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My Little Eater – Feel confident raising healthy little eaters

Giving parents confidence to raise healthy little eaters

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How to know if your baby is ready for solids - whether BLW or starting with purees!

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How to overcome the fear of gagging/choking in baby led weaning

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Get inspiration for your picky eater with this 7 day whole food toddler meal plan

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Hi, I’m Edwena!

I’m a pediatric dietitian, mom of two amazing boys and lover of all things related to baby and toddler feeding! I have seen first hand the overwhelm, the worry and the confusion that sometimes comes with feeding kids, and now I’m here to help transform those feelings into complete confidence and excitement using expert feeding strategies, evidence based nutrition advice and mom to mom connection…so you can enjoy raising a healthy eater!

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  • Just want to say how grateful I am to have found Edwena’s courses! I took the toddlers course after taking the baby led feeding course because I knew her style of teaching and knew I would get the results! The courses basically walked me through what to do at each stage and were so easy to follow along. The bite sized lessons made it work with my busy mom schedule and I loved that I could go back and revisit things anytime I wanted. I gained so much knowledge and confidence and just have to spread the word about it. Thank you for my happy eater!

    Katie Rainer, Mom of 7 month old

  • Almost finished with your Baby Led Feeding course and just wanted to say how amazing it/you are! I have actually bought several feeding courses (yes I’m that mom!) and yours has been the BEST! Very thorough and well done!! Thank you x 1000 and you will be my go to recommendations when everyone (inevitably) comments on how well baby eats!

    Amanda Klein, Mom of 5 1/5 month old

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Episode art for episode "#43: The Best Bread for Baby Led Feeding." Pictured is a baby sitting in a high chair looking at a piece of bread.

#43: The Best Bread for Baby Led Feeding

Main image for the article “3 Reasons to start your baby on textured finger foods ASAP.” Pictured is a mom sitting with her baby at the table. The baby is sitting in a highchair, and eating pieces of cucumbers.

3 Reasons to Start Your Baby on Textured Finger Foods ASAP

Episode art for episode: "#42: Why it's important to serve your baby different textures." Pictured is a baby being spoon-fed pasta.

