Melanie Potock
Pediatric Feeding Expert and Author
Free downloads that make feeding kids so much easier!
Melanie’s tools for parents & professionals
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Melanie’s Food Allergen Exposure Chart for Baby
Research shows babies need weekly exposure to food allergens!
SOCIAL STORY TEMPLATE TO HELP HESITANT EATERS TRY NEW FOODS
Use Coach Mel’s Social Story Template to help your picky eater try new foods!
NUTRITION GUIDELINES BY AGE
Melanie’s latest video course, Pediatric Nutrition for Parents & Professionals, is taught with Sarah Moran, RDN.
FOOD ADVENTURE MAP GAME INSTRUCTIONS
How to use the Food Adventure Map to encourage kids to try new foods!
FOOD ADVENTURE MAP GAME
How to use the Food Adventure Map to encourage kids to try new foods!
FOOD ADVENTURE CARDS GAME
How to use the Food Adventure Map to encourage kids to try new foods!
FOOD ADVENTURE MATCHING CARDS GAME INSTRUCTIONS
How to use the Food Adventure Matching Cards to encourage kids to try new foods!
FOOD ADVENTURE MATCHING CARDS MAP
How to use the Food Adventure Matching Cards to encourage kids to try new foods!
FOOD ADVENTURE MATCHING CARDS GAME
How to use the Food Adventure Map to encourage kids to try new foods!
FEEDING SCHEDULE FOR TODDLERS & OLDER KIDS TOO!
Help kids try new foods by ensuring that they come to the table hungry. Download this free chart to learn more about eating times versus growing times.
TEACH BABY TO DRINK FROM A STRAW
Even 6-month-olds can learn to drink from a straw. Check out Coach Mel’s step by step instructions on how to teach kids to straw-drink and watch the video in The Picky Eater Course. Wondering about about teaching a little one how to drink from an open cup (without spilling everywhere)? This is in The Picky Eater Course too!
KITCHEN CLOSED
To help kids understand the feeding schedule with predictable times for eating and breaks for other activities, post this “Kitchen Closed” sign. To learn more about technique subscribe to our premium content
Pros & Cons of Pacifiers
Pacifiers have many benefits, but it’s important to wean early.
GREEN DRAGON SMOOTHIE
The “Green Dragon Smoothie” is an absolute FAVORITE recipe at the Doctor Yum Project and a great way to get you kids to love greens. It’s full of great tropical flavors and tons of FIBER.
EXPOSURE CHART
Research clearly shows that exposing your child to a variety of foods is key to raising an adventurous eater and overcoming picky eating. Melanie uses this chart with the families that she coaches to ensure that “learning foods” show up on the child’s just as often as preferred foods. Download your free copy here. Read the article that Melanie wrote for The American Speech Language Hearing Association on how to use this chart.
YUM SCORE
Check out our Yum Score to help kids practice tasting food. The Yum Score can be printed on colorful paper, cut and laminated into strips and doubles also as a great bookmark! Use it to encourage kids to talk about how they enjoy food.
3 DAY FOOD DIARY
Pediatric Nutrition for Parents & Professionals, is a hit! Sarah Moran, RDN, offers 2 hours of information with Coach Mel.
