Toddler
Toddler Mealtime Wars
Kids can be picky about their food — but making your toddler a separate meal is not the answer. Here’s how to teach your toddler to eat what she’s served.
Baby
Introducing: THE SIPPY CUP!
And the crowd goes wild!!! Or, more likely, gives its mother the stink-eye because WHERE’S MY BOTTLE?
Toddler
Dealing With a Picky Eater
My son, at 13 months, is turning out to be SUCH a picky eater. I’m completely baffled. He only wants to eat pureed veggies and fruits (with the exception of bananas–he loves them. I swear the kid is part monkey.) Help!
Baby
What To Do With Leftover Baby Food
I’ve got a freezer full of lovely, organic, homemade baby food purees…that my baby is suddenly too grown-up to eat. Help!
Health & Safety
Junk Food Wars
Problem: Grandma likes stuffing little Susie full of junk food all day long. Double Problem: You’re not actually little Susie’s mom.
Toddler
Nuts About Nut Allergies, Revisited
An update…and another question about kids, peanut allergies and schools.
Toddler
Low-Carb Diets & Toddlers
When a parent’s diet plan turns dangerous.
Toddler
Dining Out With Toddlers
At what point is it no longer kosher to go to a restaurant and bring your child’s meal in the diaper bag?
Toddler
The Mealtime Wanderer
Oh, I’m the type of toddler who will never settle down, put food on the table and I just like to roam around…
Toddler
Toddlers & Midnight Snacks
He wakes up every night begging for food. Is he really hungry or just playing you for a sucker?
Toddler
Toddler Formulas vs. Milk
Follow-up “big kid” formulas: a nutritional fail-safe or just a cheap marketing gimmick?
Baby
Milk Wars
Is it okay to wean a baby off breastmilk if they still won’t drink cow’s milk?
Baby
The 12-Month Milk-to-Food Transition
All milk and no solids! What to do with a newly-minted toddler who’s stuck with babyish eating habits.
Baby
Bye-Bye, Bottles
How to make the bottle-to-sippy-cup transition as painless as possible.
Toddler
Toddler Food Wars, Fruit Edition
What to do with a kid who doesn’t like to eat fruit?
Toddler
Dining Booster Seats Reviewed: The Yay to the Nay
I put two booster seats to the ultimate test by the world’s toughest critic— my two-year-old daughter. Which one would motivate her to sit still at the dinner table longer?
Toddler
Going Full Satter: Taking Back Control of Dinnertime
A mom needs a realistic tactical plan for implementing Ellyn Satter’s feeding philosophy to family dinners.
Food & Home
When Dinnertime Becomes a Dinnersaga
My husband is a terrific (yet overly ambitious) cook. So we’re eating dinner at 9 p.m. — or even later. There’s got be a way to streamline the family dinner process!
Toddler
Toddler Food Wars: Dinnertime Hunger Strike Edition
My toddler won’t eat dinner, then wakes up in the middle of the night crying from hunger. How can I win this battle of the food wills?
Toddler
Mealtime Battles: How to Keep Your Toddler at the Table
A mom is ready to face her toddler’s picky eating habits but her first challenge is keeping her in her high chair. How does she do that successfully?