Posted in New baby food recipes on Nov 30th, 2009
If you’re feeling the chill in your corner of the world, then we have a lovely, warming baby food recipe for you today that can do double duty as a side dish for the whole family. Suitable from 6 months onwards (once your baby has been introduced to all the ingredients separately), this is a [...]
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We have some absolutely delicious homemade baby food recipes for you today, courtesy of our readers! Yes, we’ve just chosen the winning entry in our Baby Food Recipe Competition and published it – along with some more great entries from November’s contest – on our Baby Food Ideas page. Congratulations to Jacqueline Lloyd from the [...]
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If you were asked to name all the nutrients your baby needs for healthy growth and development, the one you might forget to mention is zinc! Whilst we’re all familiar with the importance of vitamins and minerals like vitamin C and iron, we don’t tend to hear as much about zinc – yet it’s an [...]
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We hope that you are all enjoying your Thanksgiving celebrations today and that your little one is enjoying his first Thanksgiving dinner! We thought this would be the ideal time to give you a few ideas for some different ways in which you can use up your Thanksgiving leftovers to make some yummy baby food! [...]
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Posted in Baby food preparation tips on Nov 25th, 2009
It’s baby’s first Thanksgiving – and that means you have something extra special to be thankful for this year! And as your little one joins the family at the Thanksgiving table (in his highchair, of course!), then you may be wondering just how much of your meal he can share – and if there’s anything [...]
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Posted in Safety recalls and warnings on Nov 24th, 2009
Today we have a recall to tell you about that will probably affect many of us, as it involves over 2 million drop-side Stork Craft cribs with the Fisher-Price logo. The CPSC is advising parents with these cribs to stop using them at once and to wait for a free repair kit. You can obtain [...]
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Posted in Safety recalls and warnings on Nov 24th, 2009
A number of Large Seedless Watermelons are being recalled because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The Large Seedless Watermelons affected by this recall were distributed to grocers, wholesalers and processors in California and Texas. They have a “MelonUp!” label with the PLU (Price Look Up) # 4032 and UPC # 0 33383 40240 6. [...]
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Posted in Nutrition on Nov 23rd, 2009
Did you know that there’s an ingredient you can add to virtually any of your homemade baby food recipes that will make them even MORE nutritious? It may sound too good to be true, but by mixing wheat germ into your baby’s meals, you’re giving him extra vitamins, minerals, iron, folic acid, protein and calcium. [...]
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Vegetables like sweet potato, pumpkin and butternut squash are absolutely delicious when cut into cubes, roasted and served as a finger food. Roasting gives them a sort of ‘skin’ that makes them easier for baby to pick up – and also brings out the richness of their flavours. Our homemade baby food recipe for today [...]
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Posted in Safety recalls and warnings on Nov 20th, 2009
Tesco is recalling two batches of its own-brand wholegrain brown rice. This is because the products may be contaminated with insects (yuck!). If you’ve recently bought any brown rice from Tesco, please check the packaging – the recalled product is Tesco wholegrain brown rice, 1kg, with ‘Best before’ dates of 15 September 2011 and 16 [...]
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