ARFID Masterclass April 27, 2024 Atlanta GA

Class Date: Saturday April 27, 2024
Class Time: 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (East Coast Time)
**Please note we will break for 30 minutes at 10:00 AM

$ (USD)225.00

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🤦🏼‍♀️Does your kid refuse to drink different types or flavors of milk? You can use my method for any transition to a similar drink, just take your time and wait for “THAT LOOK”😉

💦You can even use this to eventually transition your hesitant eater to water, smoothies, whatever!

🥛I’ve been teaching this method for over 20 years, and the key to success is very careful measurement and writing it down.

✨Change is hard for a lot of kids and taking it very slow eases them into a new taste. Some kids don’t need this steady and consistent shift but if you have been struggling to transition your child to a new milk, give this a try!🥰 BUT, give it at least a few weeks…it takes time, and go slow!

❓Does your kid have trouble with new beverages, like a shift from breast milk or formula to a new milk?

🤍Drop questions in the comments and save this post for future reference too!

🥰Melanie
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🍋Avoiding picky eating is like baby’s first bite of a lemon…

🤔Ever notice that those viral videos of “babies trying lemons” include TWO THINGS…a startled, scrunchy face and THEN, that little reach for “more lemon please”. What’s up with that?

💛It’s so easy for us to assume that the first response means they don’t like the taste. Learning to become an adventurous eater means learning to taste all kinds of new flavors – and then trying them again and again.

✨💛✨So, when your kid (of any age) tries something new, no matter what their response, always have more available, in case they request more. Little tastes over time add up! You can start just by having a tiny bit more on their plate and offer it periodically for months to come.

❓Want more tips on picky eating?

👋🏼Comment VIDEO and I’ll send you my on-demand course library, ranging from helping baby start solids to helping older, anxious eaters try new foods.

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🥰Melanie

(Note: Lemons are acidic, so best to try this particular taste only occasionally to protect baby’s teeth)
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❓Wait - Babies can have raw celery and raw carrots even before starting solids? BE SURE TO KEEP READING so you know how to do this safely.

🥕Teethers for 5-month-old babies can include hard, resistive food such as a fat carrot stick, or a wide stalk of celery. Here’s what you need to know:

1. Always supervise baby with food teethers.
2. Make sure their back/trunk is well supported so that their little hands can easily bring the food teether to their mouth ( just like a non-food teether).
3. Wash food teethers thoroughly before offering to baby.
4. Safety Test: Can you snap it in half with your thumb and forefinger on the same hand? Yes – don’t offer it. No – offer with supervision!

🥰Benefits?
Even before baby is ready for solids (closer to 6 months of age) they can get small tastes as they mouth these resistive foods, just like you can taste carrot if you lick a carrot! Babies are open to trying new tastes and programmed to explore with their littles hands to mouth, so this is the perfect time to introduce veggies in this manner.
👉🏼Like any teether, the munching (up and down repeated chomps) will strengthen their jaw and facial muscles. It will also offer sensory input in terms of different textures, cooler temperatures and because it’s food – flavor!
👉🏼All teethers help babies learn to manage their gag reflex, but in my professional experience, I notice that babies like to suck on food teethers as well as try to chew them. 👉🏼Both are great experiences for the mouth, and both “work” areas of the tongue that play a part in developing tongue lateralization skills, tongue protrusion skills (for spitting out food) and learning to manage the sensation of a gentle gag with no other food in the mouth.

🪥Think of it this way – if you experience a gagging sensation, do you find it easier to manage if you accidently did that with you toothbrush or if you accidently start gagging while eating? The toothbrush of course! Neither is comfortable at first, but the toothbrush is quickly removed and we can swallow to relieve the sensation.

❓Questions? Drop them in the comments!
❤️Melanie
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