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Iron for babies and toddlers// Iron is important

Iron for babies and toddlers//

Iron is important for children's growth, brain development and a healthy immune system! At around six months of age, babies iron reserves start to deplete and iron from solid foods is required to meet their additional needs. Because infants and toddlers consume small amounts at mealtimes, it's important to make each mouthful count by including an iron rich food at every mealtime.

How much iron do children need:
✨Infants aged 7-12 months babies require 11 milligrams of iron a day
✨Girls and boys aged 1–3 years require 9 milligrams of iron a day

I have provided a list of iron rich foods that you might find useful! As you can see there are lots of different foods that contain iron from both plant-based sources and animal sources! Just to note- Dried fruit, and whole nuts and seeds are a chocking hazard for small children. You can ground nuts and seeds or use nut butters and add them to meals like porridge or smoothies. For babies under 12 months- dried fruit can be cooked or puréed.

What’s your favourite iron rich food!?

Tiana xx

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Looking for a healthy snack for your toddler or yo

Looking for a healthy snack for your toddler or yourself when you’re out and about? Then you need to try these Peanut Butter Oat Balls! They are super easy to make and best of all you don’t need to use a blender (less time cleaning up). Full of all the good stuff… healthy fats, fibre, protein and complex carbohydrates🌸🌱 Let me know if you try this recipe xx

You will need:
1 cup oats
1/3 cup desiccated coconut
1 tbsp flaxseed meal
1/3 cup sultanas or dried apricots (roughly chopped)
1/2 cup natural peanut butter (make sure it’s a bit runny and not dry)
1/4 cup pure organic maple syrup

How to make:
✨Simply add ingredients into a mixing bowl and stir until well combined (you make need to use your hands too)
✨Take out approximately a tablespoon of the mixture and press in your hands to make the mixture stick then roll onto a ball. Continue for the remaining mixture.
✨Transfer to a container and place in fridge to set (approx. 1 hr).
✨These are also freezer friendly! enjoy 💕xx

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Starting Solids// First food ideas🥑🥣 around

Starting Solids// First food ideas🥑🥣 around 6 months it’s time to introduce solids to your baby. It can be confusing to know what to give to your baby so I have posted some ideas that might help!

✨Include iron-rich foods
🌸Aim for a variety of complementary solid foods. This is important for good nutrition and to help baby accept a range of flavours:
🍌🥦 Fruits & Vegetables
🥑healthy fats such as avocados, flax seeds, oily fish, nut pastes
🥜protein such as beans & lentils, full-fat yoghurt, tofu, beef, peanut butter, chicken and fish.
🥣 🍌make sure to modify textures to suit their stage of development and being aware of allegens.

I would love to know what first foods you started with for your baby✨✨

Love Tiana x

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Weekend Baking🥣 🍌 Buckwheat & Almond Banana

Weekend Baking🥣 🍌 Buckwheat & Almond Banana Bread (Gluten free + Vegan)
A very rainy weekend called for some banana bread! This recipe is most delicious banana bread with no eggs or gluten (great for the whole family including family members with intolerances like mine)! I use a mixture of buckwheat and almond flour which are both grain-free, high in fibre, and a good source of plant based protein! You’ll find that this recipe doesn’t include loads of sugar and that is because bananas are naturally very sweet (tip: the riper the bananas the sweeter the bread will be). You can also get creative by adding some crushed nuts or choc chips to the mixture! Let me know if you make it! xx

* Dry ingredients:
* 1 cup buckwheat flour (I blended buckwheat groats to a flour)
* 1/2 cup blanched almond meal
* 1 tsp. Baking powder
* 1/2 tsp. Baking soda
* 1 tsp. Cinnamon
* Wet ingredients:
* 1 cup mashed banana approx 3 medium bananas
* 1/3 cup non dairy milk
* 1/4 cup maple syrup
* 1/4 cup olive oil
* 1 Tbsp. Apple cider vinegar
* 2 chia seed eggs 2 Tbsp. Chia seeds + 6 Tbsp. Water
how to make:
* Pre heat oven to 180*C
* Start by making the chia seed egg: in a small bowl mix together the chia seeds and water and set aside to thicken up.
* Add all the dry ingredients to a bowl and set aside. Mix all the wet ingredients together (including chia egg) and add to dry mixture and stir until well combined.
* Line a loaf tin with baking paper and poor in the mixture. Optional: Top with some sliced banana!
* Bake for approximately 45 min and leave out to cool.
* I sprinkled with some hemp seeds and and a drizzle of maple syrup! Slice up and store in a container in fridge. Serving suggestion: heat up under grill and add a little ghee or honey/ maple syrup or cashew butter👌🏼 Enjoy! Xx

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Starting Solids🥑🍌🍠 it’s time to start s

Starting Solids🥑🍌🍠 it’s time to start solids for your baby, it’s and exciting time however it can come with some uncertainty and confusion about what and how to feed your baby. There is a lot of information online and you may receive different advice from family/friends and at times it can be overwhelming. You may of heard of different methods of feeding your baby e.g. Baby-Led Weaning and Spoon-Feeding. I have put together some pros and cons for both Baby-Led Weaning and Spoon-Feeding in hope that you find what is right for you and your baby. Firstly, I thought it would be helpful to explain what these methods are:

🥦Baby-Led Weaning is a fancy term for finger foods where purees and spoon-feeding are skipped entirely and babies are in control of what and how much they eat.

🥣Spoon-Feeding is a method where the parent is in total control of feeding baby by bringing the spoon to their mouth.

🥑🥣For me personally, I did a combination of both Baby-Led Weaning and Spoon-Feeding and found this worked well for me and my family (remember there is no best way to feed your baby, it’s finding what you feel comfortable with).
I hope this information is helpful if your about to start your baby on solids. I would love to know what method worked well for you or what you have been thinking about starting with?? Let me know in the comments below! xx
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