Ask the Dietitian is a blog written by an infant nutrition and lactation expert, who previously worked at Feed to Succeed (2016-2022) and now works at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Within this blog, she addresses questions you may have about feeding your baby.
Baby Led Weaning or Purees: Which is Best for My Child? This is an area that is of hot debate in the parenting community to do baby led weaning or purees. Luckily the answer is EITHER or BOTH! Both styles of feeding can support healthy growth and
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Can we talk about a sensitive subject? I’d like to share my perspective and experience from where I have landed after 24 years as a pediatric dietitian. Overweight. I see children and families for being overweight, underweight, and everything in between. Families often reach out for nutrition
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Dear Nicole, how do I know if my child is eating enough fruits and vegetables daily, and how do I get my child to increase their intake of fruits and vegetables? How many fruits and vegetables should my child be eating every day? Those are great questions
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By Amanda Gordon, MS, RDN, LDN, IBCLC and Nia Batmunkh, Dietetic Intern Changing family dinner expectations can be important for parents struggling with dinner. As a pediatric dietitian, I talk with many families about what dinner looks like in their homes. After countless conversations with exasperated and
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As a pediatric dietitian, I work with some of the youngest clients in our private pediatric nutrition practice. There are many common themes that come up, as the families I work with try to nourish their children in the best ways possible and support their rapidly growing
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Switching breastfed babies to a bottle or a sippy cup can be a challenge in the beginning. In this week’s kids’ nutrition Ask Amanda column, pediatric dietitian Amanda Gordon offers some ideas to make the transition easier Dear Amanda, I have an 11-month-old infant who has nursed
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Heading back to work while breastfeeding is no doubt a challenge. In this week’s kids’ nutrition Ask Amanda column, pediatric dietitian Amanda Gordon offers some ideas to ease into bottle feeding at day care while still breastfeeding. Q: Hi Amanda, my breastfed daughter is 5 months old. She
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In this week’s kids’ nutrition column, our pediatric dietitian explains the best vegan protein alternatives for kids.
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In this week’s kids’ nutrition Ask Amanda column, pediatric dietitian Amanda Gordon answers the question: What are good recipes to get vegetables into picky eaters? Following are 6 suggestions, the first being the most important: Suggestion 1: Don’t Trick Them. Try not to hide vegetables in your child’s meals and
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