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Professional no-nonsense advice for parents on feed, feeding and nutrition. I am an experienced registered dietitian and board-certified lactation consultant.

Check out my Online Feeding Courses (Ready, Steady, Wean and Feeding Your Toddler) or book a one-to-one consultation.

24/11/2025

27 years as a dietitian and I still raised eye brows when I say…
🍫 I eat chocolate and pizza
🍞 Cereal for dinner is fine
🥦 There’s no perfect way to eat

Food has become so complicated.
Swipe through for 7 things I wish every parent knew about nutrition – minus the guilt, buzzwords and scare tactics.

💬 Which slide hit home for you?
📌 Save this for the next time a headline makes you doubt yourself.

11/11/2025

This came from a real question in last week’s Q&A 👇

A mum messaged to say her 5-year-old was told their Frube and chocolate rice cake had “too much sugar”. I shared a longer email with my list about it and since then I’ve had loads of replies from parents with similar experiences — and from teachers saying they’re uncomfortable with some of the food and body talk they overhear in schools.

To be clear: I believe teachers are doing their best for our children.

The problem isn’t individual teachers. It’s the pressure and scare messaging we’re all exposed to around sugar, “good” and “bad” foods, weight and UPFs — and how that can trickle down to very black-and-white rules for little people who are just trying to eat their lunch.

If you’d like my weekly email where I unpack topics like this in more depth (one email a week, that’s it), comment LIST below and I’ll send you the sign-up link. 💛

06/11/2025

Let them serve themselves 🥄
It sounds tiny, but it’s a game-changer for calm dinners. When kids plate their own food, they’re more likely to taste (at some stage, be very patient), learn to be comfortable with foods, and feel in control (without you cooking five different dinners).

How to make it work:

You choose the menu + timing. They choose what goes on their plate and how much.

Always include at least 1 “liked” food.

Keep portions small to start—seconds are welcome.

No pressure, no commentary. Curiosity beats coaxing.

Expect them to go for the foods they like, plain pasta! That's fine, even plain pasta contains multiple nutrients.

Family-style isn’t about fancy bowls; a saucepan on a mat will do. I regularly throw the air fryer drawers on the table.Simple but effective.

Save this for later and share with a friend who needs a calmer dinner✨

03/11/2025

Halloween haul? Here’s how we enjoy it and still eat dinner.

• Sweets live in a safe spot (not bedrooms). If I want one, I ask first.
• After school: sweets at the table as the snack + milk/water and some fruit.
• When snack’s done, bags go away—no all-afternoon grazing.
• Dinner as normal; optional one portion of sweets after.
• A few can go in Friday’s lunchbox. Keep up toothbrushing.

Yes, they’ll eat more this week. It’s okay—the structure does the work.

22/10/2025

Grateful for time together (alone), new places, and discovering Agua de Valencia (it's a cocktail, not actual water!). Took a proper break from here and it was lovely. Twenty years married — here’s to many more. 🤍

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Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
	6pm - 7pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
	6pm - 7pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
	6pm - 7pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
	6pm - 7pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
	6pm - 7pm

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http://www.solidstart.ie/contact-us/

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