ChildLife® Blog
The Greatest Gift a Parent can Give is a Healthy Future
5 Foods Your Should Avoid Giving Your Baby
By Nicole Avena, PhD Feeding a baby can be so much fun, especially when you are trying out new feeds and seeing your baby’s reaction to different tastes. While most parents are able to offer their baby an assortment of different foods to try out, there are some things that
Helping Your Child Cultivate a Gratitude Practice
“Have you noticed that the more we get, the less we tend to appreciate? Children are very similar to adults in this regard. A child opening a pile of presents on their birthday might open one and toss it to the side while hurrying to open the next. Christmas offers
Tips for Coping With Picky Eaters
By Nicole Avena, PhD When toddlerhood strikes, babies can often become more willing to let you know how they really feel about things, and this includes their dislikes for certain foods. You may find that the angel who once let you feed them mouthfuls of nutritious purees does not want
How Can You Establish Healthy Food Preferences Early In Your Baby’s Life?
By Nicole Avena, PhD Feeding a baby for the first time is fun and exciting, for all parties involved. Who doesn’t love to see the video of a baby’s face after trying a new food for the first time? However, amid all the excitement, parents often make one of the
Same Great Supplements—Brand New Look!
ChildLife Essentials® premium nutritional supplements for children have been around for two decades—Now you'll notice a whole new look on our website. For months we’ve been working on a new website—trying to keep you, our customer, in mind. We wanted to simplify—make the website clean, user-friendly and easy to navigate,
Enhancing Your Child’s Health for Life
In this day and age, all parents can benefit from the following knowledge, understanding and insights to help ensure the health, wealth and full development of your child’s life. No generation of children in history have ever faced or were exposed to so many environmental stressors, obstacles, toxins or hazardous
Back to School
The return to school, the beginning of a new year with new experiences and associated emotions, can sometimes be experienced by a child as a stress. So, this time of the year can become the most challenging and the most important time for supporting your child’s health, development and particularly
Essential Nutrients and Cod Liver Oil: Minding your Child’s Mind
Cod Liver Oil, providing the Omega-3 oils and DHA, can be given to support and nourish your child’s physical, emotional and mental well-being at all ages. Ideally, it should be a part of every child’s daily routine. Growth As children grow, develop and mature, we can be looking out for