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What food should I give my 6-month-old? (A first foods guide)
This is usually one of the very first questions parents ask when they start solids. And I completely understand why. After months of waiting for this milestone, suddenly you’re expected to know it all: Should I start with fruits or vegetables? Should I give dal water? Should I avoid all spices?What if I choose the wrong first food and ruin their palate forever? A parent recently told me: “I’ve spent more time researching my baby’s first food than I did choosing my college degree.” And honestly? I believed her. The …
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My 6-month-old is not eating solids- Here is What’s Really Going On
This is one of the most emotional conversations I have with parents of six-month-olds. Not because anything is wrong. But because nobody prepares them for how completely underwhelming the first few weeks of solids can actually be. The messages I receive from parents usually sound something like this: “She’s just playing with the food.” “He takes one lick and then throws everything on the floor.” “We’ve been trying for two weeks and she barely swallows a thing.” And then comes the real question hiding underneath all of it: “Is my …
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Why Your Child Eats Better for Your Partner Than for You
This is one of those feeding concerns that sounds light when parents first say it, sometimes even accompanied by a nervous laugh. “He eats perfectly for his dad.” “She finishes lunch with grandma but refuses everything with me.” “At daycare they say he eats so well. At home? Complete disaster.” But underneath that laugh, there’s usually something much heavier: hurt, frustration, and sometimes even resentment. Because what many parents are really asking is: Why does my child cooperate with everyone else… but not me? And that question can feel deeply …
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How to Read Food Labels on Products Marketed for Kids
This is a topic where I constantly see parents doing their absolute best and still getting caught in a trap. Packaged food marketing has become incredibly clever at sounding reassuring. We see phrases plastered everywhere: “Made with real fruit!” “No added preservatives!” “Multigrain goodness!” “Rich in calcium for growing bones!” A mom recently showed me a packaged toddler snack she had been giving her three-year-old every single day. “Riddhi, it says ‘100% natural and healthy’ right on the front,” she told me. And honestly? I understood exactly why she picked …
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Milk Is Not a Meal Replacement
This is one of the most common conversations I have during consultations, though it almost never starts with milk. It usually starts with: “My child isn’t eating meals properly.” “They’re completely refusing lunch.” “Dinner has become a battlefield.” And then, as we dig a little deeper, the milk comes up. Three glasses. Four bottles. Milk before naps, milk right after waking, milk at bedtime, sometimes a bottle in the middle of the night. Suddenly the real picture becomes clear. The problem usually isn’t that the child has no appetite. It’s …
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Why Your Child’s Appetite Might Actually Be a Sleep Issue
During 1:1 consultations, parents often tell me their child ate almost nothing today and they can’t figure out what changed. One of my first questions is usually: how did they sleep last night? That question surprises people. We think of sleep and food as separate worlds – one happens at bedtime, one at mealtime. But for small children, the connection between the two is much tighter than most parents realize. A poorly rested child doesn’t just become cranky. They often become a completely different eater. Once I started asking about …
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5 Homemade Popsicles Your Child Will Actually Love
Beat the heat with treats that are nutritious, simple, and worth making at home. There’s something about popsicles that children just gravitate toward. The cold, the sweetness, the fun of holding their own little treat. It’s one of the few foods that never seems to need convincing. But if you’ve ever flipped over a store-bought popsicle and read the label, you know the problem. Added sugar, artificial colors, and very little actual food. The child is happy. The parent is quietly doing math on how much refined sugar just went …
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My Child Only Eats 3 Foods — Is Something Wrong?
This is one of the most common questions I hear in consultations. And whenever a parent asks it, I can hear what’s underneath the words — it’s not just about limited eating. It’s the feeling that meals are getting harder, that variety is shrinking instead of growing, and that somehow you’re moving backwards from where you were six months ago. A parent told me recently that her eighteen-month-old would only eat plain rice, banana, and curd. “That’s it,” she said. “Three things. Every day. I don’t know what happened.” I …
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Why Screen Feeding Is Harder to Quit Than You Think
Here’s how to gently find your way back. I hear some version of this in consultations almost every single week. A parent will lower their voice, look a little guilty, and say: “Riddhi, I know I shouldn’t use the phone during meals… but it’s the only way my child actually swallows anything.” If this is you, take a breath. Screen feeding didn’t start because you were lazy or careless. It started because it worked. It helped on a day when you were exhausted. Then on a busy day. Then during …
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The Real Reason Your Child Plays With Food (And Why You Should Let Them)
During my consultations, there’s one specific mealtime moment that almost every parent asks about with a sigh of frustration. It’s the moment the roti is torn into a hundred tiny pieces, the dal is used as finger paint, and the rice is squeezed between tiny fists until it’s a paste. As parents, we’ve been raised to respect food, so our natural instinct is to think: “Why can’t they just eat properly? This is so wasteful!” It feels messy, it feels disrespectful, and honestly? It feels like another thing we have …
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How to Introduce New Foods (Without the Meltdown)
In almost every consultation I lead, there is one common thread: a story parents share with almost identical frustration about the ‘great mealtime standoff.’ It often looks like: Most of us start this journey with so much excitement. Let’s try something new today!” But after a few rejections, that excitement can quickly turn into hesitation and stress. Here’s the big secret: Resistance to new foods is not a problem. It’s a part of the process. How we respond to that “no” is what makes the biggest difference in the long …
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