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Feeding Baby: Musings on the first 12 months

February 13, 2011

My son is now a delightful toddler. We ended his first year with a slice of carrot cake, plenty of presents and a party. We raised our glasses and toasted to the amazing little boy that he is. On his first birthday too came the realisation that our baby was no longer a baby, he [...]

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Preventing Food Allergies in Infants: Current Recommendations

October 6, 2010

Recommendations around when to introduce highly allergenic foods to the infant diet have changed in recent years, as researchers continue to explore the relationship between complementary feeding and food allergy development. This area of research is a hot topic at the moment as the incidence of food allergies in children continues to rise  - recent [...]

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Happy 6 months!

June 18, 2010

My boy is 6 months old today. I’m happy and I’m sad at the same time. I’m happy because he is such a happy, healthy, active little boy who lights up our lives and is an endless source of pleasure. I’m sad because my baby is growing up so quickly. 6 months is a huge [...]

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Milk Intake and Babies

May 14, 2010

photo credit: fikirbaz My boy recently went through a major growth spurt that happened to coincide with his reaching 4 months of age. My super sleeper (who had dropped his early morning feed at 8 weeks) was waking up in the early hours of the morning again, demanding to be fed and had an appetite [...]

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Early Introduction of Solids

April 20, 2010

photo credit: ordinaryfool The current recommendation by the World Health Organisation and the American Academy of Pediatrics is that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life. Their current stance is that at around 6 months of age, infants can start to be fed complementary foods, with continued breastfeeding to one [...]

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Nature’s wonderfood: Breastmilk

April 11, 2010

photo credit: ODHD The current recommendations by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life, with a combination of breastfeeding and complementary foods until 12 months of age. From 12 months on, continued breastfeeding is encouraged to [...]

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The Joys of Breastfeeding

March 30, 2010

photo credit: christyscherrer I was having a look around the Internet today, searching for blogs written by other mothers about their own experiences with breastfeeding, when I hit upon a number of mothers involved in the March Carnival of Breastfeeding. This month, a number of blogging mothers are writing about what they find to be [...]

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The Healthy Eating Project

March 22, 2010

photo credit: f_shields My aim with Food Fun Health is to chronicle my attempts to raise my son to be an adventurous eater, a child who enjoys a wide variety of different foods, flavours and textures. The long term aim is that my son will grow into an adult who enjoys eating a wide range [...]

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The 12 week review – where are we at?

March 15, 2010

My boy is now 12 weeks old. The time has flown by. I stare at him in awe most days, amazed at how fast he is growing and how quickly he is learning to do new things. Yesterday he rolled over onto his tummy for the first time – this mummy was very proud! Now [...]

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Breastfeeding help in Hong Kong

March 10, 2010

Breastfeeding is a skill that must be learnt. For some women, breastfeeding just works. For others it does not come naturally. Help is usually needed in those early weeks to get breastfeeding off to a good start.  In Australia, new mothers usually have the support of their own mothers, mother-in-laws, sisters, friends and their local maternal health centre nurse. [...]

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