About Us

Welcome to Coastal Kids Nutrition

Located in Terrigal on the NSW Central Coast, Coastal Kids Nutrition is a specialised paediatric dietetic service led by Andrea Sheldon, Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) and paediatric nutrition expert with 15 years of prior experience at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

Whether you’re seeking nutrition support for your baby’s feeding, your toddler’s growth, your teen’s health, or child’s complex medical condition, you’re in the right place. We provide personalised, evidence-based nutrition care for children of all ages — in a compassionate and family-centred environment.

Learn More

Services

How We Can Help

Here at Coastal Kids Nutrition we work with children across all areas of paediatric nutrition.

Infant Nutrition – Growth & Feeding Support​

Guidance on feeding your baby, optimising growth and nutritional intake and helping to address feeding challenges.

Introduction to Solids​

Practical, evidence-based advice for introducing solids confidently and safely, including allergy prevention strategies.

Fussy & Restrictive Eating​

Support for children with all degrees of fussy and restrictive eating. Includes support for children who are …Read more

neurodivergent or have other sensory challenges and feeding difficulties.

General Nutrition & Dietary Analysis​

Assessing your child’s diet to ensure they’re meeting their nutritional needs for growth,
development, and overall health.

Specialised Diets​

Nutrition support for children with medically diagnosed conditions including allergies and intolerances, gastrointestinal…Read more

diagnosed conditions (coeliac disease and IBS), iron deficiency as well as vegetarian and vegan diets.

Disability Support​

Nutrition support for children with disabilities and developmental delays. Includes both oral nutrition support and tube feeding.

‘At Coastal Kids Nutrition, both face to face and telehealth appointments are available.’

Paediatric Nutrition

How We Can Help

We support children and families with:

  • Infant feeding
  • Faltering growth
  • Introduction of solids
  • Toddler nutrition
  • Fussy eating and feeding difficulties
  • Nutrient deficiencies (including iron deficiency)
  • ARFID
  • Support to manage appetite and intake for children with ADHD
  • Allergies and intolerances
  • Coeliac disease and other gastrointestinal conditions including IBS
  • Nutrition considerations for constipation, diarrhoea and reflux
  • Weight management
  • Nutritional support for developmental delays, disability and tube feeding
  • Other complex medical conditions and chronic illnesses

We welcome both healthy children and those with complex medical needs, including NDIS self- and plan-managed participants.

Testimonials

Happy kids, happy parents

Andrea is incredible! As a first time mum, I was so nervous about starting solids, but her guidance made everything feel manageable. She was thorough, supportive and gave me so much confidence from purees to finger foods and beyond. I’m so grateful for her.

Emilia W, Wamberal

Andrea has a wealth of knowledge as a paediatric dietitian. As a first time mum she was so reassuring in providing advice around solids and she tailored her suggestions for what would suit my family. She is the best!

Stella L, Sydney

Andrea has been such a great support to me since having my daughter. She guided me through formula top ups in the first fe months until we were able to establish breastfeeding and advised me on how to store and reheat expressed breastmilk. When my daughter started solids she helped me navigate a possible FPIES reaction and we were able to safely trial other high risk foods...Read more

Andrea shared many ideas for starting solids incorporating baby-led weaning as well as more conventional spoon-feeding purees. She has also been a great resource for finger foods and lunchbox ideas. Andrea has provided me with so much reassurance and practical advice over my first year as a parent. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
Anna M - Sydney

Get in Touch

Book a Visit for Your Little One’s Health

    Follow Us on Instagram

    @coastal_kids_nutrition

    © 2025 Coastal Kids. All rights reserved
    X

    Maternity Leave Notice

    Thank you for visiting Coastal Kids Nutrition. Andrea is currently on maternity leave and plans to gradually return to work from July 2026. Until then, appointments are not available and there may be a delay in responses to emails and enquiries as messages will not be monitored regularly.

    We appreciate your patience and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

    Coastal Kids Nutrition looks forward to welcoming new and returning families in the second half of 2026. There will also be an increase in availability for online / telehealth consultations, so please feel free to get in touch if you would like to arrange an appointment outside of the usual Tuesday & Wednesday clinic days.

    Thank you for your understanding.