How to Wean Your Baby: The step-by-step plan to help your baby love their broccoli as much as their cake

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Aim to introduce the new food early in the day – e.g. breakfast time or mid-morning. This allows a few hours to be able to monitor baby and will ensure you’ve got time during the day to look out for a reaction

Introducing allergens is something that many parents are, understandably, worried about during weaning. Here are a few tips for introducing common allergens to little ones: Genuinely this is something I’ve dreamed of from the very start of my career and now, voila! It’s here. A little different… Stokke is hosting a free weaning webinar – How to Wean Your Baby Mini Masterclass: A step by step guide to weaning with Charlotte Stirling-Reed, Nutritionist and Author, on Zoom, 28th April at 8pm. Register for FREE here.

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With 70 delicious, balanced recipes, with clear baby and toddler adaptations for each with Charlotte's expert advice, you'll soon find mealtimes can be stress-free and healthy, so you can continue your journey of bringing up adventurous little foodies. Babies are actually born with a preference for sweeter foods and so don't generally need much help to like and accept sweeter options such as apples and pears.

Try to start building 'meals' by adding a combination of foods together from the different food groups (e.g. pasta with broccoli and beef mince), including: A lot of people are concerned about the cost of living crisis and food, as a result of this. What would be your advice? Expert nutritionist Charlotte Stirling-Reed is here to help. Following on from her bestselling books How to Wean Your Baby and How to Feed Your Toddler, this book brings Charlotte's trademark approach of practical support and nurturing step-by-step guidance to help you manage the juggle of family life. Always remember that all babies will progress through weaning at different paces. The most important thing is to have fun, take the pressure off and focus on offering a variety of foods to your baby throughout their weaning journey!

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Add the chopped new potatoes and courgette to a baking tray with a drizzle of olive oil and cook for an initial 15-20 minutes, until starting to soften and brown. Tip for younger babies: remove the skin from some of the potatoes and courgettes. Rubbing food onto your baby’s lip or skin is not a good test of an allergy, as they need to actually ingest the food to properly test for a particular allergy In her new book, you'll find 70 delicious and balanced recipes, each with clear baby and toddler adaptations along with Charlotte's expert advice. We especially love Charlotte's guides on how to reduce food waste at home and alternative/substitute ingredients. M&B talks to Charlotte Stirling-Reed Sugar and Salt – whilst sugar and salt can be present in some of the foods we offer to babies, it's best to avoid adding them to their foods where possible. The Baby Show is taking place from 3-5 March at ExCeL London. The Baby Show is the UK’s leading pregnancy and parenting event and will play host to the UK’s leading baby and parenting experts and guest speakers.