Questions tagged [food]
Food in solid or liquid form, specifically in relation to children. See also the tag [eating] about manners and motivation.
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How do you feed a picky eater?
Dinner with my 5-year-old is an ordeal. I do not want to cook separate meals. How do I stop the fighting at dinner and get them to eat?
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How can I get my toddler to eat as well for us as he does at daycare?
My son (currently 23 months old) attends an in-home daycare 5 days a week. The daycare provider cooks homemade meals for the kids, and provides snacks.
By every report she gives, our son gives her ...
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How can I switch an exclusively breastfed 1-year-old to food?
My 1 year old daughter eats very little. Infact she doesn't even drink bottled milk. Not to mention she hasn't gained much weight in the last couple of months. She mostly survives on mothers milk.
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How do you control the quantity of sweets and junk food a pre-teen eats?
For a pre-adolescent child, what strategies can I use to control the quantity of sweets and junk food that make it into his diet?
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Established methods to help fussy/picky eaters at late primary age
Our 8 year old daughter has always been a picky eater - even as a baby we had a hard time convincing her to try different baby foods. We assumed she'd grow out of it, but it hasn't happened and it's ...
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Is citrus fruit safe for babies?
Giving citrus fruit to a baby that is just starting on solids is discouraged on several places online, however i cannot find any solid reasoning behind this advice.
Has there been any scientific ...
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When should I introduce different foods to an infant or toddler?
It is often said that you should introduce certain foods in a certain order. These reasons often have to do with allergies, choking hazards, digestive system maturity, etc. What ages should your child ...
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2-and-a-half-year-old child refuses to take her food [duplicate]
My 2-and-a-half-year-old child refuses to take her food. We have to force her to eat. I even tried changing her food to suit her tastes but still need to force her. Please help.
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Is organic whole cow's milk better than "toddler milk" powder for a 1 year old?
We live in a country where it's very popular to give toddlers a follow-up powdered formula called "lait de croissance" roughly translated as "grow milk" or "toddler milk" like the one pictured here:
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What to do when 18 month old doesn't want her dinner?
It's becoming more frequent that my 18 month old daughter has started refusing the dinner we give her without trying it. Our best guess at why, is because it contains green things.
We always check ...
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Toddler won't swallow or spit out food sometimes
Sometimes around dinner my 21 month old toddler will eat reasonably well, and we don't try to force him to eat if he doesn't want anymore. He loves fruits, grains and meats and seems to tolerate ...
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How can I reduce feeding jealousy with my twins?
Our girl/boy twins are a little over a year old. One of the surprising things we've learned is that they are intensely jealous of each other at feeding time. It starts first thing in the morning: ...
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What is the evidence on the danger of feeding whole blueberries and grapes to infants and toddlers?
Some people cut grapes and blueberries in half to feed to infants and toddlers, to reduce the risk of choking. Others don't bother. I've read anecdotes about choking but was curious if there is ...
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How long should I wait before I permit my children to have access to caffeine?
From observing teenagers around my neighbourhood, it's obvious that Starbucks, and a few other coffee shops, are standard hangouts for teens. So I assume that once they're in highschool, I won't have ...
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What is effect of giving sugar to an infant?
Instinctively I try to avoid giving our 1 year old sugar. However, I don't really understand why it is bad for her.
Often when she doesn't want to eat any more savoury food she is more than happy to ...
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When to allow children to consume sugar/candy/sweets/junk?
We have so far not allowed our toddler (20-months) any foods that contain sugar (chocolate, cake, sweets, sweetened juice, etc.) on the premise that consuming sugar is not needed and only causes ...
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What schedule works for working parents and their kids to have dinner together as a family?
Each day during the week, I pick up my 1.5-year-old daughter at daycare on my way home from work, and we are home between around 5:30 or 5:45. By then, she is quite hungry, since they eat at 2 pm at ...
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What happens when you feed cold milk to a baby?
