Infant Nutrition

Few decisions attract more advice, and more contradictory advice, than how to feed a baby.
This section is Dr. Marie’s evidence-based guidance on infant feeding, from the first days through the transition to solid food. It covers the practical differences between formulas, including what the goat milk versus cow milk question actually comes down to and which protein differences matter clinically. It covers antenatal hand expression, and how preparing before delivery changes the early breastfeeding experience. It covers the introduction of allergenic foods, where guidance has reversed within the last decade and where many families are still working from advice that is now out of date.
The aim throughout is to separate what the evidence supports from what is marketing, and to be honest about the questions where the evidence is genuinely thin.
Feeding is also where new parents most often feel judged. Dr. Marie’s position is that fed is the floor, not the ceiling, and that the goal is a feeding plan that works for your baby and is sustainable for you. Breastfeeding, formula, and combination feeding are all covered here without a thumb on the scale.
Rising Star Pediatrics supports families through this at home, where feeding actually happens, rather than in a ten minute office visit.