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15 Fun Food Play Ideas for Picky Eaters
Think about how your toddler or young child learns about their world. They ask questions. They touch things and feel them. This is often known as play-based learning. It is a natural experience of learning, building confidence, and acquiring new skills. Experiences...
Autism and Food: How to Deal with a Picky Eater
“They’ll grow out of it.” “It’s just a phase.” “Don’t worry, they’ll eat when they’re truly hungry.” Sound familiar? As a parent of a child who struggles to eat, these phrases might be ones you’ve heard before. Picky eating is a common part of childhood. So much so...
Healthy Sensory-Friendly Snacks for Picky Eaters
In this post you'll find 9 healthy sensory-friendly snacks for picky eaters. Looking for new healthy sensory-friendly snack ideas for picky eaters as we head back to school? Or maybe you’re just hoping to find something more nutritious than cheese puffs for your child...
4 Things to Do When You First Spot Picky Eating
It’s hard to identify extreme picky eating at first. Is it normal and will it go away or is this something more severe? Should you let it play out or begin to seek help? In the beginning it’s impossible to know and often by the time you identify your child’s eating as...
5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Feeding a Picky Eater
You’re beginning to notice some changes to your child’s intake. Maybe they’re dropping the number of foods they eat, having meltdowns at mealtimes, refusing all vegetables, or demanding the same meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. What do you do? Is it best to give...
4 Fun Ways to Improve Picky Eating
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 contributes...
Bribes and Rewards for Eating – Are They Worth Trying For Your Picky Eater?
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...
5 Awesome Resources for Picky Eaters
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...
Easy & Healthy Foods For Picky Eaters (That They’ll Actually Eat)
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...