Don’t forget to join our online Weaning Workshops and keep up to date by visiting our Weaning Week facebook group to get all of the latest news!
By getting together online with our weaning experts you can ask any questions, get hints and tips and make friends with other parents.
Monday, May 4, 2020 11:00 AM
Join Charli for general weaning chat and things she wishes she’d known before starting weaning. Charlie will talk about her weaning journey first time round, and feeling overwhelmed as a new mum even though she was a nutritionist. She’ll discuss how this differed second time around, how she spotted the signs of her daughters milk allergy and how she’s managed that. Gain insights into her food routine.
Monday, May 4, 2020 2:30 PM
As a feeding consultant, I have plethora of experience working for 15 years with families whose children have become anxious eaters or incredibly selective about the food they will or won’t eat; due to pre-existing health conditions including severe reflux, allergies and intolerances, NG tube and Peg feeding, as well as coeliac disease.
As a Mum of two girls who have their fair share of intolerances, allergies and reflux fussiness as babies, I can wholeheartedly empathise with the challenges and anxieties that can arise for you as a parent or carer trying to cater for your baby’s dietary requirements and nutritional needs.
Today we will be tackling topics such as reflux, allergies, gluten free and dairy free diets and also discussing vegan or vegetarian weaning.
Monday, May 4, 2020 4:30 PM
Emma Hammett RGN, founder of First Aid for Life and onlinefirstaid.com and Author of Amazon Bestseller Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls – will address your first aid concerns around starting your baby on solid food. The workshop will cover: how to recognise if your child is choking and the difference between gagging and choking. First aid for choking, for a baby under 1 and also for a toddler.
Top tips to prevent your child choking. Testing if the food is too hot and first aid for burns.Recognising if your baby is experiencing an allergic reaction or anaphylaxis and what to do. Emma is also offering a free online first aid for choking course and an e-book covering 7 vital first aid skills all parents should know.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 10:00 AM
Join Siobhan to find out all about how to move your baby on from the early stages of weaning.
During the session, Siobhan will take you through moving your baby onto more textured foods. She’ll talk about how to adapt family meals to make purées or finger foods. She’ll also be sharing advice on raising a happy, healthy eater. The session will be followed up with a Q&A and this is your chance to ask Siobhan any weaning related questions you might have.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 2:30 PM
Finger Foods for babies and snack time for toddlers (12mth onwards) is an opportunity to broaden your baby’s taste and texture experiences by offering a variety of different foods. It’s also a chance to work on fine motor skills – hand grip, hand to mouth coordination and pincer grip.
However, it can be a tricky path to navigate with unsuspecting hidden ingredients in some convenience on the go snacks.
In today’s workshop Lucy Thomas will be sharing her top tips for finger foods and on the go toddler snacks to protect your baby’s precious palate, along with activities to help you have fun and explore the wonder of weaning with your baby. Snack time provides an opportunity to slow down in your day, and offer not just your baby, but also YOU time to STOP and refuel.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 9:30 AM
How to start weaning:
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 8:00 PM
Join father-and-chef Adam for a whistle stop tour of how to feed your young family whilst working full time. With two children of his own, he’s no stranger to the need to provide a healthy, tasty meal for his family and he understands how tricky that can be to do while you’re a working parent. Adam will share tips on batch cooking baby friendly meals, finger foods, best foods for meals on the go and one pot family foods. With his years of experience, he can help you to make sure your family are well fed with nutritious, delicious meals.
Thursday, May 7, 2020 10:00 AM
Weaning and learning to eat is a complex process as it the brings together skills including fine motor skills, sensory, communication and oral motor skills. Weaning your baby and toddler is a learning opportunity and a chance to explore and learn about foods in a fun non-pressurised way. This workshop will explore all of the different skills that are needed for successful feeding and discuss possible solutions for when things go wrong.
Thursday, May 7, 2020 2:00 PM
Nicola will be covering the key principals of the baby led weaning approach to weaning, including when to start, how to prepare food in a way that baby can successfully eat it, what to feed your baby and how to manage when we eventually get to go out and about! She’ll touch on some of the latest research in this area, including the risk of choking with this approach, and some of the benefits. She will also discuss the popular statement ‘food before one is just for fun’.
Thursday, May 7, 2020 8:00 PM
Some babies experience difficulty during the weaning process, this can be caused by many different factors; teething, illness, tiredness, developmental leap/ a new skill and even their mood. It’s easy to assume that any difficulties are because your baby is going to become a fussy eater, which isn’t always the case.
Weaning your baby can be quite an anxious process for some parents, particularly if your little one begins to show aversive behaviours towards solids. Even with all my experience as a feeding consultant I wasn’t immune to the perils of picky eating with my two as babies, who at times it seemed would only eat Organix Rice Cakes!
In this age of growing technology and social media we have recipes literally at our finger tips however what we also need is help to encourage our babies to explore and enjoy the nutritious delights we’ve prepared! Today I’ll be offering you my experience and expertise as brand ambassador for Organix to help you over the hurdles of fussy eating.
Friday, May 8, 2020 10:00 AM
This workshop is all about how you approach introducing common allergenic foods in during weaning. It’s area many parents understandably feel really anxious about, so this workshop will cover;
Instagram sensation @whatmummymakes will be joining us for an Instagram Live Q&A session on Friday at 3pm.
Rebecca is a mum and a trained peer-to-peer breastfeeding volunteer supporter. Rebecca started her Instagram page in August 2018, sharing her easy, quick, fresh family meal ideas, suitable for babies reaching the weaning milestone. Rebecca now has over 200k Instagram followers, and wants to show parents and carers that weaning can be fun, exciting, easy and most importantly… delicious!
Rebecca is releasing her highly anticipated cookbook on 23rd July. With What Mummy Makes, wean your baby and feed your family at the same time, with over 130 quick, simple, fresh and nutritionally balanced recipes.
Instagram: @whatmummymakes
You can pre-order Rebecca’s new book on Amazon
Emma Hammett RGN, founder of First Aid for Life and onlinefirstaid.com and Author of Amazon Bestseller Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls – will address your first aid concerns around starting your baby on solid food. The workshop will cover: how to recognise if your child is choking and the difference between gagging and choking. First aid for choking, for a baby under 1 and also for a toddler.
Top tips to prevent your child choking. Testing if the food is too hot and first aid for burns.Recognising if your baby is experiencing an allergic reaction or anaphylaxis and what to do. Emma is also offering a free online first aid for choking course and an e-book covering 7 vital first aid skills all parents should know.