#42: Why it’s Important to Serve Your Baby Different Textures

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✨GIVEAWAY CLOSED - congrats @sarafay83 ✨⁠ ⁠ To continue the celebration of the launch of my brand new Baby Led Feeding online course, I have teamed up with Grabease to bring you this super exciting GIVEAWAY!!⁠ ⁠ Trust me... you guys are in for a treat with this one! ⁠ ⁠ ⭐ As a part of the My Little Eater™ community, you are getting an EXCLUSIVE preview of 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲'𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝟱-𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗽 𝘀𝗲𝘁t, and the winner of this giveaway will be the VERY FIRST to be able to try it out! 👏🏼This cup set includes a multi-use clear cup that you can use 3 different ways - straw cup, sippy cup, or open cup (sounds cool right?!). This cup is designed with a unique textured pattern to help baby grip, and is clear so you can be sure they're getting enough while monitoring liquid flow. The set also comes with a mini open cup, and a straw cleaning brush! You'll get to choose between Grabease's signature colours- teal, blush, or gray!⁠ ⁠ ⭐ On top of that, you will also win lifetime access to my brand 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝘽𝙖𝙗𝙮 𝙇𝙚𝙙 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚! 🤩 Not only will you be able to access the entire step-by-step process for introducing your baby to solids, you'll also get access to countless resources to help you feel confident introducing your baby to allergens, overcoming the fear of gagging and choking, choosing the proper feeding accessories, and progressing your baby in textures from the start to raise a happy, healthy little eater! 👶🏼 This course is your one stop solution to everything baby led - no more turning to google for feeding questions! ⁠ ⁠ Want to get in on this? Here's how to enter:⁠ ➡️ Like and save this post⁠ ➡️ Follow @mylittleeater ⁠ ➡️ Follow @grabease⁠ ➡️ Tag a friend in the comments (each tag = 1 entry)⁠ ⁠ You can also share to your stories and tag us both for a BONUS ENTRY!!! ⁠ ⁠ We will be accepting the FIRST 500 ENTRIES ONLY so once 500 comments are reached, the contest will be closed! So don't wait on this Mama! Tag your friends! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
New episode launch on The My Little Eater Podcast! New episode launch on The My Little Eater Podcast! 🆕 In this episode, I’m speaking directly to the parents out there who’d like to start solids by offering purees, but then don’t really know when finger foods actually fit in. Do you wait for them to get their pincer grasp? Do you wait until after their first birthday? When do you stop pureeing everything? Does it even matter anyway? ✅My recommendation will always be to introduce finger foods to your baby as early as you possibly can. Which means, as early as they start showing you that they’re ready, willing, and capable of handling finger foods. I’m all about reading your baby’s cues and following their lead! That’s exactly what I teach in my signature Baby Led Feeding method, regardless of whether you begin with purees or finger foods.  ❗️Now, here’s the shocking point for most parents, usually your baby will show these signs around 6-7 months of age! That means very little time actually spent on purees. I’m sharing why the three main reasons for why this is full of benefits for your baby, so listen in! Link to listen is in my profile ☝️🎧 Download and save for listening later if you don’t have time now! What questions do you have about introducing textured and finger foods to your baby? 👇👇👇
Food before 1 is for....”insert commonly heard a Food before 1 is for....”insert commonly heard answer here”⠀⁠ ⁠ If you said “FUN” - you guessed right...sort of. Although I totally understand the sentiment behind this well intended phrase, it’s not the most accurate and unfortunately, it often leads parents to believe that there is no need to really worry about things like solid food intake, proper meal schedules, transitioning off milk, challenging babies with textures, tackling food issues early, continually re-offering previously rejected food, introducing flavour and spice variety and SO MUCH MORE!⠀⁠ ⁠ Don’t get me wrong - it is fun and exploratory and there isn’t a need to stress over every bite eaten day to day!! But over months 6-12, progress should be seen and a gradual working up in types of food eaten, textures accepted, a decrease in milk and acceptance of 3 solid meals/day + snacks by 1 year! The answer to all your worries when baby isn’t eating, is gagging all the time, is fussy at meals, etc. isn’t (and shouldn’t) always be “Food before 1 is just for fun!” Maybe food before 7-8 months - but after that, we’ve got some helping to do mama!⠀⁠ ⁠ What are your thoughts on this? I’d love to hear so comment below and let me know ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Building meals for baby! 👶 Tag a new mama or pa Building meals for baby! 👶 Tag a new mama or papa starting solids with their little one!⠀⠀⁠ ⠀⁠ It doesn’t have to be complicated, but there are definitely some things to be conscious of when preparing/putting together meals for babies - whether offering purées or finger food! Once you practice this a few times, it will become second nature when meal planning for sure. Here are the three main components to think about to ensure a balanced plate for your baby:⠀⠀⁠ ⠀⁠ 1) High iron food - since iron is so important for babies and they don’t alway eat large amounts of high iron foods, offering it at least twice a day, if not every meal is important to make sure needs are covered. My recommendation is to have at least one of them be from a heme (animal based) source if possible - as this iron is better absorbed than non-heme (plant based) sources.⁠ ⠀⁠ 2) Starchy/Fatty food - babies need lots of calories and the more energy you can fit per bite of food the better. Starchy food like potatoes, grains, pasta etc. and healthy fats like avocado, butters, oils, fatty fish and small seeds like chia all provide lots of “bang per bite”. You can have both present in a meal if you like - but at least one is recommended.⠀⠀⁠ ⠀⁠ 3) Fruit/Vegetable - not only do they provide lots of valuable nutrients, but it’s important that babies (and toddlers) are used to seeing fruit or vegetables present at as many meals as possible! Day in and day out, these should be the norm to increase exposure and ensure they eat enough throughout the day.⠀⠀⁠ ⠀⁠ Remember - my Baby Led Feeding online course walks you through the logistics and nutrition aspect of starting solids and infant self feeding if you are looking for more help! I've also got a 30 day meal plan included in the course launching Feb 24th - March 24th only that takes into account serving balanced meals like this, introducing allergenic foods and more! Link can be found in my profile!⠀⁠ .⠀⁠
Every parent needs to have a few good no-fuss reci Every parent needs to have a few good no-fuss recipes up their sleeve.. and these pancake recipes meet the needs of a busy parent who wants to feed their baby or toddler a well rounded main, particularly for allergy babies/toddlers who need to avoid some of the main ingredients found in the most common pancake recipes. Any of these make a great travel food and they all contain no added sugars what-so-ever!⠀ Directions:⠀ 1. Mash the banana with a fork and mix all ingredients together in a bowl. If desired, blend the ingredients of the egg-free pancake recipe in a blender to get a more fine flour like consistency for the oats vs. larger flakes. If requiring a gluten-free version, make sure to look for certified gluten free oats.⠀ 2. Lightly grease a non-stick frying pan with butter or oil and cook in small pancake shapes over low-medium heat. Flip after a couple minutes and repeat. ⠀ 3. Slice into finger shapes for baby if you like and serve!⠀ Do you find it hard finding recipes for allergy babies/toddlers? TAG a mama or papa who may find this useful!

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