Why playing with food is essential for fussy eaters Allowing our child to play with food can seem counter to a culture that teaches us manners at the table. It can also conjure up nightmares thinking of mess. However, playing with food is an important part of learning to eat. Babies smoosh food on their …
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Workshop – Early Learning Centre I was delighted to be invited to speak to a local preschool last week. It was lovely to see parents braving the sheeting rain to learn how they could better support their children around food and feeding. I’d prepared an interactive workshop and we had plenty of time to tackle …
Stuffed tomatoes Tomatoes can be a challenge due to the texture of the insides, with the seeds and the wetness. One solution is to scoop out the middle and leave just the firmer outer part – which is then like many fruits. We can add a favourite filling like bacon, cheese or a dip like …
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Help your picky eater eat from their school/kindy lunchbox Judith is an internationally certified nutritional therapist and AOTA accredited picky eating advisor. She works with 100+ families every year resolving fussy eating and returning pleasure and joy to the meal table. Lunchboxes returning unscathed is an ongoing problem for many parents. All that time and …
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Reflections on “home-retreat” It’s been exactly a week since we dropped to Level II in NZ. That’s meant a partial return to the office for my husband, school for the boys and the ability to do a whole range of social activities that have been out of reach (4 teen boys over for a sleepover …
Structure and routines are important even in uncertainty I feel we’re all entering a whole new world. There are many unknowns and that alone can be anxiety producing. On the other side when we have children, maintaining routines is a great way to support them to remain calm. What may happen There could well be …
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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. …
I am always, always delighted when a fussy child is able to eat something new that previously would have been a challenge. It’s the reason I work long hours, nights and weekends. It’s why I wrote Creating Confident Eaters and is what has me leaping out of bed at 5.15am (well, mostly!). My goal is …
Lots of studies show that resolutions often don’t work. But then I’m wary of not throwing the baby out with the bath water too! I take stock and look at areas in life that are causing stress or frustration on an ongoing basis, and see if there are ways that I can improve the situation. …
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Many years ago, I realised that school holidays were really stressful for me. As I primarily work from home, I was entertainment coordinator at the same time as trying to cram the same amount of work as usual into a day. Plus doing all the regular household chores. This meant a lot of work at …