My Courses | Melanie Potock

Oct 3

‼️NO WAY! 🥳Yep, it`s true! 50% off my most popular on-demand course for parents & professionals!!! Today only if you use code FIRSTMONDAYOCTOBER50 via the link in my stories. That code is only good for the next 24 hours (it’s 5:15 MST as I post this) so hurry!

❤️What makes this course so special?

👉🏼It’s the only virtual offering of its kind where 4 experts teach you about picky eating, nutrition and a special module on the most anxious eaters.

😊DM me if you can’t find it. Happy to help!

💕Melanie

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Oct 2

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👏🏼Did you know it’s just me here? No social media staff, just me and YOU! And, thanks to you, I have a big reason to celebrate because my happy place - this Instagram - now has 80,000 followers! TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY!!!

❤️I’m sending one lucky person a copy of the award-winning, category-leading book written by me and my favorite pediatrician, Dr. Yum! That’s right you could win a copy of Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater🥦 …but wait, there’s more! Let’s include a copy of my children’s book, You are Not an Otter: The Story of How Kids Become Adventurous Eaters!🦦AND…even more! Let’s toss in my Bye-Bye Bottles course too!🍼

😊Entering is easy, but please enter NOW - #giveaway will close in 48 hours:
👉🏼1.Follow me: @mymunchbug_melaniepotock
👉🏼👉🏼2.Comment below and tell me which name in this reel is your fave…mine is the last one on this reel! It’s the first time I’ll be called that!
👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼3.Tag friends for additional entries. Each tag will be counted as an extra entry, but they need to be in their own comment, so tag away!!!

🥰Melanie

🏆One winner will be selected by October 3, 2023 by midnight MST and announced in my stories on Oct, 4th 2023. I’ll message the winner too! No purchase necessary. Open to residents in the continental US only. This contest is in no way sponsored, administered, or endorsed by Meta, Instagram or Facebook. Must be 18+ years or older to enter. ...

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Sep 28

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🤦🏼‍♀️Seems like every spouted sippy cup has packaging that reads: “Helps transition your toddler to an open cup!” but the truth is, sippy cups were never invented for that purpose AND have no place in feeding development. They don’t help transition toddlers any more than a bottle would…and of course you know a bottle doesn’t help with learning to drink from an open cup or a straw cup for that matter.

Here’s why:
👉🏼👉🏼Spouted sippy cups requires a child to do two things: Hold the cup like a bottle and suck on it like a bottle. Yep, it’s a well-marketed bottle in disguise.

🍶Learning to drink from an open cup requires 3 steps, learned in a sequence:
1. Grasp the cup and raise it up without spilling.
2. Bring cup to lips without spilling and tilt it up to take a sip…then…
3. TILT IT BACK DOWN. Spouted sippy cups and bottles don’t require the “tilt down” and that’s why your never learns that step.

😳They can just swing that bottle/sippy cup around and it won’t matter. Spouted sippy cups were invented by in engineer who just wanted to keep his kid from spilling juice on the family carpet. True story. Engineers (I’m married to one – god love ‘em!) don’t know diddly about feeding development.😉

👉🏼👉🏼Here`s the last and most crucial reason – spouted sippy cups may hinder your child’s ability to learn to lift their tongue up and swallow correctly – we call that a “mature swallow pattern” and it’s typically seen around 12 months of age. Like thumb sucking or drinking from a bottle, anything long and firm that holds the tongue down may stall feeding development.

❓Questions? Let me know in the comments – I’m here to answer them for you!

🤔Hey, do you have a preschool or daycare or engineer (LOL! Shout out to my hubby!🤍)…who would benefit from this info? Tag em in the comments or send them this post. SAVE IT in case you need it later for the future.

💕All the love…thanks for following me! 🥰Melanie

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