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Feeding Features
- Top Tips - How to bottle-feed successfully: These tips will be handy for anyone who is bottle-feeding whatever stage you may be at.
- Nutrition Q and A - February 2010: Our expert dietician and nutritionist, Fiona Hinton, gives her advice on what to do when your baby will only take a bottle from you. She looks at the benefits of long-term breast-feeding, and discusses how to deal with cow's milk allergy
- Delia's Christmas: Food is a big part of what makes Christmas so special, and Delia Smith gives advice on planning for Christmas and seasonal cooking .
- Nutrition Q and A - December 2009: Our expert dietician and nutritionist, Fiona Hinton, gives advice on food additives and E-numbers, on choosing a commercial baby food and on vitamin D supplements for breast-fed babies.
- Top Tips - Dealing with wind: Gina's top tips for dealing with wind for both bottle-fed and breast-fed babies.
- Top Tips for Successful Breastfeeding by Gina Ford: New mothers don't always get the help they need when trying to establish breast-feeding, so we hope that Gina's top tips will give some pointers to anyone who is struggling with feeding.
- Gina's top tips - preparing to introduce solids and the first stage of weaning: Gina offers some advice on how to deal with weaning. We hope that this feature may be of real benefit to
anyone who is struggling
- Menu planners for baby and toddler from The Contented Baby with Toddler Book: These menu planners are taken from The Contented Baby with Toddler book. We hope these planners will be a help for those of you dealing with weaning a baby as well providing your toddler with tasty, nutritious meals.
- Gina's top tips for fussy feeding in the first year by Gina Ford: This is the first article in Gina's top tip series.Where Gina takes a look at fussy eating in the first year with some insights into what can cause the problem and how to deal with it.
- Nutrition Q and A - June 2009 by Fiona Hinton: Fiona Hinton,expert dietician and nutritionist, gives her advice on the use of herbal supplements to increase milk supply, changing from formula to cow's milk and preventing constipation.
- Grown in Britain Book: Our extracts from 'Grown in Britain' explain what food is in season this month and what to look for when you are buying it.
- Top breast-feeding tips: To celebrate National Breast-feeding Awareness week, we have put together a special feature with answers to some
of the most common questions about feeding from Clare Byam-Cook, a leading expert in the field, who has given her advice to Contented Baby members.
- Could your milk save someone else's baby?: We've taken a look at breast milk banks, and have answers to some of the most common questions about donating milk.
- Developing Taste by Fiona Hinton: Fiona, our regular expert dietician and nutritionist has taken a look at the fascinating subject of
how babies develop their sense of taste.
- Nutrition Q&A: February 2009 by Fiona Hinton: Fiona answers questions on milk intake, weaning and explains all about carotenes and vitamin A.
- Make your own Valentine's Day Chocolates: There's nothing like a home-made gift for showing someone how much you care. Take a look at our delicious chocolate recipe!
- My Weaning Journey - From First Tastes to Family Meals By Laura Simmons: Laura has written a useful article about her journey through the weaning process.
- Practically Perfect Picnics by Gina Ford: Gina offers us this excerpt from Feeding Made Easy with some lovely picnic ideas.
- Nutrition Questions and Answers- July/August 2008 by Fiona Hinton: Registered dietitian Fiona Hinton looks at goats' milk formula, alternatives to hydrolysed formula in cereal and introducing spices into your baby's diet.
- Q & A about Nutrition - May 2008 by Fiona Hinton: Fiona discusses sufficient protein intake for 9-12 month-olds, advice for anaemic toddlers and how to add variety in a fussy toddler's diet.
- From Bottles to Beakers by Laura Simmons: It can be hard for parents to keep up with little ones, and to realise when it is time to institute new routines or actions, such as the switch from bottle to beaker. This extremely helpful feature outlines how one of our members, Laura, made the change.
- Nutrition Q&A - March 2008 by Fiona Hinton, Registered Dietitian: Fiona looks at the issues of snacking whilst out and about in cafes, the suitability of tinned fruit and vegetables for babies and non-dairy alternatives for lactose-intolerant babies.
