Home-made versus ready-made meals for babies and toddlers

I have touched on this topic with previous posts, but it remains an extremely common question that I get from parents whether home-cooked foods are better than ready-made meals. Of course as a dietitian, I will always prefer home-cooked foods to ready-made meals, as...

….and more on Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy

In spite of a lot of advances in food allergy, the misconceptions amongst parents as well as healthcare professionals continue.  One of the biggest area of confusion is that of non-IgE mediated cow’s milk protein allergy, affecting the gastrointestinal tract. As...

Feeding Routines in the Weaning Infant

I always struggle to answer parent’s questions about feeding routines in babies that are going through the weaning process (when solids are introduced). It would be lovely if there was clear scientific evidence for what exactly to do when solids are introduced but the...