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The Best Gifts For Picky Eaters
These food-themed gifts for picky eaters are so fun that your skeptical eater won’t even realize you’re trying to improve their relationship with food. For more gifts for picky eaters, check out last year’s gift guide. There are also ideas for parents! Hands On Food...
12 Holiday Survival Tips from Parents of Autistic Picky Eaters
Holidays can be filled with pressure and expectation. No matter how or what you celebrate, at the end of the day, you just want your family to enjoy the holidays. The thing is, holidays, with extra crowds, excitement, and decorations, are often sensory overload for a...
A Simple Strategy to Get Picky Eaters of All Ages To Try New Foods
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about food chaining, a strategy that creates links between preferred foods and new foods to help picky eaters expand the variety in their diets. It’s like creating a bridge from a preferred food to a new one. But it doesn’t matter...
6 Helpful Phrases to Transform Your Picky Eater’s “I Don’t Like It”
What should you say when your picky eater tells you I DON’T LIKE IT? Your response can keep them in the “I don’t like it” zone or it can help them move forward. I like responses that suggest the possibility of them one day feeling differently. Let your child know that...
One Simple Phrase to Help a Picky Eater Try New Foods
You can cajole, beg, ask, plead, sing, and dance to get your child to try new foods. These techniques are something every parent has tried. But they’re not the ones that really work. Instead, these techniques can make your child feel pressured to taste something they...
A Question That Can End Picky Eating
I heard this great picky eating tip that totally changes the game. Before I share it, let’s back up a bit. Phrases that Can Reinforce Picky Eating Picky eating can have many causes – a health condition like autism or reflux, belly issues like constipation, and/or...
10 Awesome Non-Candy Halloween Treats for Picky Eaters
This article shares Halloween treats for picky eaters who might not like candy or want to celebrate Halloween without food. Halloween can become stickier than a trick-or-treater’s hands for a child with autism and sensory issues. The deviation from routine combined...
10 Genius Picky Eater Tips for Older Kids
Picky eating gets more complicated as kids grow older but fail to grow out of their selective habits. Older kids who have been picky eaters for years likely have come to accept their identity as a “picky eater.” Often they have come to see themselves as the kid...
10 Genius Ways to Help Your Autistic Picky Eater to Eat this Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving — a holiday defined by food — can be extra challenging for picky eaters and extra extra challenging for picky eaters on the autism spectrum. The combination of a deviation from routine and a day filled with unusual foods, smells, and often people can...