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The importance of colour – even for ‘beige’ eaters

The importance of colour even for ‘beige’ eaters Does your child love foods like toast, crackers, and pasta, preferably with no sauce? Are they eating a standard fussy eater ‘beige diet’? Do you feel like plain is going to work for them and colours are probably going to be a no? What’s interesting, is that …

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Fussy eating questionnaire – part two

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What do parents of fussy eaters say? – Part two: Last week I discussed the first half of the results from a survey on fussy eating I sent out to parents of picky eaters. I wasn’t surprised at what parents reported as I do spend all day talking to them! However, it was still confronting …

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Fussy eating questionnaire – part one.

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What do parents of fussy eaters say? – Part one: This time last year I sent out a 10-question survey to parents of fussy eaters to find out what was happening for them across a range of picky eating issues. The answers I received were not a surprise. I speak to parents every day, so …

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Does your child have PFD? Does your GP recognise PFD?

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Does your child have PFD? Does your GP recognise PFD? Pedatric Feeding Disorder was added to the ICD-10 on 1st October 2021. If you would like a simple explanation of what it is, why it is important that you know and whether it’s applicable to your child, you can link here: https://theconfidenteater.com/pediatric-feeding-disorder-pfd-a-new-picky-eating-diagnosis/ Last week on …

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Is fussy eating a modern phenomenon?

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Is fussy eating a modern phenomenon? One of the mum’s asked this on the Facebook page earlier in the week. She said, “how come our mothers and grandmothers don’t talk about fussy eaters?” It’s one of the questions I frequently get asked and I think my answer is both a yes and a no as …

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Picky eating is a spectrum – where does your child fit?

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Picky eating is a spectrum I was thinking about picky eating being a spectrum rather than a fixed definition at the start of the week. This was after speaking to yet another parent who told me a tale of failure after following the advice of an expert in children, but not an expert in feeding. …

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Pediatric Feeding Disorder – a new picky eating diagnosis

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Pediatric Feeding Disorder – a new picky eating diagnosis I feel the more educated we are as a parent, the better placed we are to support our child. As there have been some new developments in the picky eating sphere, I wanted to update you all. Being armed with this information and understanding the terms, …

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Am I too soft with my picky eater and is it just a modern problem?

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Am I too soft with my picky eater and is it just a modern problem? As a picky eating advisor, I love sharing my knowledge. Often when I post publicly, I get responses from older people who say things like ‘in my day we just had to eat what was served’ or ‘if you didn’t …

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Why may a fussy eater eat a new food, then drop it?

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Why a fussy eater may eat new a food then drop it? There are many frustrations in parenting a child who has difficulty eating like the rest of the family. However, some things push buttons more easily than others. One of these is when a child happily eats a new food – the parent parties …

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