Category: 12 Months

  • Guide to Baby Food Stages

    Guide to Baby Food Stages

    Ever wonder when it’s time to switch out your baby’s food? This guide breaks down everything from expiration dates to baby food stages. Let’s dive in!

  • What Baby Foods Help with Constipation?

    What Baby Foods Help with Constipation?

    When your little one starts solids, the game changes. While a little constipation is normal to experience when starting solids, we’ve got some tips to help get things moving again!

  • Why Babies Shouldn’t Drink Juice

    Why Babies Shouldn’t Drink Juice

    The American Academy of Pediatrics recently tightened their guidelines on juice and announced in May 2017 that parents should “completely avoid the use of juice in infants before 1 year of age.” See: “Fruit Juice in Infants, Children, and Adolescents: Current Recommendations.”

  • How to Tell if Baby Food Uses Heavy Metals?

    How to Tell if Baby Food Uses Heavy Metals?

    Heavy metals are something to pass on when it comes to your baby’s food. Here’s our guide to help you tell if baby food uses heavy metals and how to keep your baby safe.

  • How is Baby Food Made?

    How is Baby Food Made?

    It’s important to know how our food is made. Not all baby food is always made the same. This guide breaks down how baby food is made and how we make it better.

  • Fun Baby Food Ideas your Child Will Love

    Fun Baby Food Ideas your Child Will Love

    While it’s normal for your little one to make a disgusted face when you feed them, we’ve got some baby food ideas they just might love. So, grab your babe and get cooking!

  • 4 Ways to Feed your Baby Their Puree

    4 Ways to Feed your Baby Their Puree

    We don’t like eating the same thing every single night, and babies are no different.

  • How to Prevent Picky Eaters

    How to Prevent Picky Eaters

    Shira Lenchewski MS, RD, is a registered dietitian and celeb nutritionist. Below, she walks us through how to avoid a picky eater.

  • Toys and Games Perfect for Your 12 Month Old

    Toys and Games Perfect for Your 12 Month Old

    We aren’t toying around, these knick knacks help your baby develop their brain, fine motor skills, and creativity.

  • Why We Love Quinoa as a Rice Alternative

    Why We Love Quinoa as a Rice Alternative

    Sometime around 2014, quinoa became America’s health food obsession. Quinoa versions of classic dishes emerged everywhere— from Quinoa Sushi, to Quinoa Fried Rice— and even drinkable quinoa emerged (but not without much protest). Quinoa-everything became all the rage, and for us, it is an amazing alternative to rice.

  • The Ultimate List of Indoor Activities for Babies and Toddlers

    The Ultimate List of Indoor Activities for Babies and Toddlers

    Whether you are stuck at home because of rain, snow, or a global pandemic, (2020 feels) it’s difficult to be both provider and entertainer. To prevent you from feeling like a jester performing for your royal rascal, we have put together a list of fun activities. We hope it will spark inspiration or sanity, perhaps…

  • All Star Mac & Cheese Recipe

    All Star Mac & Cheese Recipe

    According to toddlers, mac and cheese is the height of culinary ingenuity. Who’s to say they are wrong? Unfortunately, with boxed macaroni, your only choices are powdered or rubbery liquid “cheese.” loaded with carbs, sodium, preservatives, and not much else. Thankfully, if you think outside of the box, you can have a nutritious meal that…

  • Overnight Oats with Rose & Berry Compote Recipe

    Overnight Oats with Rose & Berry Compote Recipe

    Fight free radicals with this flowery feast, and stop and smell the roses at the same time. These delicious overnight oats provide you with the energy you need to start your day right.

  • Split Pea Dip Recipe

    Split Pea Dip Recipe

    Split peas have been a food staple for thousands of years. Back in 500 BC, it was a common street food in Athens, where vendors would hawk bowls of hot pea soup. Today, the humble split pea is ubiquitous around the world and a key ingredient in many hearty dishes. Our split pea dip is…

  • Lentil Chili Sliders Recipe

    Lentil Chili Sliders Recipe

    Stews, soups, and chilis, oh my. You know what we’re talking about. This recipe for Lentil Chili Sliders is guaranteed to become a one-pot wonder family favorite. The meal warms you up from the inside, and will keep you feeling full (lentils = low carb heaven). By putting this chili inside a slider bun, you’ll…

  • Lemon Blueberry Muffins Recipe

    Lemon Blueberry Muffins Recipe

    Nothing quite says “grab-and-go” breakfast like a muffin. However, for your most important meal of the day, the muffin can often fall short. Most store bought muffins are just glorified cupcakes. They are filled with refined white flour, oil, and sugar. They lack any sort of fiber or protein, but come packed with carbs and…

  • Instant Pot Vegan Cheese Sauce Recipe

    Instant Pot Vegan Cheese Sauce Recipe

    This cheese cause It can be used as a dip for veggies, a sauce for Mac n’ Cheese, a nacho-cheese chip dip, or as a topping on Taco Tuesday. Whichever you choose, it won’t disappoint.

  • Raspberry Coconut Shaved Ice Recipe

    Raspberry Coconut Shaved Ice Recipe

    Ice, Ice, Baby.

  • A Doula’s Recipe for Sleepy Time Tea

    A Doula’s Recipe for Sleepy Time Tea

    If the idea of deep, restorative sleep sounds like a far-off fantasy, you’re in need of our doula-recommended Sleepy Time Tea. A cup of this is not only great for bedtime, but it helps relax and restore a “fried” nervous system (which often comes from raising a tiny person), healing the body on a cellular…

  • Turkey & Apple Meatballs Recipe

    Turkey & Apple Meatballs Recipe

    A sauce-stained high chair and noodles on the floor, spaghetti and meatballs is a rite of passage for every child. Unfortunately, traditional meatballs can leave much to be desired. They are typically a sphere of fatty meat, bread crumbs, salt, and butter. These turkey meatballs are healthy, full of flavor, and juicy.