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Many toddlers throw up tantrums while eating foods. While some kids want to eat only their favorite stuffs, other just come up with various excuses for not eating and start messing up the place by throwing them around. All these acts shows that your child has picky eating habits. Here are few ideas on how [...]

When your baby begins to grow enough to eat solid food, one must be extremely careful about a lot of factors. Make sure you ask your doctors whatever it is, that you should offer the toddler for this is a very delicate situation. Make sure you do everything required in your view and under your [...]

It is a very common phenomenon to have a child saying no to a glass of milk. Many children develop a hatred for this health drink during their course of growing up. Problem arises for their mothers when they try to coax and cajole their tiny tots to sip away the hated glass, but all [...]

Eating habits should be instilled way too early in children so healthy eating comes naturally to them. With the advent of the junk or fast food children are not indulging in healthy eating. They love food that’s ready to cook and tasty to eat. This is causing a huge amount of worry all over the [...]

In the developing or the under-developed countries there are several ways in which parents discriminate against the girl child. It was always seen how the boy child has always been given preference and priority over his sister for every little thing including a healthy diet. Due to the ridiculous cultures and traditions of various countries, [...]

We are already in the Jet Age which many people call, the Junk-Food age. This era has apparently driven most of the children away from the very old green leafy vegetable concept of eating. Instead they now relish the fast food or food that can be prepared faster, tastes better and gives not an aorta [...]

Child’s life is mostly consisting of eating, sleeping and wetting diapers in the first few months.  There is always a question in the mind of a mother that whether breastfeed or bottle is better for the child. Breastfeeding is the best, but formula feeding is also suggested by the doctors when needed. Important decision is [...]

It’s not easy to cultivate healthy habits in children after they grow up. So it’s better to teach them to eat healthy from a young age. Here are some ideas for healthy snacks for babies. Sometimes instant snacks are needed for babies or infants at home, few ideas are given here.
Apple Sauce
One of most cherished [...]

Every body knows that junk food is not very healthy and nutritious for children. By realising this fact, parents should restrict the kids for junk food as regular meal. Saying a big ‘NO’ to junk food would only tempt to eat them more. They might do it without the knowledge of the parents. Instead it’s [...]

Vegetables and fruits are an important source of vitamins and minerals. But they are not very appetising and interesting to many especially children.  Most parents have to put in enormous efforts to get the children to eat veggies. They may have to beg, plead and bribe too for the kids to have them. Here are [...]

Many mothers look forward to the moment when their child would be ready for solid food. When are ready for it, the parents must ensure to give them a healthy and nutritious diet.
Generally, solid foods should be started between four and six months. It depends more on the child’s physical and emotional development than exactly [...]

If you cannot afford costly baby formulas, there is no need to get perturbed. Many solutions are available in the market at genuine rates. Human beings’ babies have been feeding on cow’s, buffalo’s or goat’s milk for ages. It’s only in the modern world that companies have convinced mothers that powdered milk is the best [...]

The beginning of solid food and finger food for your baby is one of the important phases of your child’s development. Your baby learns how to grasp things with the help of his thumb and the index finger. Hand to mouth co-ordination is also learnt by the child and the facial muscles also undergo good [...]

There can be no substitute for breast-feeding. It’s the natural and complete food for your baby. No doctor would recommend a formula for your baby instead of mother’s milk. But certain problems do arise and not every baby can be breast-fed. Then, it becomes all the more important that your baby gets all the energy [...]

Each phase of the development of a child has its own critical nutrition requirements. Did you know that:

75% of the brains capacity develops between birth and the age of three. By age five, the development of the brains is 90% complete.

Starting at the age of two, children should eat moderately low-fat food to avoid health [...]

The amount of the milk and the number of feeds often pose a problem for young mothers, especially those nursing for the first time. Reluctance to feed, less milk, constant crying and swallowing too much of air leading to regurgitation are some of the common problems encountered. Supplementing with outside foods and weaning also constitute [...]

Every mother wants her child to be chubby and healthy and, thus, feeding the child is determined more by emotion than by scientific evaluation of the nutrient. Breast milk is the best milk for the infants but after the age of 4-6 months, breast milk alone cannot provide all nutrients required for the rapid growth [...]