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Learn about how complementary feeding is defined, including spoon-feeding, baby-led weaning, and baby-led feeding.

5 easy steps encouraging baby-led feeding

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Review tips for educating caregivers about complementary feeding for infants.

Around six months, babies need iron-rich foods like infant cereal to support cognitive development as their natural iron stores decline.

The first 8 years are crucial for a baby's brain growth, forming the basis for future learning. Movement, language, emotion, and problem-solving are vital brain functions.

Learn about how infant cereal is an ideal first food and can serve as an important source of iron during the first year. 

In this article, we will explore the role of nutrition in supporting the development of the immune system of infants and toddlers, which nutrients play a role in immunity, and the key practices to

The feeding journey for babies begins within their first year when they need iron from solid foods.

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Learn about responsive feeding, including how to help parents understand their child’s hunger & fullness cues.

All complementary feeding methods share some common benefits that are not exclusive to one method.

Find answers to frequently asked questions about infant feeding methods, including spoon-feeding, baby-led feeding, baby-led weaning, diet variety and picky eating.

Your little one's on-the-move and growing day-by-day. Keeping little ones nourished is important.

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Bottle feeding does not have to mean an end to breastfeeding. It may just be another means for your baby to continue to receive full nutrition in the form of expressed breast milk

There is growing evidence that many factors in the environment play a role in allergies developing in babies.

As you probably already know, toddlers are incredibly active and energetic! For their body size, toddlers need to make every bite count with nutritious meals and snacks.

By now your toddler is really getting the hang of self-feeding. And you're probably used to messy mealtimes!

The food you give your kids will help them grow in so many ways beyond the physical. It will expose them to new smells and textures.

By one year of age, your little one should be eating a variety of foods from the four food groups in Canada's Food Guide. He’s likely discovering new tastes, textures and skills.