My Little Eater
As a team of feeding experts, we're here to help make mealtimes joyful and give parents the confidence to raise healthy little eaters! We share weekly updates with our newest research-backed articles and our best feeding tips!
Offer this fermented food to your baby
**Get 20% off our Baby Led Feeding Course, Feeding Toddler Course, Baby Led Feeding Meal Plan...plus our 1:1 counselling services too! Until Monday April 28th 11 pm EST only** SHOP THE PRODUCTS HERE Let's talk fermented foods! Fermented foods don’t typically get put in the category of “best first foods” even though they’re highly nutritious and offer a number of health benefits for your baby! Fermented foods are rich in probiotics, which can help support your baby’s digestion, boost their...
Best bread for babies + NEW workshop
Inside this email: Best bread for babies, LIVE - How to start solids worskhop Let's talk about bread for a second. Such a simple food to offer your little...right? Well...actually...there's a lot to consider here! It's an allergen - wheat (and often times soy). It can contain a lot of sodium. And sometimes, it can even have ingredients that are harmful to babies, or pose a choking hazard for your toddler! Oh, and considering there are about a hundred options for bread at the grocery store,...
Exact protocol for introducing allergens
**Get 20% off our Baby Led Feeding Course, Feeding Toddler Course, Baby Led Feeding Meal Plan...and for the first time ever... 1:1 counselling services too! Until Monday April 14th 11 pm EST only** SHOP THE PRODUCTS HERE Let me tell you a story about my experience with allergenic foods. First off...thank goodness neither of my sons are allergic to anything. I remember my sister growing up with a severe allergy to chickpeas and how scary that was for us all when we literally lived on hummus....
Is it safe to give my baby vanilla extract?
Hey Reader, Many recipes that you may want to feed your baby have vanilla extract in them - from muffins or pancakes to oatmeal dishes. At while initially it may not seem like any to thing twice about, you may change your mind when you learn that vanilla extract contains some alcohol! But is there a work around for this? Is the level of alcohol enough? And then it got me thinking - do I need to splurge on pure vanilla vs artificial vanilla extract for my baby? But wait....that has even MORE...
Fill in the blank..."Food before one is ___ for fun!"
Inside this email: food before one is not just for fun, how to build a balanced plate for your baby, introducing allergens, preparing for the pickier phases of toddlerhood Reader, how shocked are you to find out that food before one is NOT just for fun? This saying is something that we see everywhere, and while we love the premise behind it...that parents should stress less about solids and how much their baby eats...we don't love that it implies solid foods aren't important before 12 months...
How to talk about food with your toddler
Inside this email: Picky eating strategy, picky eating workshop, baby allergen guide, how to serve mushrooms & mushroom orzo recipe If your toddler refuses to eat certain foods, if mealtimes are starting to feel stressful and more like a battlefield than a time for family bonding...read on. Many parents struggle with picky eating, worrying about whether their toddler is eating enough, getting the right nutrients, or ever expanding their food preferences. The stress is real—but what if I told...
Teach baby to chew + picky eating workshop
**Get 20% off our Baby Led Feeding Course, Feeding Toddler Course, Baby Led Feeding Meal Plan, or our Toddler Snack Guide! Until Monday March 17th 11 pm EST only** SHOP THE PRODUCTS HERE Ever feel like your baby is just swallowing or spitting food instead of actually chewing? 🤷♀️ Or maybe you're wondering… When should they start chewing? How do I teach them? What if they gag? I hear these concerns all the time! Chewing is one of the most important skills your baby needs to safely eat solids...
Stop picky eating before it gets worse
Hey Reader, I know how much you want to keep your little one safe, especially when it comes to food. And let’s be real—food safety can feel overwhelming when you're trying to figure out what’s okay, what’s risky, and what’s actually a big deal. That’s why I put together a blog post all about foodborne illnesses in babies. It breaks down: ✅ What foodborne illness really is (and how it’s different from food poisoning) ✅ Why babies are more vulnerable to foodborne infections ✅ The biggest...
Egg substitutions, a breakfast recipe + 25% off!
Hey Reader, For day 20 of my niece Aila's solids journey, I made her egg-free oat pancakes served with blueberry chia seed jam, which was a deviation from the scrambled eggs and blueberries that were supposed to be offered as per our 60 Day Baby Led Feeding meal plan, since she's allergic to eggs. Which got me thinking...we should talk about egg replacements that work great in recipes! First, a couple things to note about egg substitutes: Some of them contain common allergens, like dairy...
The fear of others feeding your baby...
Hey Reader, In this week's blog, we document a realistic first 7 days of starting solids with Aila in detail - everything from what supplies we used, to the recipe instructions, to how long she stayed in the highchair and how much she ate every meal. Read the blog here. But one of the other things we covered that I think is so important is my sister's (Aila's mom) experience as a first time mom going through all the emotions that come with starting solids. For the most part, she was super...
As a team of feeding experts, we're here to help make mealtimes joyful and give parents the confidence to raise healthy little eaters! We share weekly updates with our newest research-backed articles and our best feeding tips!