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  • Pregnancy.org Members Speak Out: Backing Up Your Child's Nutrition

    Your child's personal eating quirks might have topped the food pyramid to look more like a flat pancake. Our parent's "healthy and stealthy" food guide can help!

  • It's Illegal to Sell Expired Baby Food in California and Other Head Shaking Laws

    Wasn't selling expired baby food always illegal? Apparently not. Until the dawning of 2012, it was apparently legal for retailers to sell expired baby food and baby formula in California.

  • Food Safety Tips to Keep You Healthy Over the Holidays

    Each year roughly one out of six Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from food borne diseases. Stay safe this holiday season with these back to basics tips!

  • White Rice Cereal: Baby's First Junk Food!

    You may be shocked by recent findings of a study conducted by Dr. Alan Greene, which found that feeding your baby white rice cereal equates to feeding them a spoonful of sugar!

  • Eating Dinner as a Family

    I am a working mother. By the time I get home, my two small kids have already had dinner. How and when should we transition into having family dinners?

  • School Lunch That Won't Come Home

    Lots of school lunches come home uneaten or appear belly-up in a trash can. A little ingenuity gives those lunches edible status!

  • Combating Childhood Obesity

    Childhood obesity is preventable. These habits and activities start your tot off on a healthier and more active lifestyle.

  • MyPlate: Tips for Healthy Eating

    MyPlate reminds us to eat healthy foods by showing a healthy plate at meal times. Learn how to use it.

  • Being Careful with Sugar

    The average American today eats over 150 pounds per year of refined sugars -- compared to zero pounds during most of human history. High consumption of sugar (and the elevated levels of insulin that come with it) is associated with Type II diabetes, weight gain and other health complications.

  • Eight Quick Tips to Raising an Adventurous Eater

    If you're the parent of an infant or toddler, you may not have encountered Picky Eating...yet. If you want kids who don't put up a fight every time every time a new dish or a vegetable is set before them -- start thinking now, in the early eating days, about your food and dining choices. It's not too early to put these eight quick tips in place.

  • Baby Food - Organic or Not

    Did you know that by weight, your baby will eat more, drink more, and even breathe more air than you? Not only is this a fascinating fact, it helps to explain that what goes in your baby's little body can have such a tremendous impact.

  • Will Solids Help Baby Sleep?

    My 30-year-old daughter has a beautiful 9-month-old baby girl. Previously baby was sleeping about five hours. I think that she needs more solid foods, and my daughter insists that babies cannot digest food this early. Can you help?

  • Food Allergies and Children

    As you introduce your child to new foods, you should introduce each new food one at a time, and watch for any changes in your child's appearance or behavior. Some common symptoms of food allergies/intolerances include:

  • Perfect Chicken Puree for Your Baby

    So baby is leaning toward the baked chicken on your plate. She really wants a bite! You're afraid she might choke on a hunk of it. What's a mom to do? How about make up a batch of "perfect chicken puree" for your baby, freeze it in meal-sized portions, and thaw one out to offer at mealtime?

  • An OB Shares Her Patient's Questions About Breastfeeding

    Have a question about breastfeeding. Dr. Michele Brown shares solutions collated from years of her patients' questions.

  • Being Careful with Sugar

    The average American today eats over 150 pounds per year of refined sugars -- compared to zero pounds during most of human history. High consumption of sugar (and the elevated levels of insulin that come with it) is associated with Type II diabetes, weight gain and other health complications.

  • Dinner Dilemmas

    Things seem to fall apart at our house most nights when I'm trying to make dinner. My baby will want to nurse or be held, my toddler will want me to play with him, and in the meantime I'll be trying to figure out how to get something more inspired than chicken nuggets on the dinner table...

  • Toddler Treat: Snappy Pea and Pineapple Salad

    Kids love sugar snap peas for the same reason adults do -- they're crunchy, sweet and fun to eat! This is a delicious salad that's sure to be a hit at the dinner table or in the lunchbox.

  • Make Healthy Choices Easy

    The best way to encourage your child to successfully make healthy food choices is to have plenty of them available and to avoid or limit the number of unhealthy food choices in your home.

  • Teaching Young Children Healthy Eating

    As parents, we want our children to be accustomed to healthy eating from the earliest possible age so good nutrition will be a lifelong habit. Young children are ready to begin to learn about nutrition ("healthy food" vs. "treat food") and about food plans (why meals need to include each food group).