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We’re hosting a free webinar: From Aversion to Acceptance – Strategies for Infants with Feeding Aversion and Limited Intake Options this August 20, 2026 with our dear friend and go-to...

Julie here. Every once in a while, a new clinical guideline comes along that makes you stop and smile. Not because it changes everything. Because it pulls together years of...

Julie here. If you work with children on enteral nutrition long enough, you’ll hear this question: “Can we give real food through the tube?” For many families, blenderized tube feeding...

Charlene here, pediatric dietitian.  I originally planned to write about a different topic, but as often happens when digging into the literature, I came across a paper that made me...

Julie here. If you work with children, you will see picky eating.And at some point, you’ve probably asked yourself: Is this typical? Is this a feeding problem? Or is this...

Nutrition really is the cornerstone of improving neonatal outcomes, especially for our preterm infants as they transition from the NICU to home. While discharge is an exciting milestone, it often...

Julie here. Let’s rewind 20 years. I was a new dietitian, settling in my first permanent clinical job at my local children’s hospital. My dream job. I was eager, passionate,...

As pediatric dietitians working in infant feeding, many of us are familiar with the landmark LEAP and PETIT food allergy prevention trials. These studies led to a shift in early...

Julie here. As dietitians, we’re trained to watch the scale. Weight gain, or lack of it, often feels like the most obvious marker of an infant’s health.But here’s the truth:...

If you’re a dietitian working with infants, or you want to get into this field, you’ll definitely be asked for your opinion on various infant formulas. We know breast milk...

If Part 1 on infant constipation: Is This Even Infant Constipation? had you questioning whether what you’re seeing is even constipation—welcome to the sequel. This time, we’re getting practical. As dietitians, we’re...

Charlene here, back writing about one of my favourite topics – milk protein allergy. One of the challenges in pediatric milk “issues” for clinicians has been determining whether symptoms represent...

A Dietitian’s Guide to Sorting Out the Real GI Picture “I work in early intervention and I have quite a few kiddos that have constipation issues within the first couple...

It’s hard to believe that 2025 is just around the corner!Earlier this week, we sat down at the cutest little coffee shop for the day to plan out our 2025...

Julie here.Charlene and I have been busy these past few months developing a new workshop coming out in December, on how to decipher and provide safe recipes to fortify EBM...

Charlene here! We’ve had a few months’ hiatus from our regular newsletter/blog. No great reason other than sometimes these blogs end up taking the back burner to other seemingly more...

Charlene here!In October 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) published new infant feeding guidelines outlining 7 key recommendations. We’ve been wanting to dig a little deeper on these for a...

Are you finding it hard to stay up-to-date? We’re here to help. Here’s a roundup of what caught our attention in 2023. You’ll find the latest evidence, guidelines, recommendations, and...

Charlene here! Our newsletter this month is a little different. You might not know that in addition to being the co-founder of Nutrition Masterclass with Julie, I run a group...

With as many as 40% of infants experiencing regurgitation by 3 to 4 months of age (AAFP 2015), it’s no wonder Dietitians get asked when does crying, fussiness and arching...

If you currently work with infants or hope to work with infants in the future, you will certainly meet a family with a baby who was born preterm. When you...

Assessing and diagnosing malnutrition is becoming standard of care. Especially in pediatric patients. But what do you do when using the indicators isn’t clear cut? Here’s a question we often...

Charlene here! I’m not sure if you’ve experienced this, but the COVID pandemic has led me to evaluate my priorities in life. This includes my professional priorities and reflecting on...

Julie here. Nutrition Masterclass saw its start in 2018. I remember our very first chat about the business you see today. Charlene and I were in the office together at...