Categories: Allergies/Intolerances Appetite Bottles and Cups Diet Drinks Feeding Patterns Formula Milk Fussy Eaters Manners Milks Solids Weaning Weight

Allergies/Intolerances

Q. What is a milk allergy?
Q. What is the difference between milk intolerance and milk allergy?
Q. Should I cut cow's milk from my toddler's diet if I suspect he has a milk intolerance?
Q. What are the signs of wheat and gluten intolerance?
Q. Has changing from breast to bottle upset my baby's tummy?
Q. Why has my baby developed a lactose intolerance?
Q. Can I give my baby honey?
Q. Can I give my toddler nuts?
Q. Should I restrict foods that seem to change my baby's bowel habits?

Appetite

Q. Why has my toddler lost her appetite after being unwell?

Bottles and Cups

Q. Is a dishwasher hot enough to sterilise bottles?
Q. Is it true that teat sizes are designed for jaw development?
Q. How long does a steamed bottle stay sterilised?
Q. How can I encourage my toddler to give up his bottle?
Q. What is the best way to sterilise bottles?
Q. How can I encourage my toddler to drink from a cup rather than a bottle?
Q. Why is a spout recommended for toddlers rather than a teat?
Q. When can I stop sterilising?
Q. Can I keep bottles to use for a next baby?
Q. Should I clean my baby's teats with salt?

Diet

Q. How much salt can I add to my child's food?
Q. Can my toddler eat spicy foods?
Q. When can I give my child shellfish?
Q. Can I give my baby strawberries?
Q. What cheeses can I give to my child?
Q. Can I give my baby canned fruit?
Q. Can I give my baby tinned tuna?

Drinks

Q. Is it ok to give my toddler Horlicks or Ovaltine?
Q. Can I give my baby herbal teas?
Q. When can I stop boiling my child's drinking water?
Q. Is it normal for my toddler to drink lots of water and juice?
Q. Should I use bottled water for feeds when abroad?
Q. Why won't my baby drink water or juice?
Q. Is just-boiled water damaging to formula?
Q. How long can boiled water be stored?
Q. Is it normal for my toddler to need drinks during the night?
Q. When can I give my baby tap water?
Q. When can I give my baby fruit juice?

Feeding Patterns

Q. How can I tell when my baby is hungry?
Q. Should I demand feed or time feed my baby?
Q. How often should a bottlefed newborn feed?

Formula Milk

Q. What can I do about colic?
Q. Is the sugar in formula milk bad for teeth?
Q. Why isn't my two month old baby satisfied after his milk?
Q. Should I give my six month old formula milk?
Q. What are LCPs in formula milk?
Q. Can formula be mixed with food then frozen?
Q. What is milk for hngrier babies?
Q. Is it safe for formula milk to go through the x-rays at airports?
Q. Are the tables on formula tins accurate?
Q. Is it ok to add an extra scoop of powder to my baby's bottle?
Q. How long can I keep formula in the bottle?

Fussy Eaters

Q. How can I make my child eat when she isn't interested?
Q. How can I encourage my fussy toddler to eat?
Q. How do I encourage a more varied diet?
Q. How can I make my toddler take lumpy food?
Q. My baby does not like eating so is it best to keep her topped up with milk?

Manners

Q. How can I encourage my baby to be spoonfed?
Q. How can I stop my toddler getting ditracted at mealtimes?
Q. Why does my toddler pick food from other people's plates?
Q. Why does my child suck her thumb after every mouthful of food?
Q. Why does my baby take food out of her mouth and hide it?

Milks

Q. When can I give my baby cow's milk?
Q. Why won't my toddler drink milk?
Q. Why does my baby sometimes vomit her whole milk feed?
Q. Can I give my toddler goat's milk?
Q. How can I be sure my child is getting enough calcium?
Q. Can I give my toddler UHT milk?
Q. Could cow's milk make my toddler constipated?
Q. When can I give my child soya milk from a carton?
Q. Can microwaving affect milk?
Q. How are baby foods containing milk safe for babies under one year?
Q. Why does my baby sometimes vomit some of her milk?

Solids

Q. Can I give my baby raw vegetables?
Q. Could illness make a baby suddenly refuse solids?
Q. Can I use a microwave to defrost frozen food cubes?
Q. Can I give my six month old homemade custard?
Q. How do I encourage my toddler to feed himself?
Q. Can a baby have too much fibre in her diet?
Q. Is it ok to mix food with my baby's milk in her bottle?
Q. What cereals can my six month old baby eat?
Q. Are baby jars and tins okay for an eight month old?
Q. Is it possible for a child to have too much meat?
Q. Can I give my baby kiwi fruit?
Q. Is it normal to find pips in my baby's soiled nappy?
Q. What is a good evening snack for a toddler?
Q. Does microwaving affect the nutritional value of food?
Q. How can I encourage my toddler to eat savouries?
Q. Can I give my baby foods cooked in alcohol?
Q. What size is a serving?
Q. When can I stop peeling my child's fruit?
Q. How can I be sure my child is getting enough iron?
Q. Is meat essential in my child's diet?

Weaning

Q. What is the best way to wean a baby?
Q. When should I wean my preterm baby?
Q. How much milk should my weaned baby be taking?
Q. Can I wean my baby with frozen vegetables?
Q. Why does my baby gag on her solids?
Q. Why has my six month old's feeding-sleeping pattern changed?
Q. What are good starter finger foods that won't make my baby choke?
Q. How can I adjust my baby's feeding pattern as I wean him?
Q. How can I encourage my eight month old to have more than just breastmilk?
Q. Can I buy normal rice flour to wean my baby?
Q. My 4 month old is demanding more feeds. Can I wean her?
Q. When can I start to wean my baby?

Weight

Q. What is a normal weight gain?
Q. Is it possible for my toddler to have lost 3 pounds in a week when she is otherwise well?
Q. Is it normal for a baby to lose weight when changing to a high energy formula milk?
Q. Why has my big newborn lost weight?