Top Infant Nutrition
The Window of Opportunity for Teaching Your Kids Great Eating Habits
Dr. Greene's take on great eating habits... What does mother goose have to do with getting kids to eat right? Researcher Konrad Lorentz showed that by replacing a mother goose with something else as t…
Baby’s First Foods: When to start, what to feed
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) agrees that the time to begin solid foods for baby is around 6 months. Of course, checking with your pediatrician is always best for baby's first foods. Once y…
Why are there so many more food allergies today?
Dr. Greene's take on food allergies... You probably already know that our kids are growing up in a pretty tough world, and part of the challenge is being certain what to feed your young ones. Since th…
Allergy Bites: Tasty Nuggets for Preventing Allergies
Dr. Greene's take on preventing allergies... Many parents still hear the advice that it’s better to wait to introduce fish to babies until their first birthdays, or even their second. I disagree! An…
Carrots and Nitrates
Dr. Greene’s Answer: Carrots and Nitrates. Really? Not a problem at 6 months. Parents are often told that it is not safe to feed your baby carrots, spinach, beets, turnips, or collard greens that yo…
Your Baby Knows What You’re Eating … Even Before Birth
Dr. Greene's take on prenatal nutrition... Babies have more taste buds before birth than at any later time. Why would they be designed to form extra taste buds only for them to disappear before they a…
A Fantastic Opportunity
We lost the last generation to healthy nutrition before they were 18 months old. Parents found their children rejecting baby foods. And they didn't know what or how to feed the babies they loved. They…
Adjusting to Solids
Dr. Greene's Answer : What a wonderful age of discovery--for your son and for you! At 9 1/2 months, many kids begin to reject soft purees and being spoon-fed; they want to feed themselves. Thankfull…
Formula and Diarrhea
Dr. Greene's Answer: There are several reasons a child could develop mild diarrhea from a formula based on cow's milk. There could be an intolerance to one of the proteins or perhaps, rarely, to the l…
Nighttime Feedings
Dr. Greene's Answer: It sounds like your pattern is working very well for you and your son. The main reason that people recommend against feeding right before sleep is to protect the teeth from caviti…
Formula and Constipation
Dr. Greene's Answer: First, let's address the iron in formula and constipation question. Some people will (or have) told you that the iron is the problem and that switching to a low-iron formula will…
Switching from Formula to Milk
Dr. Greene's Answer: The age that regular milk has been recommended for babies has changed over recent decades. Not long ago, 9 months or even 6 months was considered great and many babies who had mil…
Feeding a Baby Honey
Dr. Greene's Answer: If there is a question of immune deficiency, I like waiting longer. Otherwise, once kids have reached age 1, they are at dramatically lower risk for infant botulism (the reason we…
Homemade Baby Food
Dr. Greene's Answer: Baby food is a modern myth. When my father was born, almost all babies ate real food mashed up for babies. By the time I was born, almost all babies ate baby food from jars found …
Iron Deficiency: A-to-Z Guide from Diagnosis to Treatment to Prevention
Introduction to iron deficiency: A baby is born with about 0.5 grams of iron in the body. A healthy adolescent's body has 5.0 grams. This 900 percent increase in iron comes from the iron in the food y…
Infant Botulism: A-to-Z Guide from Diagnosis to Treatment to Prevention
Introduction to infant botulism: Sometimes constipation and slow feeding are the only symptoms of infant botulism, a disease that is sometimes caused by honey. What is infant botulism? The honey story…
Gastroesophageal Reflux: A-to-Z Guide from Diagnosis to Treatment to Prevention
Introduction to gastroesophageal reflux: GE reflux wears many faces. You might see a baby who spits up all the time...an adult with heartburn...a child who won't gain weight...an unhappy toddler...a c…
How Much Should Baby Eat?
Dr. Greene's Answer: Msfho, I speak with parents all over the world who express concern that their babies are eating too little – or too much. Some parents think that 90th percentile is an ‘A’ a…
Citrus Foods and Baby
Dr. Greene's Answer: I love teaching babies the vibrant flavors of real fruits and vegetables. Once an otherwise healthy baby has reached 4 to 6 months, there is no food we need to delay for fear of a…
Starting Solids
Dr. Greene’s Answer: Congratulations on starting solids and beginning the feeding adventure! Children between four and six months of age who are already taking solid foods should be fed solids once …