Solid Starts 4+

Great app for info about what/how to serve at what age but not user friendly for tracking. For many reasons… For instance, you can’t use characters like “/“ in the notes which makes it hard to use as you can’t write 1/2 pear - only letters. Tracking is not very intuitive, in my opinion they need to hire a UX expert. It’s a bit cumbersome to add foods to several days. Adding multiple foods to a day is also time consuming. I can never quite understand where I am in the app, especially in the food log section. I just don’t have the time. Also I expected to have the guides they offer as PDFs in this app, not have to buy them separately. I’d be willing to pay more but just have them there. Another issue is missing common foods like egg yolks but only having eggs. I don’t want to have to add something as basic as this manually. Personally I’m slightly disappointed that this app recommends Cheerios to 9+ months old babies. Featured food? Why?! A way to build bad eating habits and metabolic health issues. Sugar and processed foods have no place in a baby’s diet. Everyone’s choice but don’t push it.

Best way to start your solid food journey. Whether your doing baby lead weaning or purée it gives you ideas for both. Recipes are simple and the advice given is a godsend.

I only 4 star because I would like to see more cultural foods included or ways to add your own foods and recipes e.g cornmeal/polenta which I had to select corn as was not available. Also a nice add on would be being able to share the milestones your baby reaches with family and friends.

I’m not one to heavily rely on one thing. But this became my one stop shop for everything BLW. It provided me with the guidance I needed to help my baby join us at the table. It provided me with the confidence to stand my ground with my approach using medical professional advice and information. And it helped me and my baby form a wonderful relationship with our meal times. I learnt how capable he was and it was such a gift to be able to trust him and have him be independent, watching him enjoy his meals.

It definitely helped to navigate those trickier parts of mealtimes in a way that was constructive, and gave me useful tips on keeping baby engaged at meal times.

We have such a wonderful little eater and o look forward to watching him navigate the toddler years with the same curiosity and interest in learning about new foods.