Course: Infant Nutrition: from Breastfeeding to Baby's First Solids

Deakin’s online courses are based on a few, but important, learning principles. To get the most out of this course, we encourage you to keep in mind the following. Our …

Plant based diets are increasingly popular and they are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including infancy, childhood, pregnancy and breastfeeding. In Australia, it’s estimated that around 9–11% …

For some children, fussy eating is a persistent struggle that can lead to health concerns for parents and carers. Understanding the reasons behind the fussiness and when to seek professional …

The more practical strategies you have at your disposal, the easier feeding your baby will be. Here, Professor Karen Campbell shares a few more of her own practical tips. Prepare …

Having skills and strategies is important in all aspects of our parenting, and this is very true for feeding as well. We’ve already talked about not engaging with young children …

Children can exert enormous power over parents when they sense the stakes are high. This is, of course, the case when it comes to feeding young infants. Many parents find …

While eating too much sodium (commonly known as salt) in early life is of concern, there are many simple strategies to help to reduce the amount of sodium in the …

Breastmilk or infant formula are the key sources of nutrients for a young infant but these foods will progressively be replaced by family foods from around six to 12 months …

Baby-led weaning is an approach to feeding babies their first foods that has gained popularity in recent years. In this approach: the baby feeds themselves (ie there is no spoon …

You may think something as natural as transitioning from breast or formula milk to solid foods would be quite simple, yet we know that many parents feel very anxious about …

While advice about when to introduce solid foods to infants varies around the world, most countries recommend that solids should be offered at around six months of age and not …

Hello and welcome to Week 2 of Infant Nutrition. Last week, we focused on the importance of good nutrition in an infant’s diet over the first six months of life. …

While the first week of our course focused on an infant’s first six months of life and was all about milk, the second week of our course is all about …

For new parents who can’t or choose not to breastfeed, it’s important that we support them to feed formula in the best way possible to promote the optimal growth and …

When breastmilk is not an option, infant formula is the only suitable alternative. Historically, parents have been advised to make up their own infant formulas using a range of products. …