Help! My toddler won’t eat meat! As a registered dietitian, I help you figure out what to do when your child refuses to eat meat. Is your child refusing to eat any and all of the meat-based dishes you prepare for your family? Know that you are not alone! Meat is a common food that…
7 Ways to Get Your Child to Eat Their School Lunch
Kids refusing to eat their lunch is a common struggle faced by many parents, so here are 7 ways to get your child to eat their school lunch! Many parents of young kids will have tried everything–from colorful finger foods to Pinterest-worthy fancy food skewers–to get their kids to eat their lunch. But what happens…
Top 3 Back to School Nutrition Hacks From a Dietitian Mom
Dietitian-approved back to school strategies to make feeding your kids easier (and more nutritious!). This post was written as part of a previous partnership with Get Cracking. As always, all opinions are my own. How is it that time again?! It seemed like the summer—once again—flew by, and we’re now fully focused on getting ready…
Top Protein-Rich Recipes That even Your picky Eater Will Love
Learn why protein-rich foods are important for your child, how much they need and what to do if your child is a picky eater and struggling to get enough protein (plus: protein-rich meal and snack ideas to try!). This post is sponsored by my friends at California Almonds. As always, opinions and recipes are my…
How to Manage Picky Eating During the Holidays (and a Pandemic)
Holiday mealtimes can challenge picky eating tendencies for kids (and you!), especially when things aren’t feeling normal to begin with! So what can you do? How can you bring the joy and make holiday feeding and mealtimes positive? Here’s how to create a positive holiday feeding experience for your picky eater during a pandemic. This…
4 Steps to Get Your Wiggly Kid to Sit Still at Meals
Want to keep your toddler or child to sit still at meals? This 4-step strategy works miracles, without turning mealtime into an epic battle. Want to read this post in a visual way? Check out my Google web stories on 4 Tips to Help your Kid Sit Still at Meals. My toddler won’t sit still…
How to Teach Kids About Intuitive Eating
In this post, you’ll learn how to raise your kids to become intuitive and mindful eaters using intuitive eating principles and the A-B-C approach, from a non-diet dietitian (and mom). There are three simple steps in the A-B-C approach: accept, bond, and close the kitchen. Let’s get started! In this post you’ll learn about: Diet…
20 Recipes for Picky Eaters (plus tips to make mealtimes easier)
Picky eating is 100% normal. Normal and insanely frustrating, that is! I understand this frustration first-hand, as my youngest is refusing most nutritious foods right now, at least it seems that way some days. When you go through the effort of making a nutritious, balanced meal, only to have your picky eaters turn up their…
The Transition to Childcare: How to Ensure That Your Child Continues to Eat Well
Top 5 ways to support proper nutrition for your child when they are with a nanny or at daycare Transitioning back to work can be emotional and stressful, and I’ll tell you first hand, finding good childcare can be super challenging. No one will ever care for your child the way you do, and their…
Top 5 Ways to Get Your Child to Try New Foods
A Dietitian Mom’s advice for getting kids to be a little more adventurous at mealtime. The picky eating struggle is real! I’m no stranger to picky eating – all THREE of my kids have gone through their own picky eating phases, so I get how frustrating feeding kids can be. I also see parents every…
5 Steps to Take to Ensure Your Child is Getting Enough Iron (And Why This is Important)
Is your child getting enough iron? Here’s how to know and what to do! Do you ever wonder if your kids are getting all the key nutrients they need for proper growth and development–especially during picky eating phases? Although there are several essential nutrients that we need to pay attention to as parents, there’s one,…
3 Ways Parents Unintentionally Limit Their Kids’ Food Preferences
We moms have the most powerful influence on kids eating behaviours. As a pediatric dietitian, here’s how you can make that influence a positive one! I had no idea how easy it was for parents to limit their kids’ food preferences, until recently. Last night, my three-year-old daughter watched every move I made at dinner (and…
Want Your Kids to Eat More Veggies? Try This!
Want Your Kids to Eat More Veggies? You’re not alone. Veggies tend to be the toughest sell, especially with strong-minded toddlers and young kids. But this tip will be a game-changer. It’s backed by research and works like a charm. I can personally vouch for it. It’s like clockwork- every evening when I start preparing dinner, my…
Three Easy Ways to Make Veggies More Appealing to Your Kids
Vegetables and kids. It’s all familiar; the furrowed brow, scrunched up nose, protruding tongue and the words “that’s yucky” muttered from their mouths. You wonder what this adamant refusal to eat certain foods stems from; is it because it’s unfamiliar? Is it the way it looks? The texture? Smell? It’s completely normal for kids to…
Parents of Picky Eaters: 2 Tried and True Ways to Entice Your Kids to Eat More
Feeding kids is a tough gig. I know this personally because I have three of them, all with different tastes, preferences and quirks. A meal that is happily gobbled up one day could be completely rejected the next, and willingness to taste a green or red vegetable could switch on a dime depending on the time…