What is bone broth? Bone broth is made from bones and sometimes the meat, skin and connective tissue/cartilage of an animal. The bones (ie. beef, lamb, pork or chicken) are simmered with a bit of acid like apple cider vinegar to break down the bones, along with water and desired vegetables and herbs.  It’s strained and can be used in soups or just consumed as a drink. Beef broth at trendy restaurants and juice bars now. But does it stand up to the health hype and is it safe to feed your baby? What are the health claims? Online claims for bone broth range from curing colds and cancer, buil ..read more

Baby-led weaning is a popular method of introducing solid food to your baby. A common question I get is “What are the best starter foods for baby-led weaning?” I’ll answer that for you below by sharing my top 12 baby-led weaning first foods, including a sample Baby-led Weaning meal plan. Benefits of Baby-led Weaning Baby-led Weaning’ is starting your baby on solids with finger food. You skip the spoon-feeding pureed food and baby feeds him or herself from the start! One benefit of baby-led weaning is that it will help to improve the baby’s finger dexterity and strength of mouth musc ..read more

Does your baby or toddler stuff food in their mouth and just let it sit in their cheeks for minutes to hours? Pocketing food in their mouth like a chipmunk – strange! Pocketing food can make it hard to chew and swallow. And may also be a choking hazard and lead to tooth decay. Especially if your little one stores the food in their mouth for a long time. Sometimes you might not even notice for hours! There are some reasons why this is a common stage. As well as things you can do to prevent it if food pocketing becomes a habit. Read on to learn more! Why does my child pocket food? Food pocketing ..read more

Are you starting your baby on solid foods with Baby-led Weaning? Great, there are lots of benefits to baby-led weaning (BLW)! But one of the main concerns health professionals have is the perceived challenge of feeding your baby critical nutrients. In this blog, I’ll share why iron is so important for your baby’s development how much your baby needs and tips to make sure your baby gets enough iron-rich foods when starting solid with BLW. Let’s dive into this guide to iron foods for babies. Why is iron so important for baby? This mineral is essential for body and brain growth, and deficiency is ..read more

Is it true that babies can’t digest grains before age 1 or 2? “Why Babies Shouldn’t Eat Grains” and “Ditch the Infant Cereals” are common refrains in articles floating around the internet. Reasons for these claims include the so-called inability for babies to digest grains until their molars develop (age 1-2). Apparently, the grains just rot in the gut causing food allergies and behaviour problems. Excuse me?! Could this possibly be true? In this blog, I’ll discuss whether grains are healthy or harmful for your baby’s health and the best grains for your baby. Do babies have enough amylase to d ..read more

There are lots of questions floating around the internet about the “do’s and don’ts” of baby-led weaning (BLW). Can you start with purees and switch to baby-led weaning? Is it ok to mix purees and finger foods? When is my baby ready to start BLW?  What are the best baby-led weaning foods to start with? How do you serve BLW food and in what shape? Can my baby have added sugars, salt, eggs, peanuts? What about Baby-led Feeding and choking?!   It can be so overwhelming!   Here are a few feeding tips to answer some of these Baby-led Weaning FAQs. For more in-depth info and 125 bab ..read more

Since 2002, the World Health Organization and Health Canada have recommended that babies start solid food around 6 months of life. Before 2002 we were encouraged to start our babies on complementary foods between 4-6 months. The change to six took a while to catch on with doctors and parents. Most moms seemed to be waiting until 6 months to introduce solid food, as recommended. Up until a year or two ago. It now seems to be changing again! Lately, I’ve been noticing a trend of starting solids earlier again. Like between 3-5 months. Usually, the mom will reference “new research about introducin ..read more

Are you starting your baby on solids? The biggest worry I hear from parents and health professionals when offering babies their first finger foods using a baby-led weaning, is fear of choking. I get it! Choking is scary and can be deadly. In this post, we will discuss the research around choking and baby-led weaning, the difference between gagging and choking and what to do about them, Along with tips to prevent choking and how to serve a variety of foods to decrease choking risk when starting complementary foods. So let’s dig in! Gagging What is gagging? Gagging is a reflex that’s trigge ..read more

 I am happy to bring you this sponsored post today about bison as baby’s first food, thanks to my friends at Noble Premium Bison. All thoughts are my own. For years I have encouraged bison as a baby’s first food when starting solids. When my own daughter was starting solids at 6 months old, I made her a bison puree as her very first food. Turns out she refused all purees and was my forced introduction to finger foods and baby-led weaning. I should’ve made her some meatballs instead! But yes, can introduce meat to babies. They can eat and digest meat from the introduction of solids at 6 mo ..read more

Baby-led weaning is a popular method of introducing solid food to your baby. A common question I get is “What are the best starter foods for baby-led weaning?” I’ll answer that for you below by sharing my top 12 baby-led weaning first foods, including a sample Baby-led Weaning meal plan. Benefits of Baby-led Weaning Baby-led Weaning’ is starting your baby on solids with finger food. You skip the spoon-feeding pureed food and baby feeds him or herself from the start! One benefit of baby-led weaning is that it will help to improve the baby’s finger dexterity and strength of mouth musc ..read more