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Christmas Advent Calendar Door Number 1

Nutrition Advent Calendar

Welcome to our 2024 Recipe Advent Calendar, where the countdown to deliciousness begins! All December long, you can unlock a treasure trove of our favourite festive delights! Each day, pop open a new door to discover a scrumptious recipe waiting to be created! Just click on the door and voilà—you’ll be whisked to our festive…

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Halloween Hummus with tortilla wraps bats

Halloween Recipe Ideas

As you probably know, we love creating themed recipes here at Early Start Nutrition, so we’ve decided to bring you a blog full of spook-tacular Halloween recipe ideas (and bad Halloween puns, sorry!). Halloween is often a time where children have a lot of sugary foods, such as sweets and chocolate. And while it’s fine…

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A child feeding themselves from a plate

Changes at Early Start Nutrition

We have big news about changes at Early Start Nutrition. At the start of October, Early Start Nutrition transitioned into the London Borough of Newham. While the work we do remains unchanged, over the coming months you’ll see that our website, branding and support materials will change in style, to better reflect our transition back…

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Baby sitting in a highchair eating and holding spoon

Weaning Babies at Nursery

As a nursery or childminder, you play a central role in feeding babies and establishing healthy eating habits from an early age. You can also provide families with encouragement and support throughout their baby’s weaning journey and help to achieve a consistent approach to weaning at nursery and home. Read on to find out more…

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Muslim mother accessing breastfeeding support on her phone

Feeding Babies at Nursery

As a nursery or childminding setting, you play a central role in feeding babies and establishing healthy eating habits from an early age. Your staff are also well placed to provide baby feeding information to families, due to the frequency of contact you have with them. It’s really important for your setting to have an…

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Menu Planning Options

Menu Planning Tips for Early Years Settings

In this blog we’ll be exploring menu planning tips for early years settings, such as nurseries and childminders. Did you know, the Eat Better Start Better (EBSB) guidelines (opens in new tab) are the voluntary food and drink guidelines for early years settings, here in the UK? Following EBSB will support your setting to meet…

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Menu Planning Options

Menu Planning FAQ’s and Common Pitfalls

In this blog we answer some of the most common questions around menu planning in early years settings. We take a look at some of the common pitfalls we often see when reviewing menus, which will support you to plan nutritious and exciting food for the little ones in your setting! Are there any guidelines…

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Preparing Food Safely to Reduce the Risk of Choking

Preparing Food Safely to Reduce the Risk of Choking As a parent, it’s normal to worry about how your little one will manage eating and you may be nervous about gagging and choking. We want to support you to feel more confident about safety at mealtimes, so in this blog we explore simple steps that…

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Baby Foods – homemade or shop-bought?

If you’ve ever taken a stroll down the baby food isle in a supermarket, you’ll have seen the huge variety of foods and products on offer. It can seem like a minefield! Parents often ask us which is better for baby food homemade or shop-bought? In this blog we’ll be exploring how you can make…

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Toddler Meals and Snacks Webinar

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