
Hi and welcome to Solid Start!
I’m Caroline O’Connor
Are you a new parent overwhelmed by conflicting weaning advice?
Or frustrated because your toddler won’t eat anything?
Or maybe you’re dealing with food allergies and afraid your baby is missing out?
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6 THINGS A REGISTERED DIETITIAN CAN DO FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILD
Help with breastfeeding
Help diagnose and manage food allergies
Provide feeding solutions to digestive problems
Help with weaning
Manage fussy eating
Plan healthy plant-based diets

Solid Start is here to help you.
An accidental entrepreneur!
As a mum of four with a job I loved, I didn’t set out go into business. But in 2016 while on maternity leave with my last baby, I decided to run Baby Weaning Workshops while weaning Alice. You see, one of my pet peeves is inaccurate and misinformed nutrition advice! And I saw it everywhere! Online, in mother and baby groups and among friends. My first Baby Weaning Workshop here in Cork in August 2016 was a roaring success. So, I continued offering them monthly even after returning to the HSE as a community dietitian. Weaning Workshops led to Toddler Classes and private consultations. And, in June 2018, I quit my HSE job to build Solid Start into a one-stop-shop for professional feeding advice. Then in 2019, I also followed my dream to qualify as a lactation consultant.
I now run Solid Start from my home in Cork that I share with my husband, my three boys (aged 16, 14 and 10) and our 7-year old daughter.