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 […]
My daughter Alice asked us in the family text thread “What is everyone’s favorite veggie?” Her favorites are raw carrots and steamed broccoli. One of my sons said “celery” and my oldest kiddo responded “potato”, which sparked a whole discussion: Is a potato really a vegetable? The number one complaint that parents that I work […]