Early Eaters Club

05/06/2026

Ten years ago, I was that person. Bottles lined up like a small pharmacy on my counter. Cognitive boosters. Adaptogens. Greens powders. Convinced that if I just found the right combination, the right brand, the right dose, I would sleep better, feel sharper, get sick less, finally arrive at the version of myself the marketing kept promising. I spent a fortune. I lost sleep researching. I felt clever and informed and quietly anxious all at the same time.

I do not do this to my children. I never have. But I watch a generation of parents doing it right now, and it breaks my heart.

Look at what’s happening. The US and Australia have produced an entire wave of kids’ supplement brands wrapped in soft pastels and serif fonts and promises of «trust» and «transparency.» Bear-shaped gummies. Cognitive support for toddlers. Magnesium cacao for sleep. Immunity drops for daycare season.

Marketed to mothers who are tired, googling at midnight, willing to spend anything to do right by their child.

I need you to hear this from someone who used to spend a fortune on this stuff. The brands that were genuinely high quality ten years ago are not the same brands today. Raw material standards have quietly collapsed under margin pressure. Every player is fighting for cents per capsule. The bear gummy in your cupboard does not contain what the marketing implies.

I have friends who sell these brands. Good people. They believe in what they’re selling. And I love them. But the basics underneath are wrong, and this is not a matter of opinion.

The science here is as solid as the earth being round. You can argue with it. It will not move.

Your child does not need a bottle. They need you, present, calm, and unburdened by the guilt this industry was built on.

The full piece is now live in Brainz Magazine.
Link in bio.
Read it before you buy another bottle.

xoxo, Anastasia
Pediatric Feeding Specialist & Nutritionist

01/06/2026

Summer produce is basically a feeding therapy session disguised as a picnic. 🌞

We get colour, crunch, juice, seeds, slippery textures, sour-sweet flavours, natural mess and so many chances to build food confidence without making it feel like “work”.

Tomatoes teach wet + acidic.
Berries bring seeds + tartness.
Peaches bring slippery + juicy.
Corn brings chew + bite practice.
Cucumber brings crunch.
Zucchini sneaks into everything like the polite vegetable it is.

And the best part? Most of these don’t need complicated recipes. Just add fat, protein, herbs, dips, yoghurt, cheese, eggs, meat, fish or legumes… and suddenly it’s not just a snack, it’s nourishment.

Save this for your summer shopping list, and send it to a parent who is currently surviving on berries, sunscreen and tiny abandoned cucumber sticks.

xoxo,
Anastasia
Pediatric Feeding Specialist & Nutritionist

29/05/2026

Bio, organic, biologique. The labels do mean something, but not everywhere, and not always at the price you’re paying.

A quick honest breakdown of where it’s worth spending more for your baby, and where you can keep things conventional without losing anything nutritionally.

EU baby food rules are already strict, so the jar aisle isn’t where the worry lives. Where bio actually earns its place is fresh produce with thin skin, plus dairy, eggs, and meat. Berries, spinach, apples, milk, chicken. That’s your priority list.

And here’s the thing nobody talks about. A local, in-season, non-bio strawberry from a Swiss farm will almost always beat a bio papaya that flew in from Brazil. Seasonal and local can very much outperform the bio label. Both matter. One isn’t a substitute for the other.

Save this for your next grocery run.

Anastasia,
Pediatric Feeding Specialist & Nutritionist

27/05/2026

Broccoli bread that actually gets eaten.

If anything green usually gets pushed to the edge of the plate, this loaf is actually clever. The broccoli blends all the way into a soft, sliceable bread that holds its shape and squishes easily for little gums.

Breakfast, lunch, snack in the bag for the park, it does all of it.
I slice it into strips so babies from around six months can pick it up themselves. Older toddlers can manage smaller pieces or hold a whole slice and go to town.

No added salt, freezer friendly, made in one bowl and a blender.
Bake it once and you are sorted for the week.

Swipe for every step, and save this for their next scream for bread.

Anastasia,
Pediatric Feeding Therapist & Nutritionist

24/05/2026

Summer is nearly here, and “drink your water” rarely lands with a toddler who’s mid-adventure.

Here’s the reassuring part: hydration isn’t one big cup they have to finish.
It’s lots of small, low-stress chances across the day.
A cup at every meal.
Water-rich fruit on a hot afternoon.
A silly straw that turns drinking into a game.

Little ones overheat faster than we do and almost never notice their own thirst, so the offering really does fall to us.

But offering is all it is. No bargaining, no charts, no pressure.

Pick two or three ideas from this post and let the rest go. That’s genuinely enough.

Which water trick works in your house? Tell me below.

23/05/2026

Frozen fries get an A on Nutri-Score. I had to read that twice the first time.

The letter only grades what’s in the pack per 100g. It can’t see sweeteners or how processed something is, and it has no idea your kid eats the fried version, not the raw potato in the box.

So a diet soda can outscore olive oil. And that second green logo beside it, the Eco-Score, isn’t even about nutrition.

It isn’t useless. It’s genuinely fine for picking between two yoghurts. But it was never built to tell you whether a food belongs in your child’s week.

Flip the pack over. The ingredients list is still the most honest thing on it.

20/05/2026

A few weeks back I ended up at McDonald’s with my kid. Not part of the plan, but life is rarely the plan.

One meal genuinely doesn’t define your child’s nutrition. The pattern at home does. The everyday meals do. A drive-through stop on a chaotic day is just a meal.

A few small things to know if you want them.
- Ask for fries with no salt and they have to cook a fresh batch, so you get less sodium, cleaner oil, and hotter fries at once.
- Swap the fries for a carrot bag, cucumber sticks or fruit bag where available, often at no extra cost.
- Choose water or milk over juice. One sauce instead of two.

Save this for the next road trip, hike, or just the next time you feel guilty over trying to feed your child :)

18/05/2026

Every week someone asks me a version of the same question. Which fish for baby, lake or sea, how to give the benefits without the risks.

Here’s the framework I share.

Fear of heavy metals shouldn’t push fish off the highchair. Skipping it loses some of the most useful nutrients for early brain development. What actually matters is which fish, how often, how much.

Smaller. Shorter-lived. Less predatory. Variety over volume. Lake or sea both work, as long as the size is right and the source is monitored.

Salmon, sardines, trout, sole, cod, herring, anchovies, local catch like Egli. Plenty to rotate through. The ones to skip are the big long-living predators.

Save this for the next shop.

by Anastasia,
Pediatric Feeding Specialist & Nutritionist

19/12/2025

I’m truly honored to be recognized with the Brainz 500 Global Award 2025 by Brainz Magazine.

This recognition means a lot to me because it highlights the work behind Early Eaters Club — supporting families, reshaping how we think about children’s nutrition, and helping kids build a healthier relationship with food from the very beginning.

Being included among so many inspiring founders and change-makers reminds me that meaningful impact often starts small: at the family table, with curiosity, patience, and care.

Thank you to Brainz Magazine for this recognition, and to the families and professionals who trust and support this mission every day.

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