Your Family Nutritionist

Your Family Nutritionist AfN registered Nutritionist, helping your family to love food and stay healthy from the beginning! Hi!

I am Theresa, an AfN registered Nutritionist with over 20 years experience in the field of nutrition and feeding families. I was owner of the award winning company Happy Tums and helped to run it for 8 years before deciding to start up on my own. I specialises in childhood nutrition and run weaning and fussy eater workshops in Essex and the surrounding areas. These workshops are either at local v

enues such as church halls, online or private group sessions in your own home are also available. Come along to learn how to give your baby the best start with food! Some of the things I cover include the baby led weaning approach, purées, choking, allergies, dropping milk feeds and so much more! I also offer you on-going support afterwards and I will always be available to answer any questions that you have via my group page which you will be added to following a workshop.

This month we saw the publication of the Infant Feeding Survey 2024 and here is a snapshot of the information and statis...
23/06/2026

This month we saw the publication of the Infant Feeding Survey 2024 and here is a snapshot of the information and statistics collated regarding weaning. We are making progress but still have a long way to go!

Contact rashes are actually common when weaning, our baby's skin is so sensitive! Jack and Francesca both had contact re...
22/06/2026

Contact rashes are actually common when weaning, our baby's skin is so sensitive! Jack and Francesca both had contact reactions to tomatoes.
Have you seen any contact reactions whilst weaning your little one?

Food refusal is very common and very frustrating and something I think all of us as parents have experienced with our li...
18/06/2026

Food refusal is very common and very frustrating and something I think all of us as parents have experienced with our little ones - I know I have!
Here are some tips if you find that your baby or child is refusing their meals all of a sudden.

If you have faced this as a parent, what did you do to get mealtimes back on track?

These are my July dates, please note that I am not working in August and the first week of September so if you want to d...
18/06/2026

These are my July dates, please note that I am not working in August and the first week of September so if you want to do a weaning workshop soon, get yourself booked onto one of these spots.

I only have a couple of spaces left on my June workshops as well - thank you for trusting me with helping you with your weaning adventures!

All bookings are done via my website (see bio)

I can't thank you enough for taking the time to let me know how much you liked my workshops!Food is my world! It always ...
11/06/2026

I can't thank you enough for taking the time to let me know how much you liked my workshops!

Food is my world! It always has been. I am that person that reads recipe books for fun. I am that person that goes to bed planning and thinking about food and wakes up - thinking about food!

As a toddler, I was only interested in watching cookery programmes according to my mum!

I LOVE helping you and your little ones to love food too!

11/06/2026

One of my favourite chicken recipes for weaning!

1kg Chicken thighs

Marinade

2 red onions chopped finely
2 lemons, juiced
4 tsp paprika
300ml Full fat Greek yogurt
3 crushed garlic cloves
1 thumb size piece of ginger, grated
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp ground cumin
Pepper

Mix all marinade ingredients together and mix in with the chicken. Leave for at least an hour (I did this overnight)

Pop into the airfryer for 20mins on 210c or until cooked through.

Serve in finger sized pieces and enjoy with rice & veg or like I did here, with some guacamole, cheese and squished raspberries!

Gut health is such an interesting topic and one I love learning more about and understanding more about how the health o...
10/06/2026

Gut health is such an interesting topic and one I love learning more about and understanding more about how the health of our gut affects the WHOLE of our body - it is fascinating!
Here is some info on gut health for babies and children.

08/06/2026

Absolutely love this recipe which I adapted to include this beautiful sunflower seed butter from .world!

I love sunflower seeds as they are full of protein, fibre, iron and zinc (2 minerals we need to add into our weaning baby’s diet) making it perfect for our growing babies!

This one with cocoa gives a delicious chocolatey flavour without tonnes of added sugar!

Weaning is MESSY!There is no escape from this and this is especially so if you are going down the BLW route of feeding.B...
05/06/2026

Weaning is MESSY!

There is no escape from this and this is especially so if you are going down the BLW route of feeding.
But, there are plenty of things that you can do to minimise the mess, so here are some tips!

What are your tips for keeping the mess at bay?!

Diet culture is so prevalent at the moment and with social media being such a huge part of our children's lives, it is s...
04/06/2026

Diet culture is so prevalent at the moment and with social media being such a huge part of our children's lives, it is so important to start thinking about how we, as parents, talk about food with our children.
Here are some tips to help.

If you have a toddler or a child who is showing signs of being selective around their food and want to book a fussy eaters workshop with me, drop me a message!

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