it. We know that a failure to thrive...
How to increase your breast milk supply
Posted by Karen Faulkner onSome mums have supply issues and undersupply is the one causing the most angst and is often fairly easy to fix.What is undersupply?Technically it's where the mother isn't producing enough milk for the nutritional needs...
Louise Fulton Keats - Cooking for your baby & toddler
Posted by Karen Faulkner onThis little blog came along ℅ Miss Ava. You might remember Miss Ava and the food throwing problem of a few blogs ago.https://www.nurtureparenting.com.au/2013/03/20/how-to-stop-your-toddler-throwing-their-food-another-vlog/Well Miss Ava is doing really well now and the food throwing is a thing of the...
The baby who won't sit in his high chair - food challenges
Posted by Karen Faulkner onThis lovely little blog came courtesy of another of my sleep proteges, Xander. Now he's great at sleeping. Sleeps through and his parents are delighted. But he's developed an annoying little habit of refusing to sit...
Ash and his Okuizome
Posted by Karen Faulkner onI'm always fascinated by the cultural aspects of parenting and this little blog came along.Baby Ash has a mummy from Japan, dad is Anglo Australian.And isn't he a real cutie :-)I got talking to them...
First tastes of solid food for babies
Posted by Karen Faulkner onI was watching a video today on how babies and children react to their first taste of a new food.You might remember a recent photo from Miss Freya (my niece) and her first experience of...
How much sugar is too much?
Posted by Karen Faulkner onEaster is over and we've all eaten lots of chocolate so I thought a look at sugar in a childs' diet was timely!Now I have a confession! I have a notoriously sweet tooth which I...
NHMRC and ASCIA guidelines - when to start baby on solid food
Posted by Karen Faulkner onThe NHMRC new guidelines came out recently and I'm loving them. I'm especially loving the wording for when it is recommended to start your baby on solid foods. They advise 'around six months'.http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/media/newsletters/ceo/2013/launch-australian-dietary-guidelines-and-infant-feeding-guidelinesWhich is what...
Vitamin D levels and food allergies
Posted by Karen Faulkner onVitamin D and food allergies Interesting findings from the Murdoch Children's Institute in Melbourne have found a link with low Vitamin D levels and an increase in food allergies.Food allergies have had a dramatic increase...
