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Teething happens when the teeth growing in your baby’s jaw begin to surface and push through their gums. Plunket tells us that it usually starts around 6 months of age, but may start earlier or up to a year old. Teething may come and go as it flares up then settles down again. If you’re lucky, your baby’s teeth will suddenly appear and you will wonder what all the fuss is about...
Life with a baby is full-on already without the added worry and concerns of food allergies and intolerances. If you have a family history of reactions to food you’re probably well aware of the facts, however for some people this is a whole new subject that requires investigation. For a start, it’s important to understand the difference between food allergies and food intolerances....
Unless you’re chemically or scientifically minded, it’s likely you think of the white granules you sprinkle over your breakfast cereal or add to your cup of coffee as sugar. You’re right – it is sugar but the scientists and chemists among us refer to it as sucrose. Similarly lactose is the term for milk sugar and fructose is fruit sugar.
If you want to know how mu...
There’s more to looking after your children’s teeth than brushing twice a day. Consumption of certain foods and drinks can either deteriorate or improve oral health. Not surprisingly research suggests eating high-sugar foods increases the risk of dental caries (tooth decay) and the frequency of sugar consumption also plays a role.
How do dental caries form? Some of the bacter...
Choosing which breakfast cereal to buy at the supermarket can be a hard decision – you have to factor in whether your children will like it, the price and the nutritional value. Cereal is a great morning choice as it provides energy in the form of carbohydrates and can be a good source of fibre and of course, if you have it with milk or yoghurt it provides calcium and protein.
When makin...
They make such a great snack or dessert, are perfect in smoothies and you can guarantee kids will devour them. The good thing is that they’re healthy with all that lovely calcium for strong bones and teeth, zinc for brain development and immune function, protein for growth and development and those healthy bacteria for good digestion. Are yoghurts too good to be true?
Essentially there a...
Biscuits have universal appeal. It seems from the time you’re given your first rusk as a teething baby you’re hooked! From the Gingernuts and Milk Arrowroot given to older babies, biscuits move on to become a lunchbox staple, are essential to the morning tea shout at work, plus they offer a ‘little something’ to hit the spot at other times. So what should you look for in...
Potato chips are the demise of many people, especially those trying to lose weight! Those lovely crunchy, salty snacks available in so many tempting flavours and varieties are so hard to stop eating once you start. They’re also potentially nutritionally misleading for our children. Many packets make all sorts of wonderful sounding nutritional claims proclaiming themselves as a healthier al...
"My Allergy Baby
Aengus was born on the 7th of October 2007 at 7.30 am. And according to us (mummy hormones and daddy goggles on) he was the most perfect, gorgeous little boy.
A couple of months down the track he started to get eczema. It slowly spread from his face to his body. His cheeks were constantly raw. We went to the doctor and he prescribed hydrocor...
Mince can get a bad reputation when it’s associated with cheaper, fattier cuts of meat and is often the most inexpensive red meat available. Being of animal origin most of the fat present is saturated and this is commonly regarded as a ‘bad’ fat as it’s linked to heart disease, high cholesterol and certain cancers.
In defence of mince, being red meat it has...
