Sleep
The Link Between Nutrition and Sleep Quality
The relationship between what a child eats and how they sleep is real but often overstated. Parents are frequently told that introducing solids will c...
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Sleep
Sleep During Developmental Growth Spurts
Growth spurts are a frequently cited explanation for changes in infant behaviour — and the explanation is sometimes accurate. Understanding what actua...
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Family Life
How to Make Mealtime Enjoyable With Young Children
Mealtimes with young children can feel stressful, especially when you're managing picky eating, refusing foods, or battles over how much to eat. Yet t...
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Feeding
Feeding Your Baby: Breastfeeding, Formula, and Starting Solids
Feeding your baby is profoundly personal. It's about nutrition, but it's also about comfort, bonding, and responsiveness. Whether you're breastfeeding...
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Emotions
The Link Between Nutrition and a Child's Emotional State
A toddler who dissolves into tears before mealtimes may not be developing emotional problems — they may simply be hungry. The connection between nutri...
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Care
How Often to Change a Newborn's Nappy and What Normal Looks Like
The volume of nappy changes involved in the first months of a baby's life surprises most new parents. This is not just a practical matter of supply pl...
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Daycare
Feeding Schedules at Daycare: What to Expect
Feeding times at daycare are carefully structured to meet your child's nutritional needs while maintaining routines that support learning and developm...
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Daycare
Why Children Eat Differently at Daycare Than at Home
Parents are sometimes surprised to learn that their child eats very differently at daycare than at home. Some children eat less at daycare and arrive...
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Daycare
What to Do if Your Child Is Not Eating at Daycare
Many children eat less at daycare than at home, especially during the adjustment period. Some refuse meals entirely while others pick at foods they no...
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Health
Pyloric Stenosis in Babies: Recognising the Signs and What Treatment Involves
Projectile vomiting in a young baby is alarming the first time it happens. Milk travelling a metre across the room during a feed is not the normal pos...
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Health
Newborn Weight Loss and Regain: What Is Normal and When to Be Concerned
Almost every newborn loses weight in the first days of life and almost every parent is concerned about it. Understanding what is normal, what is not,...
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Health
Infant Reflux vs GORD: When Spitting Up Needs Medical Attention
The difference between normal infant reflux and GORD comes down to one word: complications. A baby who spills milk after almost every feed, soaks thro...
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Health
Cleft Lip and Palate: What to Expect and How Treatment Works
A baby born with a cleft lip, cleft palate, or both, presents parents with a situation they usually had no preparation for, even when the cleft was id...
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Health
ARFID: When Food Avoidance Goes Beyond Fussy Eating
Almost all children go through phases of selective or fussy eating -- the toddler who will only eat beige food, the four-year-old who refuses anything...
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