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4 Reasons Why You Should Let Kids Play With Their Food
Yes! You should let kids play with their food! This article discusses the benefits of playing with food for picky eaters, what food play for picky eaters is, and shares ideas for how kids can play with food. "Don't play with your food" is a...
100+ Lunch Ideas for Picky Eaters
This article shares lunch ideas for picky eaters that you can pack for school or serve at home. Every August and September I hear from parents of picky eaters who are stressed about lunch ideas for picky eaters. Parents aren't sure about what lunches to pack for their...
5 Signs That Your Child’s Eating Could Be More Than Picky Eating
This article discusses when your child’s eating habits might be more than picky eating. Does this sound familiar? As a baby your child ate everything. They even loved salmon and broccoli! Then, suddenly, their palate became much more discerning and your child started...
4 Simple Solutions to Get a Stubborn Picky Eater to Eat
This article discusses how to get a stubborn picky eater to eat new foods. If you have a stubborn picky eater at home you aren’t alone. Many of the families I see in my practice describe their child as stubborn. Stubbornness can make picky eating struggles feel even...
How to Find the Best New Foods for Picky Eaters
This article discusses how to you can select the best new foods for picky eaters when you are trying to expand their diet and get them to eat more variety. Your child is an extremely picky eater. You’re ready to help them try new foods and eat more variety and you...
5 Simple Tips to Get Your Picky Eater to Eat Foods They Used to Like
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...
Why Forcing Picky Eaters to Eat Doesn’t Work and 3 Alternatives to Pressuring a Child to Eat
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 had...
10 Reasons Your Child Isn’t Eating at Meals (and Easy Solutions to Help!)
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 planning,...
5 Simple Summer Sensory Food Play Ideas to Improve Picky Eating
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...