Every week, Caitlin Sciutto stops by Target and piles her cart with pureed food pouches for her 4-year-old and twin 18-month-old sons. In goes a 24-pack of unsweetened applesauce. Then a 24-pack of ...

For the first time in history, the US Food and Drug Administration has established guidance for levels of lead in processed baby foods that are sold on supermarket shelves and online. The agency’s ...

Eating avocados during pregnancy lowers the risk of food allergies for babies, according to new research. The study involving 2,272 mother-baby pairs in Finland found that tots had 44% lower odds of ...

Some babies are born with teeth. That doesn’t mean they’re ready to dig into a hamburger or slice of pizza. Any parent with common sense would know that. But the protocols for feeding a baby can be ...

When I was pregnant with my son, I took slow, blood-circulating walks around Prospect Park and thought about feeding him lemons. Not just lemons, of course. Also roast chicken and broccoli florets, ...

A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of ...

Peanut allergy rates in young children plummeted since guidelines were introduced that advised parents to feed the common ...