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🥦 Team of Pediatric Dietitians & Feeding Experts
🍎 Starting Solids with Baby Led Feeding & the Texture Timeline™
💛 Empowering parents with the confidence to raise healthy little eaters! Edwena specializes in pediatric nutrition services, covering introducing solids, baby led weaning, picky eating and feeding problems in kids, meal planning and instilling overall healthy family habits!

11/04/2026

For babies under 12 months, breastmilk or formula isn’t just their main source of nutrition - it’s also their main source of hydration!💧

We DO recommend offering small sips of water starting around 6 months, but remember, this is mainly just for PRACTICE at first. The amount of water your baby takes in should stay small.

If you’re worried about baby getting enough fluids, the answer isn’t extra water at this age. It’s more frequent milk feeds. Too much water can displace the milk they actually need.

Now let’s talk cups.

Sippy cups aren’t recommended by feeding therapists, dietitians, dentists, and speech professionals. The sucking pattern used on many traditional sippy cups is very similar to a bottle. When that pattern continues for too long, it can encourage forward tongue positioning and delay more mature swallowing skills, which may also impact speech development over time.

Instead, you can introduce an open cup (with your help at first) and a straw cup. And, early practice makes transitioning off the bottle so much smoother later on 🙌

➡️ Comment “𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥” and we’ll send you our blog on water for babies, which includes our favourite open cups and straw cups!

11/03/2026

“Babies NEED teeth before they can have finger foods”... is a common MYTH we still hear all the time! 🦷❌

We totally get why so many people believe it, because it seems logical, right? No teeth, no chewing. But here’s the secret... babies don’t chew with their teeth. They chew with their gums and jaw, and those gums are STRONGER than you’d think. Your little one’s mouth can handle SO much more at 6 months than we give it credit for!

So how do you know what’s ready to serve? Try the squish test ⭐ Press the food between your thumb and forefinger. If it squishes down easily, baby’s gums can likely handle it too. Gums can often mash with more pressure than your fingers can, so if it passes for you, it’s likely soft enough for them. Some easy, soft foods you can serve before baby has teeth include soft pasta, soft meatballs, and roasted veggies.

Now, if you’re nodding along but that “ok but what if they CHOKE” panic is creeping in... we see you, Mama. That fear is SO real, and it makes total sense. It’s exactly why we created the Texture Timeline™. It walks you through, phase by phase, how to move into finger foods and more advanced textures at a pace that feels doable... not rushed, not stressful, just confident, step-by-step progress.

👇 Comment “TEXTURE” below and we’ll send you our FREE Texture Timeline guide, so you can stop waiting and start feeling confident about moving forward!

10/31/2026

Things people say about feeding babies that we find extra sPoOoOokY as feeding experts! 👻

1️⃣ 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗻: a myth that falsely leads parents to think solids are a bonus, not a necessity. Food before one is for allergy introduction, getting enough iron in, developing taste preferences, oral motor development and texture exposure, picky eating preventions, social learning and more!

2️⃣ 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝘁, 𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲: sitting and eating with your baby is crucial for successful development of feeding skills (like chewing)! Babies learn extremely well from watching and mimicking us!

3️⃣ 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆, 𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗴𝗮𝗴, 𝘀𝗼 𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺: the first few times you give your baby a lumpy texture, they’re probably going to gag! Gagging might feel scary, but it’s actually your baby’s natural way of protecting themselves from choking. The more that you expose your baby to new, more challenging textures, the better they’re going to get at learning how to eat them, and the less they’re going to gag on them too!

4️⃣ 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝟯-𝟱 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆: there’s no need to wait 3-5 days between introducing non-allergenic foods to your baby. Waiting delays the introduction of a variety of foods, flavors, and textures to your baby, which is a major goal when starting your baby on solids! The only exception to this is highly allergenic foods!

5️⃣ 𝗔 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲:
This is not against our pediatricians or doctors. We love them and need them! But they are not feeding specialists. Parents are often given advice that is outdated or not appropriate for holistic care. If you’re having concerns with feeding, be sure to have your baby looked at by someone specialized in feeding.

Let us know your thoughts in the comment below 👇

10/30/2026

Having a hard time getting your baby to eat anything while they’re sick? 🤒

We know how stressful it can be to have a sick baby or toddler on your hands, and how horrible it is to see them go through this. Knowing what to feed your sick baby or toddler can be really hard too, especially when they’re refusing everything! You just want them to eat ANYTHING at that point!

➡️ Type “𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗗” in the comments and we’ll send you the link to our blog on what to feed a sick baby or toddler (plus an easy chicken noodle soup recipe)! ❤️

10/30/2026

Wholesome, protein-packed, and freezer-friendly - these savory chickpea muffins make mealtime or snack time easy, nutritious, and stress-free! This tasty recipe comes from our Recipe Library inside the My Little Eater App.

The Little Eater’s Recipe Library is complete with:
✨ Over 200+ balanced, baby- and toddler-friendly recipes with new recipes added weekly!
✨ Searchable by meal type, ingredients, and age, all in our easy-to-use app
✨ Designed for the whole family, with clear modifications for babies and toddlers
✨ Dietitian-approved for nutrition and safety

➡️ Comment “𝗠𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗡” below, and we’ll send you the link to our recipe library!

10/26/2026

🎃 Type “𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡” in the comments and we’ll send you the link to our blog on how to expertly handle Halloween candy for toddlers and preschoolers!

Who here gets a little anxious at the thought of tons of Halloween candy invading our house, menus, and our little ones’ tummies? 👻😓⁠
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Call me crazy, but I don’t fear bucketloads of Halloween candy. In fact, it’s a perfect opportunity to enjoy food on special occasions and learn how to manage it in our presence for a longer time!
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It’s also the perfect opportunity to teach kids mindful eating strategies. ⁠
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You see, we often put candy up on a pedestal and treat it like it’s some special, better-than-anything food. Probably because it’s been so restricted in the past. And for that reason - mission 𝙀𝘼𝙏 𝘼𝙉𝙔 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝘾𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙔 begins - even if we don’t really enjoy it all. But come to think of it - and I bet there were always candies you enjoyed more than others on Halloween, weren’t there?⁠
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Let’s teach our kids to think about that too. There’s no need to eat (or keep) something if you don’t really love it. In fact, this might be one of the few times we actually encourage a little picky eating AND ease anxiety around bucket loads of candy being in the house 🤪⁠
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Ask your child to sort their candy into two piles - ✅ favourites, and ✖️ least favourites. Most kids won’t have an issue doing this - they enjoy digging to find all their favourites from the pile! 🍬🍭⁠
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If you have a younger toddler, they may still be learning what their favourites are, but they’ll start to discover preferences over time and you can help lead them into conversations about if and why they like it compared to others when they’re eating and trying them👌🏼⁠
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This is one of the first steps of mindful eating. Listening to your body and asking yourself - “Do I really enjoy this?” “Will this type of candy satisfy me or am I eating it just because it’s candy and I’m supposed to obsess over it?”. ⁠

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