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The 10 Signs You're Doing Messy Mealtimes Brilliantly

Some days you'll witness obvious breakthroughs. Other days, the learning will be happening quietly behind the scenes as your baby builds confidence, sensory awareness and lifelong eating skills. Yo...

10 Ways To Support Messy Mealtimes

Supporting messy mealtimes does not mean encouraging chaos for the sake of it or engineering elaborate sensory activities. It means creating an environment in which they can be set free to explore ...

What Happens Inside Your Baby's Brain During a Messy Mealtime?

To you, it looks like lunch, breakfast or dinner. For your baby's brain, it's one of the richest developmental workouts of the day. Every time they squash a raspberry, reach for a spoon, smell a pi...

Why Mess Matters at Mealtimes: The Multisensory Workout Hiding in Plain Sight

When babies begin weaning, many parents understandably focus on minimising the mess. We wipe sticky hands, retrieve dropped spoons, clean faces between mouthfuls and try to keep food on the plate w...

Hot Weather and Tiny Appetites: What Parents Need to Know

Hot weather can bring a whole host of feeding worries for parents, and one of the most common is a sudden drop in appetite. To help explain what's going on, we've asked Bibado's resident Paediatric...

Your Top Weaning Questions: Answered

Missed our live Q&A with leading paediatric dietitian Lucy Upton? Don’t worry — we’ve rounded up some of the most common weaning questions from parents just like you. From picky eating and food...

Before You Panic: Gagging vs Choking Explained

There are a few topics that can make weaning feel especially nerve-wracking, and gagging versus choking is right at the top of that list. To help bring clarity and confidence, we’ve asked trusted c...

What Your Baby’s Poo Is Telling You During Weaning

While it might not be the most glamorous part of starting solids, baby poo can actually tell you a lot about how your little one is adjusting to food. To help make sense of it all, child nutritioni...

More Than Eating: How Weaning Builds Confidence

To explore why sensory development and independence are such important parts of weaning, child nutritionist and feeding expert Lucy Upton shares why the mess is where the magic happens.

Why Weaning Matters for Their Brain Development

Starting solids is a huge developmental milestone, helping little ones build brain-boosting connections with every bite, squish and smear. To explore why weaning is such an important stage for earl...

8 Expert-Approved Weaning Tips: Before & During

Lucy Upton shares 8 practical, expert-backed tips to give you the best start to Baby-Led Weaning possible, and how best to support your baby once food is on the menu.

Serve This, Not That (To Minimise Choking!)

In Serve This, Not That, our resident expert, Lucy Upton, The Children’s Dietitian, breaks down exactly how to prepare and serve common foods safely to minimise choking risks.