by Jenny Friedman, RD | Jul 27, 2020
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...
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 | 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...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Apr 20, 2020
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...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Mar 23, 2020
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...
