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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...
How to Get your Picky Eater Eating Fruit
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...
How to Feed your Kids During Quarantine Without Losing Your Mind
Many of you are into at least a month of quarantining at home. While we’re adjusting to this new normal more and more every day, I know it isn’t easy to be stuck at home with a child who is anything but easy to feed. The bottom line is that there is nothing easy about...
The Best Toys and Activities for Picky Eaters
This article shares a list of the best toys and activities for picky eaters to help them try new foods. I’m sharing a roundup of my favorite picky eating resources for kids. These tools will help you stay busy when practicing social distancing during the 2020...
Fun and Easy Activities for Picky Eaters
With shelter in place, stay at home orders, and social distancing affecting most of us, concentrated time at home has become the new norm. From speaking with families like yours, I know the struggle isn’t staying in, but keeping busy and continuing to manage...
3 Daily Habits to Improve Extreme Picky Eating
This article discusses 3 things that you can do every day to improve extreme picky eating. When trying to improve extreme picky eating, I focus on three main areas: environment, exposure, and hands-on exploration. Each of these supports a picky eater...