Huggies Help Panel - Nutritionist

Hi Everyone,

Just to let you know our nutritionist Leanne Cooper, is ready to answer your questions about your baby's nutrition, in our new look Help Panel , which can now be found in our Being a Parent Section of the Huggies website.

Leanne has also written some articles that feature in our Feeding Your Baby section here on the Huggies website. I'm sure they will be interesting reading for all of us mums.

Kind regards,
The Huggies Team

I have a fussy 12mth old. Have tried to get her to eat whole fruit but will only take it preere, also she won't eat mince or vegetables.

Her father is quite fussy also and I don't what Cathrine heading in the same direction. She is doing fine weight wise and I am getting some things into her but some things I can't. It is not that I am not giving her apples, bananas, pears etc she just won't eat them. I have a piece of fruit and cut some up for her and she will taste it, just won't eat it. She is also getting fruit from yoghurt. Any suggestions?

hi my bubs is 6 months old and is having solids for around 6 weeks

for breakfast she has a couple of tablespoons of farex with breastmilk and a bit of fruit mix in. lunch is a small bit of a new food. dinner is about 2-3 tablespoons of vege. she normally drinks around 100mls of water daily and has 5-6 breast feeds

she has not pooed for 4 days should i give her some prune juice or not worry about it. she isn't bothered by it.

when should i introduce meat

Hi. I want to change my 11month old onto real milk. She is on the karicare weigh dominant follow on formula. I have been giving her wheetbix in the morning with my trim milk and she hasnt and any reactions. So yesterday I made her two bottles up of milk instead of formula. All went well, apart from she woke up at 1am hungry, so I gave her a bottle of formula. Can you please suggest what type of milk I should be giving her. I have been told trim milk from some people as she is a solid girl and then ive heard that its suppose to be the fat milk.
Thankyou
kylie

hi my 8 month old ds is a celiac and lactose intolorant, he is only 6.26kg and 62 1/2cm long, what foods do you recomend that will help him gain wieght quickly to stop him from getting addmitted into hospital in jan.

hi
my bub is 6 months old and eating 2 meals a day. just wondering if it's ok to give diluted fruit juice with meals. He won't drink water!

I am having trouble with my 8 mths old refusing milk. I must admit that today I have started back at work today..(only 2-3 days per week). She was breastfed up until 5-6 weeks ago. She usually has 4 bottles of about 180mls. She has the bottles before solids. I think she is teething at the moment to which does not help. My daughter refused to take any milk from my husband and babysitter for breakfast and lunch. she had yoghurt for bfast and only 1 small tub of yog for lkunch and a bit of water. What can I do to help her? she had been starting to refuse the bottle from me over the past few dasys. otherwise healthy and well. any suggestions would be most welcome........also how can i get my nearly 4 yr old to eat faster...50min is a world record for breakfast!
[Edited on 04/08/2008]
[Edited on 04/08/2008]

Hi
I started to wean my almost 8 month old onto formula about two weeks ago due to going back to work and not being able to express. Since she started on the formula (with no problems) she isnt eating solids like she was. Before she would eat a whole jar of food and look for more, now after 250mls of formula I am lucky if she will eat 2 spoonfuls. She is still BF during the night if she wakes and first thing in the morning and eats a healthy breakfast of farex and fruit so should I be concerned at the lack of solids she is taking now?
Not sure if its a backwards step or not
Any advice would be appreciated thanks
[Edited on 23/09/2008]

Hi Leeane,

I am really at a loss here as i have read so much conflicting information - no eggs till 12 months, eggs ok at 6 months, yolks at 10 months then whites at 12 and the list goes on.

My daughter is just over 8 months old and i would like to introduce eggs to her diet, we have no family history of any food allergies.

Could you please tell me when i can give her eggs and whether it's the whole egg or just the yolk.

Many thanks,

Jade.

I have a little 6 month old girl who is refusing to eat her mashed veges but as soon as i offer custard she opens her mouth and wolfs it down! do i just not offer the custard and wait until she eats the veg. The CYH nurse has just suggested mains and dessert but i think our girlis getting too smart and just refusing the meal knowing dessert is on its way!

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Hi

My boy is nearly 9 months and i'm struggling with solids lately. He started really well from around 5 months eating anything and everything. I started on vege's to make sure he got a taste for them before fruit. This was all good until around 7 1/2 months of age where he started refusing his vege's. I keep trying the vege's and with no luck. I was making my own food initially but have started trying commercial foods just to see if there is a particular flavour he likes (apart from vegemite and fruit!).

I've started mixing pureed apple in with his foods just to try and get some vege's down but I don't feel this is a good solution - if anything only encouraging the sweet tooth. Lately he is just closing his mouth when the spoon comes near him. He is happy eating some finger goods (rusks, toast, cheese, banana's etc) but I feel he doesn't get enough food into him this way.

How important is it that they get a good dose of solid foods at this age? He is having 4 bottles a day (240 ml first & last bottle, 120 - 180 mls for both during the day). The CHN's stress the fact that around 9 months the food becomes the priority over bottle and I don't see how i can do that if he doesn't eat a good amount of food.