Getting your baby to eat solids doesn’t always come naturally — and they just may want their milk and not mashed peas. However, you can make the feeding process easier for them and you with a handy ...

When it comes to avoiding picky eating and meal time tantrums, parents are usually ready to try any method that promises their child will become a better and less fussy eater. This is in part why ...

In the evolving landscape of infant nutrition, a shift in feeding practices is gaining attention among parents and researchers alike. While spoon-feeding has long been a traditional approach to ...

Parents, forget playing “airplane” to spoon feed your baby. There’s another way to feed, and this health trend is all about teaching your little one to feed them-self, so I put it to the test.Dinner ...

When Marina Chaparro's baby was 6 months old, she felt that her daughter was ready to start eating solid foods. But when Chaparro offered some to her, "she would not open her mouth. Wouldn't even pick ...

One of the biggest “I can’t believe they’re already…” moments in every parent’s life comes when their baby starts weaning. After months of relying on you to provide a boob or a bottle of formula ...

A growing number of parents are skipping spoon-feeding their babies and trying “baby-led weaning” instead. By Katie J. M. Baker Jenny Best was determined that her firstborn son would have a positive ...

Excerpted from Inventing Baby Food: Taste, Health, and the Industrialization of the American Diet by Amy Bentley. Out now from University of California Press. In the postwar period, discussions of ...

Of all the waters I had to navigate during my daughter’s first year, figuring out what to feed her once she started solid foods was the trickiest. I wanted her to eat everything — her father and I are ...