Blogs for picky and fussy eaters
Creating Confident Eaters Do you have a picky eater? Would you love to stop wasting food? Have the kids trying new things happily? Be able to add more fruit and vegetables? Challenge those stubborns! The Confident Eater supports parents/caregivers to get picky eaters eating. The guide, Creating Confident Eaters, is a combination of the “wow, …
I love hearing happy endings from parents of picky eaters, especially when they have a child that is really struggling around food. This is one of my favourite stories as mum is a marketing expert and used her skills masterfully to support her daughter to accept an apple in her lunchbox for the first time. …
Anyone who has followed me for any length of time will know that this is one of my “catch cries” when it comes to food for any child, picky or not. Sharing not staring is a really important concept for our fussy eaters and yet, all the advertising we see shows us the opposite! Staring …
Sharing not staring – especially for our fussy eaters Read More »
Almost every parent I speak to asks me how to get their picky eater eating vegetables. But, as the parent should we be “getting” our picky eater to eat vegetables, or is there a way we can make it happen almost magically? I know from my years of experience working with families of picky eaters …
The magical way to get picky eaters eating vegetables Read More »
The word most commonly used to describe a picky eater is stubborn so I’m guessing that your child not eating is also very strong willed around food, and nothing will get them to budge. And yet, despite all of this, there is a solution! Child not eating anything different? It’s not uncommon for me to …
Anyone who works with the families of children who struggle to eat comfortably knows that there are many children who may not grow out of it. In fact, often children with extreme reactions to food get gradually worse, not better. Current estimates are that up to 10% of children have issues so severe they will …
I was talking to a lovely couple last week who are really struggling with their son and his picky eating. They got in touch because when they went away on holiday it really shined a negative light on his eating. Often, when we’re at home, we make all sorts of accommodations for our child. This …
Do you have a picky eater and spend hours looking for special recipes for your child? If so, you are not alone. There are millions of sites advertising food for picky eaters, and recipes that all fussy children will love. But is this true? For me, it’s usually not about the food at all. The …
Eat more fruit My son stopped eating fruit. When I looked closely at what was happening, I realised I wasn’t taking my own advice! My teen had always enjoyed fruit but seemed to be eating less and less. Every time I offered, he turned his nose up. It’s one of the things that creeps up …
