From time to time I like to remind us of my favorite snacking trick: “Buddying Up” your snack. I tell kiddos all the time: “No lonely snacks!” By that I mean, pair your snack with another food from a different food group. For example, I just ate an apple with peanut butter (fruit + protein/fat). […]
I love to read And I loved to share books with my kids when they were little. Nothing beats snuggling up with your little one and a favorite story. Some of our favorites were Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells, Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss, Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban and […]
This was a question posed to me by a mom who understood that encouraging her tween to eat “healthy foods” wasn’t getting her kiddo to eat those “healthy foods” and was actually causing friction between them. Her question is a reasonable one. The Division of Responsibility in feeding (DoR) outlines the feeding relationship between parents/caregivers […]