Yes. One twelve month old child described as “failure to thrive” attended for diet investigation. The family were very pleased when he started gaining weight and stopped looking fragile on the diet. Mum took his to a playgroup and made sure no one gave him any food. The children played with coloured water and he came home with his hands yellow. She rang me the next day saying he had diarrhoea but was not looking sick. I checked that he did not have an increased temperature and suggested she … [Read more...]
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Fresh pear muffins
Makes 18 large muffins Ingredients Wet mix: 125gm butter 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup golden syrup 2 eggs 1 cup milk 2 cups fresh pears peeled and diced = 3 whole pears Dry mix: 3 cups Self Raising flour Method Measure milk and eggs and allow to stand. (Curdling is less if all ingredients are at room temperature.) Turn oven on, set at 180 - 200 degrees C. Grease muffin tins or use non stick pans. Cream butter, sugar and golden syrup. Beat in eggs and add milk. Stir in the diced pears. … [Read more...]
Professional’s Food Sensitivity Pack [Ebook]
For Health Professionals Now you can get the information you really need to manage the whole diet investigation process, from first contact to confidently having the patient manage their own or a member of their families diet and getting results. There are many fascinating areas of dietetics explored. The pack provides a deep insight into this challenging and newly developing area that many professional training schools are not yet able to offer in their training. There is still much … [Read more...]
Fussy Baby [Ebook]
Feeding babies can be tough As parents we love watching our baby’s development towards learning to walk. So why are other natural progressions like feeding and the introduction of solids sometimes so complicated and frustrating? It's because not all babies develop at the same pace or in the same way. Some want solids early and sail through the whole process without a problem. Others have real problems the whole way along. Does your baby suffer from any of the following? Colic … [Read more...]
I know about speech and coordination development. Is there eating development?
It is sheer delight to notice baby’s responses to our talk to them, and very special the day they say “mum or “dad”. Usually everything goes well with eating too, but not always. We all enjoy noticing a baby’s development towards learning to walk. If a baby has problems swallowing food or managing sounds we can get help from speech therapists. If there is coordination delay we can obtain the help of a physiotherapist. If there is general developmental delay we see an occupational therapist. … [Read more...]
Reflux – diet can help
If your baby has reflux it changes everything! Symptoms can range from your baby bringing up milk after ever feed, but more of it, to the so-called “happy chucker” who does reflux but is not crying and thrives well, through to a very distressed baby who does not feed or sleep well, and cannot be comforted easily. On top of that you may have to deal with colic, diarrhoea, or eczema as well. You will have talked about it to relations and fiends, and had many visits to the doctor, particularly to … [Read more...]
Baby-Led Weaning – helping your baby love good food
A review of Baby-led Weaning By Gill Rapley & Tracey Murkett 2008 Vermilion London The idea of baby-led weaning includes two important ideas: 1 The baby leads decisions on what food it is interested in. The author recommends providing a variety of foods to the baby at family meals so the baby chooses what it will experience, play with, and taste, proposing that with this method the baby will enjoy food, obtain adequate nutrition, and not have any eating problems; 2 … [Read more...]