- The Importance of a Healthy Diet Whilst Breastfeeding by Lucinda Miller: A healthy diet is always important, and is even more vital if you are breastfeeding. This feature answers the many questions on new mums' minds, such as how much should one eat, ways to boost the milk supply and what one ought to avoid.
- Salt and Our Children by Laura Simmons: Laura, one of our long-standing members, has examined exactly how much hidden salt there is in the everyday foods we feed our children.
- Nutrition Q&A - January 2008 by Fiona Hinton, Registered Dietitian: Fiona looks at maintining energy levels in small children, low-salt stock cubes and suggestions for sandwich fillings.
- December Recipes: These delicious recipes include three very easy meals and a couple of more indulgent ideas, which are all perfect for when time is short and everyone needs something to eat.
- Nutrition Q&A - November 2007 by Fiona Hinton, Registered Dietitian: Fiona looks at the importance of breakfast, a change in appetite during illness and delaying the introdution of cows' milk until an illness has passed.
- Vegan Recipes by Kim Busby: Kim shares some of her favourite Vegan recipes with us - that can also be enjoyed by those trying to omit dairy from their diet.
- Additives - What's What? By Vardit Kohn: Our nutritionist, Vardit Kohn, has put together an informative and useful piece outlining the basics you
need to know about additives and colourings.
- Going dairy-free for my baby By Kim Busby: Kim has written an interesting account of her change in diet following the recent birth of her son, Kai.
In this article she also gives us some food ideas for a dairy-free diet.
- Nutrition Questions and Answers - September '07 By Fiona Hinton, Registered Dietitian: Fiona provides answers on: the safety of alcohol in cooking, constipation and increasing fibre in the diet and how to make the most of snacks.
- Postscript to Breastfeeding: Second Time Around By Christina Hopkinson : This piece should provide much encouragement for those parents expecting their second child as Christina has added a final paragraph to her article about breastfeeding the second time around, having found that the reality of second-time breastfeeding has gone more smoothly than expected.
- Q & A about Food by Audrey Dunne : Chef Audrey Dunne answers your questions concerning food and preparing meals.
- Q & A about Nutrition - July 2007 by Fiona Hinton, Registered Dietitian: Fiona Hinton answers questions on Himalayan salt, using formula milk in cooking and preventing dehydration.
- Making Meals Matter By Vardit Kohn: Nutritionist Vardit Kohn has written this insightful piece on the importance and benefits of sitting down to eat together, including some great tips on how to make this a relaxed, stress-free occasion for everyone, including the cook!
- Nutrition Questions and Answers April 2007 By Fiona Hinton, Registered Dietitian: This month Fiona answers your questions on how to encourage children to eat fruit and vegetables as finger foods, providing a good balance of different carbohydrates and when it is safe to offer your child honey.
- Failure To Feed by Christina Hopkinson: Christina is a freelance features writer and in this article, she describes the agony they went through with their newborn baby, when breastfeeding went badly wrong.
- Breastfeeding: Second Time Around by Christina Hopkinson: Knowing how much time is spent breastfeeding with a new baby, Christina gives us plenty of advice on how to entertain your toddler whilst breastfeeding your baby.
- Successful Breastfeeding by Abigail Pope: Abigail, a valued member of our Community, describes her different breastfeeding experiences with each of her babies, how she got it right the second time around and how, with the right advice and support, there can be light at the end of the tunnel.
- Breast-feeding: Common Questions and Answers by Clare Byam-Cook: As breast-feeding is not always easy or possible - even the second time around - Clare Byam-Cook, our resident breast-feeding expert, has written up some of the most common questions and answers that she has to deal with.
- Breastfeeding your second baby by Clare Byam-Cook: Clare gives welcome reassurance that breastfeeding a second baby is totally manageable and offers valuable tips on how to achieve this, while still coping with the changing needs of your first child.
- Breast Feeding – An Introduction by Clare Byam-Cook: Clare Byam-Cook is a specialist breastfeeding counsellor and author. In this introductory article, she discusses breastfeeding within a routine.
- Weaning Guidelines by Gina Ford: This is an extract from the newly revised edition of ‘The CLB Book of Weaning’.
- Feeding Questions and Answers by Paul Sacher: Paul Sacher, a specialist dietician at Great Ormond Street Hospital answers some questions about growth, fussy eating and hunger in young infants.
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