😒Is he going to be a picky eater? Maybe. But today he’s getting fruit for lunch and nothing else.
🤦🏼♀️Geez, this is hard. Hi, I’m Melanie, a pediatric feeding specialist and supposedly an “expert” on picky eating. Six books on the topic, 30 years experience and did I say this is HARD?
❤️That’s my grandbaby. He’s teething. He’s miserable. And you know what makes him happier than a pig in mud? Fruit. Going to @chickfila and all those cows. 🐮One of his first words was “moo!”) Being held A LOT. 🥹
💔And when you’re kid (or grandkid) isn’t eating, it’s stressful. But the occasional skipped meal, or a meal of just one food, isn’t going to sabotage your plan to raise an adventurous eater.
👏🏼Consistently offering the same foods over and over leads to picky eating, and research shows that. But you know what? Today we are just eating fruit and having lots of snuggles, or “huggles” as we call them in our family.
✨Here are tips to avoid the picky eating trap (when kids aren’t hurting, or sick). Try your best to…
✨Keep toddlers (and big kids) on a consistent meal and snack time schedule. Grazing kills appetite and is terrible for kid’s dental health.
✨Don’t stress if they don’t eat that snack or meal. Breathe. Try again in a few hours.
✨Focus on offering VARIETY. A little bit of this, a little bit of that. More if they want it.
🐮💗No matter what, keep it fun: COWS. Moos. Huggles.
❓Questions? I’m here to help – drop them in the comments. I’ll answer in between all the moos and huggles today.
🐮❤️🐮Melanie
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