About Me - First Step Nutrition

About Me

DIETITIAN, NUTRITIONIST, AUTHOR & SPEAKER

You know that food and nutrition are important to you and your family.

But you’re frustrated with feeding your family: finding the time and energy to meal plan and then struggling with dinner-time bribes and battles.

Or maybe you’re interested in Baby-led Weaning but have no idea how to actually do it.

You are not alone, and you’re in the right place!

Using 15 years of experience as a registered dietitian, and practical experience of raising 3 kids I can help make feeding your family easier.

I offer online programs, to cut through all of the nutrition noise and decrease the overwhelm and stress!

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JENNIFER HOUSE MSc, RD

I’m passionate about helping parents make mealtimes more peaceful and raise children who have a healthy relationship with food.

Credentials:

Registered Dietitian & Nutritionist
BSc degree (Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Alberta) & MSc degree (Human Nutrition, University of British Columbia)
Member of the Alberta College of Dietitians and Dietitians of Canada (& network leader of the Consulting Dietitians network)
Board member of Calgary Breastfeeding Matters Group
Author of The Parents’ Guide to Baby led Weaning & Babyfood in an Instant Pot
Speak & train health professionals in Baby-led Weaning & Picky Eating.

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Testimonials

As a regulated member of the College of Dietitians of Alberta, unfortunately it’s not legal for me to share client success stories.

However, I am able to share experiences of businesses!

As a mom herself and a long-standing pediatric nutrition expert in our field, you can count on my colleague Jennifer House for trustworthy advice. You'll find a wealth of knowledge for busy parents and caregivers, as well as practical strategies for feeding toddlers and kids. From understanding babyled weaning, to managing picky eating and making meal time peaceful, you can count on the professional advice at First Step Nutrition.
Andrea Holwegner, Registered Dietitian & CEO Health Stand Nutrition Consulting Inc.
We operate a small daycare and decided to seek the advice of a dietitian in order to ensure that we were providing the best, most balanced nutrition possible to the children in our care. First Step Nutrition designs two-week alternating menus for us, which we change three times per year. These menus introduce the children to new, interesting, healthy food choices and are very kid friendly. The children love the meals and snacks we serve them and their parents love knowing that we offer only the best food choices. The menus also make preparation easier for us. Working with Jennifer has really improved our quality of care and is remarkably affordable.
Jenny, Owner, Mockingbird Kids Daycare
We have had the opportunity to work with Jennifer to analyze our menus based on the meals that we provide to our students in our program. She was very helpful in food recommendation to improve what we offer. Her expertise provided us with information regarding what to look for in labels, how to make meals less time consuming, and more. We chose to work with Jennifer because she understood what our program strive for towards providing healthy meals to children which impacts their development. Thank you Jennifer for sharing your knowledge and helping us learn more.
Marlene, Owner, 2000 Days Pre-Kindergarten
Jen House has been Baby Gourmet’s go-to nutritionist since my sister Jen and I founded the company. Her insight into assisting us to ensure we provide the best tasting, highest quality and nutritional products, has been invaluable. Her attention to detail, responsiveness and entrepreneurial spirit has been a big part of our success. As a caring Mother herself, we share the values of early healthy eating habits, while not sacrificing taste!
Jill, Baby Gourmet
On behalf of the Calgary’s Child team, thank you so much for appearing on our segment on Monday. As always, you did a fabulous job! You are always so comfortable in front of the camera and the information/advice you gave was so easy to follow and really helpful to our viewers. I always really enjoy watching your segments. Thanks again!
Melissa, Calgary's Child Magazine

Jennifer has contributed to: Huffington Post Parents, CBC radio, Global National News, Global Calgary morning & noon shows, Global Edmonton Family Matters, CTV Calgary Morning Show, Breakfast Television Calgary, Canadian Parent magazine, Canadian Family magazine, Today’s Parent magazine & more!