When, Why, Where, and How to Start Solids with your 6 Month-Old
When, Why, Where, and How to Start Solids with your 6 Month-Old By Lesley Van Dyck, MS, CCC-SLP Just when you feel like you’ve got your bottle or breastfeeding routine
Feeding is Parenting: What is Your Parenting Style?
Something to consider is your own parenting style and how it aligns with how you parent with food. Because of diet culture’s influence on how we feed our children, it’s not uncommon for a parent to approach food in a way that is different from their own parenting style.
Holidays, Food and Kids – Your Questions Answered
Do you worry or feel stressed about your child’s eating around the holidays? If so, you’re not alone. Food is a big and important part of the holiday season. Feeding children can be challenging when we’re in a “normal routine”. However, traveling or having family come to visit can present added challenges with feeding, especially for pickier eaters.
Why We Should Ditch the One Bite Rule
Have you ever told your child, “you need to take just one more bite?” If so, you are not alone! While the one bite rule may seem innocent enough, research has shown that the one bite rule is potentially harmful for children, especially those that are underweight or picky eaters.
Reduce the Picky Eating Struggle
It’s important to understand that picky eating is normal for young children. A child may eat a whole lot of one food one day, and the next day they are all about another food. Children use intuition to pick the foods that they are going to eat. Maggie explains this using research and how to minimize the eating struggles.
Tips for Overcoming Picky Eating
Three Actions Steps for moms regarding Picky Eating from a speech-language pathologist.
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