When I speak to parents of picky eaters, the worry that their child is iron deficient is often front of mind. Not eating meat is common for young children. It’s a lot of chewing for very little reward. This is also part of the reason nuggets are so popular, the meat just mushes in the […]
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Trying everything but nothing working with a picky eater This is probably the most common frustration for parents with a picky eater. Are parents just lazy? There is a common misconception that parents of fussy eaters are just lazy and let their children “get away” with eating whatever. But, in my experience it is generally
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
