Don’t feel your baby has to celebrate Thanksgiving with a jar a pureed sweet potatoes. Any baby who has started solids can share in this family holiday meal. 

Getting babies and toddlers to eat is one of the most stressful parts of parenting, but the solution might be as simple as adjusting the way they sit. If you have a picky eater or a squirmy toddler who can’t seem to focus on his food, your highchair might be the problem, says Aviva Allen, a kids’ nutritionist in Toronto.

Making baby food is healthy and economical. At home, it’s easy; but traveling or dining out doesn’t mean you need to resort to pre-made, jarred food. Just follow our tips for making baby food to enjoy on the go.

When it comes to what to feed babies and when, a lot of parents worry about doing the wrong thing. “It’s not an intuitive process,” says Dr. Jeremey Friedman, chief of Paediatric Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Here are our answers to five of the most common questions about babies and food.

It was only a few decades ago that having a kid with allergies in the classroom was an irregularity rather than the norm. Allergy rates have tripled in the past 10 to 15 years in North America, Britain and Australia. It’s now estimated that roughly 15 million Americans have food allergies, and that allergies affect one in every 13 children – that’s roughly two kids in every classroom. The rate of increase is alarming!