Baby's most nutritious food choices

During babies’ first year of life their nutritional needs are higher than those of adults

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Is your hungry baby eating enough? Here are some hunger and fullness cues to watch out for during your toddler's development.

How will you feed your newborn?

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. It will introduce them to exciting new flavours they’ve never had before. It will help them understand what they like and don’t like. And it will lay the groundwork for a healthy relationship with food. A healthy variety of snack ideas for kids that achieve all four is a good idea.

Your baby is growing fast! The first year, a baby multiplies his weight by 3 and his length increases by 50%! Follow month-by-month.

Starting solid foods is a new and exciting step in your baby’s eating development, but it often comes with many questions.

Starting your little one on solid foods is quite a milestone!

You want to serve your little foodie the best in infant nutrition. What you don’t want are bugs in her food—yuck!

By Charlotte Geroudet, Registered Dietitian

By Dr. Ted Jablonski, family physician

You’re half-awake at 4 am with a wide-awake baby in your arms and wondering if you’ll ever get a full night’s sleep again. Don’t worry, you will. Your baby will eventually learn to sleep through the night. You know this because  you eventually learned to sleep through the night when you were a baby. The tips below will help you and your baby adjust, as will what the Canadian Paediatric Society says about newborn sleep development any time of day ¾ or night!

By Dr. Ted Jablonski, family physician

Whether you want to express breast milk or you’re thinking of supplementing with baby formula, try these 13 tips on how to introduce a bottle.

Teething begins at different times for different babies, although most have already started by six months of age. The first tooth usually appears in the middle of the lower jaw, known as the bottom front teeth. 

By Dr. Dina Kulik, pediatrician

By now you've noticed that everything seems to make its way into your little one’s mouth. Once he’s able grasp small objects, eating those little goodies is exactly what he'll try to do. His tiny teeth are ready to be put to good use. Although he's only using them for cutting, not really chewing, that doesn't mean your child is ready for just any food you offer.

By Dr. Jeff Habert, family physician

There is growing evidence that factors in the environment, including baby's first foods and the time of their introduction, can play a critical role when a child develops allergies.