Meet the Baby Gains family!
Hi! I am Elleni and I am a Darwin born Mum and dietitian that has a special interest and training in paediatric nutrition. I have four beautiful children of my own and an incredibly supportive husband, Jerome, who is also Darwin born and works as a doctor in the Northern Territory.
Baby Gains came to life in 2020, after our second child, Sebastian, was born. My sister and three of my sister in laws were pregnant at the same time. Tara was pregnant with her first, Kiara and I were pregnant with our second, Lisa was pregnant with her third and Jacinta was up to baby five! Life was busier than ever for us all as we tried to navigate this new chapter with our newest additions!
Once it was time for Sebastian to start solids, I started to make batches of foods and freeze them in silicone trays and pop them out and store them in the freezer. Knowing the challenges of Motherhood, especially the stage of introducing solids, I started to offer my foods to my sisters and other family friends who were also starting solids.
The foods were really well received by the babies and also well received by the parents, who saved so much time by having their baby food made. Jerome and I discussed the idea of selling the food I was making and then decided to build our own commercial kitchen, get food safety approval, jump in the deep end and give the business a go.
The Baby Gains name came about one night when Jerome mentioned how important it was for children to get the ‘right gains’ and so, we thought, how about Baby Gains? And here we are!
Nourishing our children from young is so important and while I am a huge advocate for home-cooking, I like to consider myself a realistic dietitian and understand that us parents need some help sometimes too. Baby Gains is a healthy alternative for busy families that might need that little bit of help to reduce some of the pressure at meal times, all while giving your baby the right type of gains.
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We deliver to Darwin and the rural areas for $6.00 or FREE for all orders over $99
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What Darwin families have to say!
So grateful to have come across Baby Gains! I have been struggling to juggle, work and 2 babies at home. It is conveniently delivered to your door and locally made by a mum for us mums! My youngest absolutely loves baby gains!! Straight 10/10 from him. Highly recommend! I bought all 4 trays and will buy again! Good work and thank you Baby Gains! 👏
Samie Gee
Baby gains has truely made our starting solids journey enjoyable, fun and has definitely taken all the stress out of it. I couldn’t recommend it enough! My little one enjoys every one of the textured meals and it is so easy to add some of the smooth cubes or the easy iron to give her a bit more variety and nutrition! Elleni is so lovely and knowledgeable in everything baby weaning related! I am so happy to know that my little girl is getting such beautiful, homemade, nutritious food cooked by a real professional
Lisa Heffronn
Beyond happy with order received. Ordered Easy Iron, Bright Delight and Fruitylicious - baby girl devoured all and her 4 year old sister was licking the bowl! Will be a regular customer!
Jodi Nobbs
Coming from a paediatrician - Baby gains has been absolutely amazing! The purées are so tasty and simple and fresh we want to eat them ourselves! Makes preparing food a cinch, instant variety, and know that it’s healthy, prepared by a dietician. We started with purée and now do some purée for reliable intake and then also make baby some finger food/let baby sample some of what we are having. V happy with the product, service and so excited to be able to support a local NT business. Would 100% recommend giving them a try!
Jennifer Yan
OUR MISSION
Our goal is to provide a healthy alternative for busy families and Territory kids, to give their growing bodies what they need. "All the evidence is pointing towards those first 100 days, if we want our children to have healthy outcomes, then it is up to us as parent to give them the very best nourishment and education, right from their very first tastes of food!" - Elleni Thorbjornsen (APD)
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