Smart Eating For Infants & Children - NOURISHING FUTURE GENERATIONS
The importance of early childhood nutrition
In this early childhood nutrition short course, Ciara and Colette provide comprehensive, expert knowledge on nourishing infants from birth through childhood, up to age 11.
This course is aimed at parents or caregivers who want to learn more and build their confidence around how they nourish babies and young children. It is also for healthcare professionals and nutrition & health coaches who would like to work more in the area of childhood nutrition, supporting parents and caregivers.
Many parents or caregivers can find themselves overwhelmed by the amount of information available, for example, on how to introduce food to their babies. In addition, some of this information is contradictory or lacks scientific basis or may be impractical. We rightly worry if we are providing our children with the right fuel to optimise their development, and if we are ensuring our children have a healthy relationship with food in the long-term.
A varied diet has been shown to be very important for childrens’ development to ensure they receive the full range of nutrients they need at such a crucial stage of life, particularly for their gut health which impacts on all aspects of their well-being. It is important to ensure children have healthy eating habits for many reasons; including preventing a limited diet. Limited eating like this can persist over time (which may not be just a phase) or get worse over time; with many negative consequences including for the entire family.
In this course, we provide information on several approaches to childhood nutrition, highlighting the positive take- aways from each, allowing the parent to choose what they feel suits their family best.
We touch on science and research, and present practical and useful guides. These are aimed at extending your knowledge and building your confidence around not only foods but also eating behaviours- including how we feed our children to ensure they eat a balanced varied diet, and eat like the rest of the family.
How is the course presented?
The nutrition for infants and children course material is presented on our online platform, Brightspace. You will have access to the content for 6 months to learn in your own time.
The content is available 24/7 in bite-size chunks on Brightspace, and can be downloaded in comprehensive PDFs to keep.
Alongside the main content you will find an abundance of practical handouts that include resources on age-appropriate recipes, meals and snack ideas, how to include more fruit and veg, as well as Maggie’s recipe eBook with 45+ practical child and family friendly recipes to keep everyone satisfied and nourished!
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Course length and cost:
Course will be accessible for 6 months.
Cost: €349
Delivery
- All the course content in comprehensive downloadable handouts to keep
- A video presentation by Ciara comparing labels of some common food items found in local supermarkets in Ireland and UK. Practical information is included on what to look out for on the labels of widely available foods and how to make better choices for you and your family.
- Knowledge Checks at the end of each section to help learning and assimilate new information
- Additional printable handouts – see below for details
Awards
IINH Certificate of Completion.
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Cost: €349/£305
Discount codes can be added at checkout
What you will get:
- Access to the course on Brightspace for 6 months
- All the content in comprehensive downloadable handouts to keep
- A video presentation by Ciara comparing labels of some common food items found in local supermarkets in Ireland and UK. Practical information is included on what to look out for on the labels of widely available foods and how to make better choices for you and your family
- Knowledge Checks at the end of each section to help learning and assimilate new information
- Additional printable handouts – click the toggles below to see details of the additional handouts. These will support you with everything from introducing baby’s first foods, to encouraging your child to try more fruit and veg.
- Choking v Gagging
- Division of Responsibility in Feeding
- Read Your Baby’s / Toddler’s Hunger Cues
- Foods: Choking Risk for under 5s
- Foods to Avoid for Children under 1 Year
- Getting Children Involved (age-appropriate ideas!)
- Eat the Rainbow (Rainbow fruit/veg handout)
- Weekly Rainbow Foods Tracker
- Kids Healthy Eating Plate (Harvard TH Chan School)
- Alternatives to Sugars and Sweeteners
- IINH Top Recipes & Ideas
- IINH Ways to Encourage Fruit & Veg
- Elimination Diet by Uni of Wisconsin
- IINH Taste Health Recipe eBook for Toddlers and Young Children
What Will You Learn about childhood nutrition?
Click the toggles below for more details on what you will learn about childhood nutrition and how you can support your children’s health through nutrition:
- Benefits for baby
- Benefits for Mum
- Breast is best, but for how long?
- Introduction
- Is baby ready?
- Conventional approach
- Weston A. Price Foundation approach
- Baby-led Weaning approach
- ‘Vegetable First’ weaning approach
- Other considerations when feeding baby
- Choosing fruits & vegetables
- Choosing meat, dairy and eggs
- Choosing grain-based products
- Iron & Zinc
- Vitamins C, B12 & Folate
- Vitamin D & Calcium
- Vitamins A & K
- Dietary fats & choline
- Protein
- Carbohydrate & Fibre
- Summary of nutrients
- Nutrients for vegan / vegetarian diet
- Vegan foods & nutrients summary table
- Alleviating digestive discomfort – Infants
- Alleviating digestive discomfort – Toddlers/Children
- Nurturing the microbiome for robust immunity
- What is the microbiome?
- How to support a healthy microbiome
- Food Allergies in Babies
- Intro to food sensitivity vs food allergy
- Wheat allergy & sensitivity
- Coeliac disease & gluten sensitivity
- Dairy allergy & sensitivity
- The Elimination & Challenge test
- Food additives – Introduction
- Food additives in detail
- Sugar – Introduction
- Hidden Sugar and Reading Labels
- Introduction
- Influence of others & role modelling
- Best to start early
- Family time & eating routine
- Variety & textures
- Play & involvement
- Persistence
- How to raise intuitive eaters
- Guidelines to help fussy eaters
- Help? How to get personalised support
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Meet The Nutrition for Infants & Children Tutors:
Dr. Colette Reynolds,
BA, MSc, PhD
Colette uses her extensive background in Psychology, Health Promotion and Nutrition to advise how best to feed babies, toddlers and children.
She is a mum to 2 boys and knows the practicalities of growing happy, healthy eaters.
Over the last number of years, she has been frequently asked to prevent fussy eating and fast-track how to reverse fussy eating.
She offers one-to-one consultations, as well as group support, online courses and talks.
Colette holds a Doctorate in Health Promotion, Masters in Health Psychology, Degree in Psychology, Diploma in Nutrition and Health Coaching.
CIARA BEAUGÉ,
BA (Hons) Psych, Dip NT, MNTOI
Ciara qualified as a Nutritional Therapist in 2010 and has been practicing in the area of health and wellness since. Prior to her Nutritional Therapy qualification, she completed a degree in Psychology in UCD.
Ciara has been working for IINH since 2015 as a lecturer and student clinic supervisor. She is also involved in creating and coordinating short courses for IINH.
Additionally, she sees clients one to one online and in her private clinic in Co Wicklow, Ireland.
Ciara is a busy Mum of 3 children and understands the daily challenges of nourishing a family!
