What is cow’s milk protein allergy?

Approximately 3-4% of children are diagnosed with cows’ milk protein allergy in the UK.  

In these children, their immune system reacts to the proteins found in cow’s milk and dairy products.

Although there are two types of dairy allergy (one being immediate and the other delayed or non-IgE mediated), in both scenarios your paediatrician and paediatric dietitian will recommend a dairy free diet.

Most babies will also be prescribed a specialist infant formula.

If you are breastfeeding then you will be recommended to follow a dairy free diet.

There is considerable debate about whether cow’s milk proteins from a mother’s diet crosses over to breast milk.

If your baby has been diagnosed with cow’s milk protein allergy despite breastfeeding, then both you and your baby will be recommended to follow a strict dairy free diet.

Plan your family friendly meal before grocery shopping

What I always recommend is that the reason it’s so confusing or it’s hard to put good recipes together, is when you buy ingredients and then have to think about a recipe versus thinking of your menu plan.

And then you can buy ingredients for your plan.

So it’s almost like if you start with a few recipes in mind, then you can allocate those ingredients to a recipe so you know exactly what you’re going to do.

For successful family menu planning, instead of buying your usual ingredients and then figuring out what to do with them and because we’re so tired and we have this decision overwhelm often at the end of the day.

It is the toughest part of the day for all of us. It is 100 times harder to then make better decisions and better choices or

How to give bread to a 6 month old baby

You might worry that bread can be a choking hazard for babies starting solids for the first time.

For this reason, when you start giving baby bread, break it up into smaller pieces or toast it and then cut into thin finger-shaped slices.

Bread only poses as a choking hazard if the piece of bread is too large, starts sticking to your baby’s mouth or your baby is unable to confidently mash it into small pieces before attempting to swallow it.

As a rule of thumb, when bread is first offered, the pieces should be small enough for your baby to pick up using their fingers.

Another option is to toast the piece of bread and slice it lengthwise into long slender pieces.

This way your baby can enjoy it like a teething snack and gnaw at it or slowly

Wendy Griffith is a certified health & wellness coach, who helps busy career mums thrive with the juggle of mum life through building sustainable health habits.  Her health and lifestyle coaching addresses; stress, nutrition, exercise, time management and sleep, where it’s her mission to help career mums build healthier habits, which serve the unique life of each mum. 

I invited Wendy to join us on Kids Nutrition Podcast as I knew she helped busy mums juggle the everyday life of motherhood whilst also supporting them to build healthy habits that stick.

In out interview we discuss:

• what busy mums typically struggle with and why
• what are some of the best ways to set personal nutrition goals for adults?
• How to navigate menu planning with ease
• Tips for managing special diets such as dairy free diets as a family
• The good, the bad and the ugly about setting healthy habits and

Aimee and Suzy joined my Fussy Eating Solutions programme (a small group setting called End Mealtime Battles) when their toddlers were refusing to eat.

It’s heartbreaking when your toddler repeatedly won’t eat but why is that?

You might ask, is this a behavioural issue or is there another profound reason why my toddler won’t eat?

If you are worried about why your child is refusing to eat then stop pulling your hair out and read this.

In this article, we’ll cover the rationale behind why some children might become picky eaters and the best ways to help them develop a positive eating relationship with food.

1 year old refuses to eat

Neophobia

When your 1 year old refuses to eat, chances are they are going through the neophobic phase.

Neophobia

Looking for milk alternatives suitable for your child following the low FODMAP diet?

In this article, we’ll cover whether oat milk is low fodmap and explore a breakdown of the various low FODMAP milk alternatives.

We’ll also cover other kid-friendly low FODMAP milk alternatives so that you always have a few easy to digest options up your sleeve.

What milk is low FODMAP?

If you are wondering what is the best milk for IBS sufferers, keep reading to find out.

Toddlers, school-aged children and teenagers are more likely to drink a cup of milk in one sitting than adults.

So if your child has been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), then it’s important to choose a low FODMAP milk.

The FODMAP milk alternative should ideally be fortified with calcium, iodine and vitamin B12.

These nutrients are particularly important for children following a plant-based diet with irritable bowel syndrome.

What

Are bananas good for IBS?  If your school-aged child has been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), then you’ve probably read inconsistent advice about bananas.

If you are not sure whether your child should be eating bananas, then you are going to want to read this article.

We’ll briefly cover what’s paediatric IBS or irritable bowel syndrome and whether bananas are good or bad for constipation, loose stools and IBS-related symptoms.

What’s IBS?

IBS stands for irritable bowel syndrome.

It has been recently reclassified as a disorder of the gut-brain interaction rather than a functional gastrointestinal disorder.  

Not surprisingly, the main IBS symptoms are constipation, diarrhoea or a mix of both.

Children may also complain about an ongoing tummy ache, bloating and gas.

These IBS symptoms can also present with other symptoms like:

• Mucus in stools
• The urgency to open bowels
• Poop accidents
• Nausea or vomiting
• The sensation of