Starting Solids

Your go-to hub for beginning your baby’s food journey—packed with practical tips, nourishing recipes, and expert advice to help you feel confident from first bite and beyond.

Starting Solids

Starting Solids

Signs of readiness, first foods and how to begin

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Safe Shape and Size of Finger Foods

Safe Shape and Size of Finger Foods

A Practical Guide To Serve Food Safely To Your Baby

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Sitting Unassisted

Sitting Unassisted

Why it's important before starting solids

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Iron for babies

Iron for babies

Why they need it, how much they need, and how to ensure they're getting enough

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First Foods

First Foods

First Foods That We Recommend When Starting Solids

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103 - Getting Ready to Start Solids for Babies 4–6 Months with Luka and Kate

103 - Getting Ready to Start Solids for Babies 4–6 Months with Luka and Kate

Is your baby showing signs they’re ready to start solids or are you wanting to be prepared with the latest evidence around this exciting milestone? In this episode, Luka and Kat...

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BLW vs Spoon Feeding

BLW vs Spoon Feeding

Which Approach Is Right For Your Family?

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Starting Solids Podcasts

Our top podcast episodes related to starting solids.

Understanding Food Sensitivities
Understanding Food Sensitivities

What’s Normal, What’s Not, and When to Seek Support with Luka & Kate

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Sick Again? How to Support Your Child’s Immune Health This Winter with Luka and Kate
Sick Again? How to Support Your Child’s Immune Health This Winter with Luka and Kate

In this week’s episode of Boob to Food the Podcast, Luka turns the tables and interviews Kate about everyone’s favourite...

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Life Lately: When the Working Mum Juggle Stops Juggling
Life Lately: When the Working Mum Juggle Stops Juggling

In true catch-up episode style, we’re chatting all things life, motherhood, expectations vs. reality (hello, Mother’s Day), rain-induced cabin fever,...

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Food Throwing: What’s Normal, What’s Not & How to Respond
Food Throwing: What’s Normal, What’s Not & How to Respond

Whether you’re in the thick of starting solids or navigating toddler mealtimes, there’s one behaviour that comes up again and...

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Should Kids Eat a Plant-Based Diet with Luka and Kate
Should Kids Eat a Plant-Based Diet with Luka and Kate

Can children thrive on a plant-based diet? From Instagram debates to client consults, this topic stirs up a lot of...

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Does My Toddler Need Supplements?
Does My Toddler Need Supplements?

Between picky eating phases, snack obsessions, and the endless marketing of kids’ vitamins, it’s no wonder parents are left wondering...

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Prepping for Pregnancy With Prenatal Dietitian Niki Mohtat
Prepping for Pregnancy With Prenatal Dietitian Niki Mohtat

Nutrition plays a powerful role in fertility and the health of both parents and baby—but so many couples feel confused,...

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Raising Intuitive Eaters with Alyssa from Redwood Wellbeing
Raising Intuitive Eaters with Alyssa from Redwood Wellbeing

We talk a lot about nutrition—what to feed our kids, how to nourish their growing bodies, and how to make...

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Allergy FAQs and Oral Immunotherapy with Dr Chaitanya Bodapati
Allergy FAQs and Oral Immunotherapy with Dr Chaitanya Bodapati

Dr Chai is back for a third time on the podcast to help us navigate some of the most frequently...

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Starting Solids Recipes

Some of our favourite recipes for starting solids.

Liver Bombs

Liver Bombs

A simple little freezer hack for making it easier to include nutrient-dense liver in your family’s meals. These “liver bombs”...

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Baby Liver Pate

Baby Liver Pate

Introducing liver to babies doesn’t have to mean serving chunks of liver on a plate. This silky smooth pate is...

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Beef Bone Broth

Beef Bone Broth

You will start to notice a trend in a lot of the recipes I will be posting - a lot will involve bone broth! That’s because it is the most nourishing food you can feed yourself and your child! It’s easily digestible, nutrient dense and an incredible rich source of minerals - boosting immunity and lining our digestive tract. It is especially valuable as they contain gelatine which enables food to be digested more easily - which is why it is perfect to add to everything! It is especially valuable as they contain gelatine which enables food to be digested more easily - which is why it is perfect to add to everything! Broth is the perfect first ‘food’ postpartum!

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Chicken Bone Broth

Chicken Bone Broth

Chicken broth!! My favourite broth would have to be chicken broth - the taste is sweet and delicious to drink alone or to add to most foods, its highly nutritious, it’s easy to make AND you can save time by cooking a whole chicken then having dinners/lunches sorted for the week

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Roasted Bone Marrow

Roasted Bone Marrow

Have you introduced bone marrow to your baby yet? Bone marrow might seem like an odd first food to feed baby, however it is a forgotten nutrition powerhouse (also amazing for pregnancy and postpartum mamas too!)

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Beef Brisket

Beef Brisket

This is one of my most POPULAR recipes, loved by all! So yummy to share with your baby, the meat is tender and soft and they just love it!!

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Milk to Meals

We get it… feeding kids can be hard!

Whether you’re starting your baby on solids, trying to navigate the countless baby food options available and the seemingly endless list of feeding strategies, it’s natural to feel overwhelmed about how to feed your baby.

Our book Milk to Meals is here to help, with practical, evidence-based information designed to hold your hand through your starting solids journey.

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Our Top Resources

You’ve got enough on your plate. That’s why we’ve done the research, gathered the experts, and pulled together our most helpful, practical resources — so you don’t have to.

Whether you’re navigating toddler meltdowns, starting solids, or trying to take care of yourself too, we’ve got you covered.