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

Let’s explore the key considerations for breastfeeding or infant formula feeding in childcare settings. As highlighted in steps 1.10, and 1.11, breastmilk or infant formula remains important for your baby’s …

Working with your childcare provider is crucial to ensure your baby’s feeding needs are met appropriately. A good partnership between parents and childcare ensures consistency in feeding practices and supports …

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

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% …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …