by Jenny Friedman, RD | Jul 15, 2020
These four fun ways to improve picky eating focus on making eating more comfortable from a sensory perspective. Most of the extreme picky eaters I work with – whether they’re on the autism spectrum or not – experience some degree of sensory impairment that...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Jun 22, 2020
This article discusses the benefits and risks of offering bribes, incentives, and rewards for eating. “Take one bite and then you can have more macaroni and cheese.” “You can have dessert if you eat it.” “If you try the broccoli you’ll get a sticker.” “We can go to...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Jun 1, 2020
A few products and resources for picky eaters that I’ve been loving lately: Foublie on Instagram Foublie shares easy and inventive cooking projects for kids plus a ton of fun “food play” ideas like bell pepper paint stamps and building fruit structures with...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | May 18, 2020
This article shares 10 easy and healthy foods for picky eaters. What are the best healthy foods for picky eaters? I get this question or some iteration of it all the time. Unfortunately, I need to break the news: there is no clear answer. There is no one size fits all...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | May 4, 2020
You’re not the first parent who’s wondered how to get an extreme picky eater or a picky eater with autism to eat more fruit. Fruit, with all of its variability, is not often a favorite food of very picky kids. But that doesn’t have to be the case. When you consider a...
