From Milk to Meals: A Guide to Starting Solids

Starting solids is one of the most exciting milestones in your baby's first year, but it can also feel overwhelming. What foods should you offer first? How do you know your baby is truly ready? What about choking versus gagging? This four-session programme takes the guesswork out of introducing solids so you can approach mealtimes with confidence and calm.

Designed for parents of babies around six months old, each weekly session builds on the last, guiding you step by step from first tastes through to independent self-feeding. The sessions will cover:

• Recognising when your baby is ready and setting up for safe, positive mealtimes
• Choosing first foods and preparing age-appropriate textures
• Reading your baby's hunger and fullness cues and navigating common reactions like food refusal
• Introducing finger foods and building confidence around gagging versus choking

By the end of the programme, you will feel equipped to plan nutritious meals, respond to your baby's cues with confidence, and create a positive feeding foundation that supports their development well beyond the first year.

This programme is led by Lorena Maré, our lead paediatric occupational therapist, with over 13 years of experience working with children across the UK and Hong Kong. She specialises in sensory, motor, and developmental support, and is known for her warm, family-centred approach. Over the course of her career, she has supported hundreds of children and families, bringing both clinical expertise and a warm, family-centred approach to her work.

Each session will run for 2 hours, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, and will take place at our MindWorX Mental Health Clinic, located at:

Room 2205-06, 22/F, Tower 1, New World Tower, 16-18 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong

Please note that the dates shown above refer to the first session of each group. The programme consists of four weekly sessions held over four consecutive weeks.

The full schedule is as follows: 

*November 12th, 19th, 26th, December 3rd*

Terms & Conditions

• The workshop is subject to a minimum number of participants. If the minimum enrolment requirement is not met, the workshop may be postponed or cancelled. Participants will be notified of the workshop status at least one week prior to the scheduled date.
• Once registration has been confirmed, fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.
• We reserve the right to reschedule, modify, or cancel the workshop due to unforeseen circumstances, including but not limited to insufficient enrolment or instructor unavailability. In such cases, participants will be offered either a place in a rescheduled session or a credit towards a future workshop.