Are you feeling the need to hit the reset button on your food intake? Those well meaning New Years Goals set just a couple of months ago now out t ..read more

This is an area of growth that has been front of mind lately. We have been having deep conversations on the podcast and blog on body composition a ..read more

Starting solids around Christmas can be a fun and festive experience for you and your baby. However it can also bring some extra worry and pressur ..read more

  This week on the podcast we had three great caller questions with a 'where to start' theme. One of these questions was "where to start wi ..read more

Reading baby food labels - this is a topic I am hugely passionate about as many of you know! I am really frustrated at the current state of pre-packaged baby food and even more frustrated that we have major health care providers advocating the such food is nutritionally sound for our babies! So for or my brand new book - - I conducted my own research and looked at all the baby food ..read more

Coconut oil is one of the most contentious foods of 2017- in one breath it is hailed as a miracle cure-all food and the next minute there are reports saying it will us serious harm (largely thanks to an article released in June from the American Heart Association). Maybe it is the researcher in me, always looking for a critical view at both sides of the coin but with few exceptions, I would rarely ..read more

Constipation is very common in babies and toddlers. It is actually one of the primary concerns that parents will go to see a general practitioner or pediatrician about. It is most common in babies around the time of starting solids and for toddlers going through toilet training. For babies, the change in dietary intake can result in changes in bowel motions, which is why I do have a section on this ..read more

Knowing how to correctly store and look after food products can give you a lot of confidence to buy it and use it! Coconut oil will change its state from solid to liquid in different temperatures and how to correctly store it is something I commonly get asked about. My home country New Zealand is typically quite cool, temperature wise, for most of the year with the exception of a couple of months ..read more

Our first baby turning five was a really big milestone and special day for us. I have always tried to hold parties for the boys but in true working mum reality there have been some times that it has just been too hard (cue end of doctoral thesis and also book publishing deadline as examples). While we are still very much in a busy period (is life ever not busy?!) we did plan ahead for this time as ..read more

It is fair to say I am still in the novice category when it comes to school lunches....our eldest son has just started back but as he turned five towards the end of last year he has been going less than two months. I am well aware of the long stretch of school lunches that lies before me. Already I am not a huge fan....I actually believe that we need to bring back in provided lunches at school BUT ..read more