by Jenny Friedman, RD | Jul 19, 2021
This article discusses 5 ways to get your picky eater to eat foods they used to like, but stopped eating. When your picky eater starts to refuse food they used to love, it can feel like all your progress has come to a screeching halt. For those who already have...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Jul 12, 2021
This article discusses why forcing picky eaters to eat doesn’t help them try new food and provides 3 alternatives to forcing, pressuring, and requiring a child to eat a new food. Many of us grew up with our parents forcing healthy food. Whether we were told we...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Jul 6, 2021
This article discusses some reasons why a child isn’t eating at meals and provides simple solutions to help your child eat better at mealtimes. As frustrating as it is, a child refusing to eat at meals is normal. It is defeating and annoying to spend time...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Jun 28, 2021
Sensory food play is a fun and effective way to help picky eaters eat more fruits and vegetables. Serving a picky eater new foods is an important way to help them learn to eat new foods. But simply offering new foods and providing new food exposures often is not...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Jun 7, 2021
If your picky child tries a new food and doesn’t like it, how do you get them to try again? “I don’t like it” is a common refrain from picky eaters. Often you’ll hear this before they even try a new food. “I don’t like it” becomes a phrase that they use to avoid...