I often read the recommendation that milk for newborns and infants (breast milk or infant formula milk) should have body temperature (~ 37°C). Usually, this recommendation is just stated as a fact (...
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Is my 15-month old drinking too much fluids?
My 15-month old is Mr. Thirst. He is weened (about 2 months now), but he has ravenous thirst and drinks about 50-60 ounces (ca. 1,6 liters) a day of fluids. We give him soy milk (he might be lactose-...
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When should we allow children to experience spices in food?
Based on this question, I think it would be interesting to hear opinions on use of spices in foods for toddlers.
When we prepare meals, we add the seasoning/spices fairly late. This allows us to ...
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My one year old son doesn't want to eat. What happened to my son?
When my son was under 11 months old, he ate a lot, but I don't know what changed when he reached 1 year old. It seems like he doesn't like to eat. When we give our son food, sometimes he tries to ...
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Does a breast feeding mother's diet affect the breast milk produced?
Example: If during breast feeding, I keep on eating lots of Ghee, Coffee, etc., it may or may not harm me.
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- Will those substances have an effect on the milk produced?
- Will the baby be ...
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Is it OK for my children to eat solely carbs and fruit, which is what they want
We have two kids (almost 5yo and 20 months). Both are very picky eaters, eating some carbs(noodles, pasta, or bread, all plain; no potatoes/rice!), and fruit of all kinds, but nothing or very little ...
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Should toddlers drink milk during the night?
My son is almost 2 years old and he still wakes in the night to drink. I know he is not alone.
As I would like to get a full night's sleep, I have been contemplating watering down his formula to get ...
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How should I deal with my toddler's difficult behavior towards food?
My daughter is almost 15 months old and has always been a small eater. She was breastfed for the first 5 months then solids were gradually introduced. It went okay for the first few weeks but soon it ...
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Three year old gags when he tries new foods
I spend a lot of time caring for a three-year-old that is a pretty picky eater. However, the stuff he does eat is generally fairly healthy stuff. Lately he has started gagging on food he isn't sure ...
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How do I transition a toddler to foods with texture?
My 10 month old doesn't seem to have any problem trying new flavors. However, he has become extremely picky about trying any food that has texture (i.e. any foods that aren't pureed completely smooth)...
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How do I get an easily distracted 5 year old to eat more?
My 5 year old who used to be on the 91st centile for height is now below the 50th and we think the gradual decline has been since he started not eating so well. We believe he only eats just enough ...
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When can we start giving chocolate, honey and eggs to babies?
I have 12 month old twins. Today I was eating chocolate and one of my twin tried to grab it as she wanted it but I didnt give it.
Is it safe for babies to have chocolate and honey ? Also wanted to ...
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How do I train a toddler to bite and chew food?
My child is 2 years 8 months and he doesn't chew and bite food.
He eats porridge and drinks milk.
The solid food he will accept is a cheese tart, but he doesn't bite it, just swallows it. He also ...
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How can we avoid tantrums over sweets and cakes?
From the moment he wakes to the moment he falls asleep my toddler barely ever stops asking for "chocolate", "sweeties" or "cakes".
He frequently doesn't eat his meals well, but we are fairly strict ...
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What are the pros and cons of giving nutritional food supplements?
There are lots of nutritional food supplements that (arguably) makes our children
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Me and my mom are having a difference of opinion here. She tells me not to give them. She ...
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Is it harmful to let a 4 month old baby eat an Easter peep (marshmallow)?
My friend gave her 4 month old baby an Easter peep (a marshmallow). Is that harmful to her health? I'm really worried. Please let me know if I should be this worried.
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2-year-old toddler won't eat
My two-year-old daughter won't eat most of what we give her. She was eating fine about a month ago; she would normally eat a bowl of soup at lunch and dinner but now she eats almost nothing. She won't ...
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2 year old rarely eats food, needs bottle and milk and drinks a lot of water
My son completely refuses to eat food. If I forcefully insert it in his mouth, he tries to vomit and throws the food out of his mouth.
He loves milk in his bottle, which we give him only when he is ...
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