picky eaters

Creating a Happy, Healthy Relationship Between Your Toddler and Food

January 3, 2012




For toddlers, a lot of things are about control — they want control and they’ll do anything to get it. Food often becomes a battleground for families, with parents wanting them to eat nutritious food, to sit properly at the table, and to learn to eat what is put in front of them. High expectations [...]

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(Not quite) Wordless Wednesday: A Tale of Two Dinners

June 24, 2009




Jack Spratt could eat no fat. his wife could eat no lean. So between the two of them, they licked the platter clean. Sounds close to the tale of my two little monkeys with diametrically opposed taste buds. Ironically, the only thing that appeared on both plates last night is also the only thing neither [...]

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Book Review: Whining & Dining (by Emma Waverman & Eshun Mott)

January 3, 2009




I own or have flipped through many books on toddler and preschooler nutrition and this one is my favourite by far, so I wanted to share it with my readers. Overview Whining and Dining: Mealtime Survival for Picky Eaters and the Families Who Love Them is a great nutrition and recipe book for helping picky [...]

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A new kind of birthday list

July 26, 2008




Our son who has refused to try any fruit or vegetable (other than baby food) for years, now eats spinach! The kudos for getting him to try goes to Daddy who convinced him to eat pizza that had spinach on it by telling him it would make him stronger (good ole Popeye). And since then, [...]

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Picky eaters and the hidden vegetable controversy

July 19, 2008




I’ll start this post with a confession. My three year old still eats baby food. Not just sometimes. Not just for fun. He will literally only eat fruits and vegetables if they are pureed or juiced. Or if they are well hidden. To some extent, I’m thrilled that he eats baby food. A lot of [...]

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