Posts filed under: Parenting a Picky Eater

Parenting a Picky Eater

Blogs on Parenting a Picky Eater

12 Foods & Drinks That Will Help Your Kids Poop

By Liz Alterman Here’s an unpleasant truth: Kids get constipated. For a variety of reasons that range from diet to just not wanting to stop playing and take the time to...

9 Ways Moms Help Their Kids Cut Back on Sugary Drinks

By Liz Alterman When we think of kids consuming sugar, we typically picture cupcakes, cookies, and maybe even ice cream, but it turns out they’re drinking plenty of it, too....

5 Mistakes (some) Parents Make When Praising Their Picky Eater

By Melanie Potock What’s parenting got to do with raising a healthy eater?  Everything. Now, that’s not to say that kids become picky eaters because of “bad” parenting. When I teach...

S.I.T.! Feeding Your Child Using Stability and Independence at the Table

By Melanie Potock As a pediatric feeding therapist, I visit homes, daycares and preschools to help hesitant eaters become adventurous, healthy, happy eaters. The very first thing I assess is...

The Stress of Having a Picky Eater: 3 Tips to Help Parents

By Melanie Potock Children who resist trying new foods range from the garden-variety, hesitant “picky eater” to extremely selective. Deciphering the intricacies of where a child lies on the eating spectrum...

Picky, Picky Kids: Eat It or Starve!

By Melanie Potock A recent study on selective eating has received a lot of attention recently in the news, covered in places like The Washington Post, Jane Brody’s Well column,...

An Open Letter to the Moms Who Judged My Kids for Being Picky Eaters

By Sasha Brown-Worsham For the first seven years of motherhood, the subject of picky eating was my personal parenting third rail. A simple comment from another mom — “my children...

Five Facts That Might Surprise You About FPIES

By Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES) is a condition primarily affecting infants and young children that wreaks havoc on the gastrointestinal tract. According to the FPIES...

5 Common Mistakes (and Solutions) When Dealing with Kids’ Chronic Constipation

By Melanie Potock As a pediatric feeding specialist, my job includes helping kids become more adventurous eaters by working with registered dietitians, physicians and other team members to ensure a...

Picky Eaters: It’s Not About Taste; It’s About Flavor

By Melanie Potock MA In 1970, I was sitting in my elementary school science class when my teacher put an illustration of giant pink tongue on the overhead projector. Arrows...