We started introducing my son Yoghurt when he was about 12 months old. We’d largely avoided dairy up until then. For no particular reason, other than the fact he was breastfed, and there was no real reason to introduce another specie’s milk. Anyway, yoghurt, is disturbingly expensive. Or at least it was. I discovered THIS [...]
Vegetarian Toddler Gnocci
June 22 By Leave a Comment
This was a HIT in our house!! It’s got beans for protein and iron, semolina for energy, and tomatoes and garlic for antioxidants. Ingredients (serves 4) 1 cup Semolina 4 cups milk 1 tsp vegetable stock powder 1 250g tin red kidney beans 1 250g tin diced tomatos 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 handful [...]
Baby Led Weaning: What I Learnt By Not Introducing A Spoon
June 6 By Leave a Comment
My eldest child recently turned 2. His second birthday was the day that I offered him a spoon. To my utmost surprise, he got the hang of using it within one week. Prior to this, we’ve offered him predominatly finger foods, ensuring our family meals were in portions he could handle with his hands, or [...]
Baby Led Weaning Finger Food Ideas
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Baby Led Weaning, is the process of allowing your child to gently, and slowly wean from a milk diet (Breast or Formula) to solid foods. Contrary to the popular method of introducing solids progressively beginning with Purees, baby led weaning introduces ‘real food’, with the assumption that babies learn to eat by learning about their [...]
Mint & Garlic Lamb Cutlets
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Christmas Food For Toddlers
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What would a Christmas Celebration be without food. Being pint sized, and limited a little in the diet department doesn’t mean that your toddler’s Christmas fair has to be boring. For a Southern Hemisphere Celebration, here are some ideas to fill them up before the lollies and candy get offered : Fruit and Yoghurt Dip [...]
Chocolate Muffins For Toddlers
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Recipe -Blissed Bars!
September 12 By Leave a Comment
Blissed Bars. Suitable for older toddlers, who are able to eat honey. The honey can be substituted with Rice Syrup if you wish. Ingredients 1 cup puffed millet or rice ½ cup organic desiccated coconut ½ cup sesame seeds ½ cup sunflower seeds ½ cup bio organic honey ½ cup tahini 1 cup almond meal or [...]
Simple Recipes For Baby Led Weaning Finger Foods
September 10 By Leave a Comment
The following are my son’s favourite recipes right now! The bonus about them is, that the whole family can enjoy them! (especially the meatballs, which are delicious as leftovers) Roast Vegie Fingers – in our household, the favourite vegies are sweet ones like pumpkin, and carrots – however anything you can roast, such as capsicum, [...]
Baby-Led Weaning
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Baby-led weaning (often also referred to as BLW) is a method of gradually weaning a baby from a milk diet onto solid foods. It allows a baby to control his or her solid food intake by self-feeding from the very beginning of the weaning process. Contrary to the popular method of introducing solids to children [...]
